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    Media Arts:

    A Brief History

    Rama C. Hoetzlein
    Nov 23rd, 2011

    Department of Architecture and Media Studies


    Aalborg University Copenhagen

    Early History of the Digital Object

    models

    behaviors

    devices

    signals

    Digital Image as Shape:


    Image Processing:
    Motion & Behavior:
    Surfaces:
    Rendering:

    Michael Noll, Bridget Riley's Painting Currents, 1966 (Bell Labs)


    Manfred Schroeder, Ken Knowlton and Leon Harmon, Studies in Perception I, 1966 (Murray Hill)
    William Reeves, Fuzzy Objects (1983), Craig Reynolds, Flocks, Heards, Schools (1987)
    Jack Bresenham (1965), Pierre Bezier (1962), Ed Catmull (1973)
    Bui Phong (1973), James Blinn (1976), Don Greenberg (1971), and Turner Whitted (1980)

    Artificial Life

    Craig Reynolds, Boids, 1986

    Artificial Life

    John Conway, Game of Life, 1970

    Artificial Life

    red
    grey
    green
    blue

    Joshua Epstein, Modeling Civil Violence, 2002

    protestor
    jailed protestor
    civilian
    cop

    Artificial Life

    Pac Man, 1980, Namco, Toru Iwatani

    Artificial Life

    Galaga, 1981, Namco

    Artificial Life

    Sommerer & Mignoneau, Interactive Plant Growing, 1992

    Artificial Life

    Karl Sims, Evolving Virtual Creatures, 1994

    Artificial Life

    The Creators

    Proximity of Needs

    Birds

    Processing (tool), Casey Reas & Benjamin Fry

    Manifest

    Artificial Life

    Jordan Hochenbaum, Owen Vallis, Memo Atken


    Roots, 2008

    Biology
    (Natural Science)

    Computer
    Science

    Biology
    (Natural Science)

    Artificial
    Life

    genesis of new field through merging disciplines

    New Science

    Computer
    Science
    Tool Makers

    Biology
    (Natural Science)

    Artificial
    Life
    Art

    Entertainment

    evolution through growth and commercialization

    Interactive Art

    Artificial
    Life

    Digital Image as Shape:


    Image Processing:
    Motion & Behavior:
    Surfaces:
    Rendering:

    Michael Noll, Bridget Riley's Painting Currents, 1966 (Bell Labs)


    Manfred Schroeder, Ken Knowlton and Leon Harmon, Studies in Perception I, 1966 (Murray Hill)
    William Reeves, Fuzzy Objects (1983), Craig Reynolds, Flocks, Heards, Schools (1987)
    Jack Bresenham (1965), Pierre Bezier (1962), Ed Catmull (1973)
    Bui Phong (1973), James Blinn (1976), Don Greenberg (1971), and Turner Whitted (1980)

    Interactive Art

    Marcel Duchamp, 1920, Rotary Glass Plates

    Interactive Art

    Jean Tinguely, 1960, Homage to New York

    Interactive Art

    Naim Jun Paik, Video Art, 1970s

    Interactive Art

    Scott Snibbe, Blow Up, 2005

    Interactive Art

    Ken Feingold, Autopoesis

    Interactive Art

    Stelarc, Hexapod, Third Hand, Ear on Arm

    Interactive Art

    Ken Feingold
    Animal, Vegetable, Minerals and Everything, 2004

    Interactive Art

    Scott Snibbe, Boundary Funcitons, 1998

    Interactive Art

    Golan Levin, Messa di Voce, 2003

    Interactive Art

    Daniel Rosin, Wooden Mirror, 1999

    Interactive Art

    Camille Utterback, Text Rain (1999), Active Ecosystem (2011)

    Interactive Art

    Joshua Kirsch, Concentricity 96, 2011

    Interactive Art

    Aegis Hyposurface, Media Architecture Institute, 2010

    Computer
    Science

    Sculpture

    Interactive
    Art

    Computer
    Science

    Sculpture

    Interactive
    Art

    Grafitti Research Lab, L.A.S.E.R. Tag, 2009

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