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Symposium Art-oriented programming

Published: Oct 16, 2007 - 11:47 AM

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At the time of the previous « Art-oriented Programming » symposium in 2004, the question of programming in art was being hotly debated. Three years later, works continue to be made but they seem to have less visibility. Is this due to a decrease in artistic production? Was it simply a « fashion »? Has programming really become an art?

Many works

have been made during these last few years and perhaps even more

theoretical statements. It has become urgent to clarify matters and make

a « fresh start ». To avoid repeating or caricaturing what has already

been done, we must objectively take stock of the situation, sort out the

stakes and open up a new critical space.

In five sessions over two days, this symposium proposes to explore

current art and thinking in this field, still lively and rich in

promise.

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Art and Code : Exhibit/preserve/collect

(Friday 19 October – 3-6 pm - amphithéâtre Richelieu)

With :

Inke Arns(Directrice artistique de Hartware MedienKunstVerein,

Dortmund),

Wolf Lieser(Directeur de la galerie [DAM], Berlin),

Stéphane Maguet(Directeur de la galerie numeriscausa, Paris),

Gilles Rouffineau(Professeur à l'École supérieure d'art de Valence,

LAM),

Antoine Schmitt(Artiste, Paris),

Nicolas Thély(Maître de conférences, Université Paris 1 -

Panthéon-Sorbonne, LAM).

Exhibiting and preserving programmed works is a problem that requires

many adjustments with the artist. Does an old work presented on a new

machine lose part of its essence? How can we deal with the obsolescence

of media? How can we give a future to works so heavily dependent on

constantly changing technologies and software? As for the art market,

will it be able to adapt?

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Art and code : What history for what future?

( Friday 19 October – 6-8:30 pm - amphithéâtre Richelieu)

With :

Andreas Broeckmann(Historien d'art, Directeur artistique de TESLA,

Berlin),

Geoff Cox(Artiste, Lecturer à l'Université de Plymouth),

Darko Fritz(Artiste et commissaire d'exposition, Amsterdam/Zagreb),

David-Olivier Lartigaud(Université Paris 1 - Panthéon-Sorbonne, LAM).

The creations of the « computer art » « pioneers » of the sixties and

seventies have found a new vitality: celebrated anew, appreciated for

their formal and conceptual clarity, these works seem all the more

readable in our contemporary context.

But isn't « programmed art » too young to be contemplating its past?

Could this be a sign of withdrawl, a need to find its place in a

genealogy and thereby prove its worth? Or, on the contrary, does this

return to the sources offer a change of viewpoint necessary for a

renewal of the topic?

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Art and Code : Coded Cities/ Programmed Maps

(Saturday 20 October – 9:30-12:30 am - amphithéâtre Richelieu)

With :

Maurice Benayoun(Artist, Université Paris 1 - Panthéon-Sorbonne,

Artistic Director of CITU, LAM),

Wilfried Hou Je Bek(Artist, Utrecht),

Karen O'Rourke, (Maître de conférences, Université Paris 1 -

Panthéon-Sorbonne, LAM),

Tania Ruiz(Artist, Paris),

Jo Walsh(Artist, London).

Code and programming seem to adopt the very shape of questions relating

to urban life. Dynamic maps and 3-D cartography reflect a new approach

to the city seen as a database, a potential in which the artist finds

not only inspiration but also the material of her creation. More than

just a screen, isn't the city the new place for software art?

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Art and Code : Aesthetics / Culture / Society

(Saturday 20 October - 2-5pm - amphithéâtre Richelieu)

With :

Wendy Chun(Professeur, Brown University, Providence),

Matthew Fuller(Critique, Center for Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths

College, Université de Londres),

Alexander Galloway(Artiste, Professeur Assistant à l'Université de New

York),

Olga Goriunova(Critique, co-fondatrice de runme.org, Moscou),

David Zerbib(Université Paris 1 - Panthéon-Sorbonne, LETA).

The question of programming in art is founded in -or derives its meaning

from - a broader context, that of a kind of « digital culture ». What do

we mean when we use this expression? Does this culture really exist? If

so, has artistic programming participated in defining this culture or is

it simply a product thereof ? The question comes up regularly as to the

existence of an aesthetics specific to this « culture ». Is this

existence supported by facts? Or is it merely a theoretical

construction?

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Art et Code : Langages

(samedi 20 octobre - 17h/20h30 - amphithéâtre Richelieu)

Avec :

Samuel Bianchini(Artiste, Maître de conférences, Université de

Valenciennes, LAM),

Christophe Bruno(Artiste, Paris),

Philippe Codognet(Professeur à Keio University, Tokyo),

Jacques Lafon(Directeur de l'École européenne supérieure de l'image,

site d'Angoulême),

Miller Puckette(Professeur à l'Université de Californie, créateur de Max

et Pure Data),

Douglas Edric Stanley(Artiste, http://www.abstractmachine.net).

Free and/or open-source software open up a whole new approach to

creation using computers. The success of Pure Data, for example, shows

that exemption from payment is not the only reason for this popularity:

these applications seem better able to meet certain artists'

expectations. But how far does this go? Are productions using free

software really that different from works made using commercial software

and computer languages?

The question of language is not limited to programming. Web 2.0 opens up

a new set of problems, that are either exciting or frightening,

according to one's viewpoint, in which language is central.

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Master Class PURE DATA

with Miller Puckette

Dimanche 21 octobre 2007 de 10h00 à 17h00

à L'École nationale supérieure d'art de Nancy (ENSA Nancy)

1 avenue Boffrand - 54000 NANCY

tél : 03 83 41 61 61

Placeslimitées(inscription gratuite à l'adresse : poa2aop@orange.fr)

The Master Class Pure Data, which will take place at the École nationale

supérieure d'art de Nancy will allow participants to explore in depth

the possibilities offered by this program in a hands-on session with its

creator.

Miller Puckettea obtenu une thèse en Mathématiques à Harvard en 1986.

Membre du Media Lab au MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) de la

date de sa création jusqu'en 1987, il devient ensuite chercheur à

l'IRCAM (l'Institut de Recherche et de Coordination Musique/Acoustique)

où il écrit le logiciel Maxpour Macintosh. En 1989, Miller Puckette

rejoint le projet «IRCAM musical workstation» (IMW) où il développe une

version étendue de Max intitulée Max/FTS qui devient une référence en

recherche musicale. En 1994, Miller Puckette entre au département

Musique de l'Université de Californie à San Diego. Il y est actuellement

Directeur associé du Centre de Recherche en Art et Informatique (CRCA).

Miller Puckette travaille depuis quelques années au développement du

logiciel Pure Data, destiné au traitement en temps réel de données

multimédia pour les installations interactives et le spectacle vivant.

En tant que logiciel libre, Pure Data, dont la communauté d'utilisateurs

ne cesse de s'étendre, fédère un grand nombre de développeurs à travers

le monde qui participent à son élaboration et étendent ses possibilités.

Pure Data est gratuit et disponible sous Linux, Windows et Macintosh.

et en présence de

Alexander Galloway,

Cyrille Henry,artist and independant developer, Cyrille Henry works with

captors and physical modeling for gesture analysis, as well as real time

sound and visual synthesis.

Olivier Pasquet, composer of electronic music and producer. He works in

pure music and diverse fields of the performing arts such as theatre,

installations, popular contemporary instrumental music (Ircam).

Miller Puckette's Site : http://www-crca.ucsd.edu/~msp/

Pure Data Site: http://puredata.info/

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Publication

ART ++

éditions HYX

to be published at the end of October

Modification of Nintendo cartridges, website hacking, experimental

software or poetry written in Perl... What has programming in the field

of art been doing for the past ten years? By assembling texts, either

original or unpublished in French, this book proposes to analyze and

understand the impact of code, programming and digitalization of data on

art practise. In their different contributions, theoreticians, critics

and artists reveal the new aesthetic, technical and cultural stakes

linked to what is known today as « the digital revolution ».

This publication follows the symposium Art-oriented Programming, which

took place at the Université Paris 1 -Panthéon-Sorbonne in 2004. It is

supported by the Scientific Comittee of the Délégation aux arts

plastiques as part of the research line Meaning and Use of Computer

Programming in Art.

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Preface by Anne-Marie Duguet, Professor at the Université Paris 1

Panthéon-Sorbonne. Director of the Laboratoire des Arts et Médias

[LAM-LETA].

Book Editor:

David-Olivier Lartigaud, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, LAM.

With contributions from :

Inke Arns, Critique, Directrice artistique de Hartware

MedienKunstVerein, Dortmund.

Samuel Bianchini, Artiste, Maître de conférences, Université de

Valenciennes, LAM.

Andreas Broeckmann, Historien d'art, Directeur artistique de TESLA,

ancien directeur artistique de Transmediale, Berlin.

Christophe Bruno, Artiste, Paris.

Wendy Hui Kyong Chun, Professeur, Brown University, Providence.

Florian Cramer,Critique, Directeur de cours au Piet Zwart Institute,

Rotterdam.

Geoff Cox, Artiste, Université de Plymouth, Alex McLean, Artiste,

Londreset Adrian Ward, Artiste, Londres.

Jean-Paul Fourmentraux, Docteur en Sociologie, Maître de conférences à

l'Université Lille 3.

Matthew Fuller, Critique, Center for Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths

College, Université de Londres.

Olga Goriunova, Critique, co-fondatrice de runme.org, Moscou.

Wilfried Hou Je Bek, Artiste, Utrecht.

David-Olivier Lartigaud, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, LAM.

Geert Lovink, Théoricien des médias et critique, fondateur et Directeur

de The Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam.

Karen O'Rourke, Maître de conférences, Université Paris 1

Panthéon-Sorbonne, LAM.

Gilles Rouffineau, Professeur à l'École supérieure d'art de Valence,

coordinateur pédagogique de l'option design graphique, LAM.

Antoine Schmitt, Artiste, Paris.

Nicolas Thély, Maître de conférences, Université Paris 1

Panthéon-Sorbonne, LAM.

Sylvie Tissot, Ingénieur diplômée de l'Institut National des

Télécommunications.

Jo Walsh, Artiste, Londres.

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ART++, format 15 x 20,5 cm, 160 pages. 20 euros. ISBN 978-2-910385-51-5

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Colloque et Master Class organisés par

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TheLaboratoire des Arts et Médias[LAM-LETA]

The Laboratoire des Arts et des Médias [LAM] is directed

byAnne-Marie-Duguet, professor at the Université Paris 1 -

Panthéon-Sorbonne. The LAM is one of three laboratories of the LETA,

Laboratoire d'Esthétique et de Théorie Appliquée (Laboratory of

Aesthetics and Applied Theory), unit of research in the Humanities at

the Université Paris 1 - Panthéon-Sorbonne.

Site : http://lam.univ-paris1.fr

Acknowledgements:

l'École doctorale Arts plastiques, esthétique et sciences de l'art

Université Paris 1 - Panthéon-Sorbonne.

avec le soutien

CITU(Interactive Transdisciplinary Creation at the University / Paris

8etParis 1)

The CITU is a federation of laboratories founded by the Universities

Paris 1 and Paris 8. The CITU is an « activator of research » in the

field of transdisciplinary creation and emergent media.d

Site : http://www.citu.info/

L'École nationale supérieure d'art de Nancy (ENSA Nancy)

Site : http://www.ensa-nancy.fr/

ARTEMNancy

ARTEM is a strategic partnership linking three schools in Nancy :

l'École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Nancy (EMN), l'École nationale

supérieure d'art de Nancy (ENSA) and le Groupe ICN Ecole de Management.

Àt the intersection of Arts, Sciences and Management, ARTEM is supported

by Nancy-Université, Greater Nancy, the Département of Meurthe et

Moselle and the Lorraine Region .

Site : http://www.mines.inpl-nancy.fr/blogartem/

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The publication ART++ was realized by

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the éditions Hyx and the Laboratoire des Arts et des Médias [LAM]

with the support of

the Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication

(Délégation aux arts plastiques)

andl'École doctorale Arts plastiques, esthétique et sciences de l'art

(the Doctoral School of the Arts, Aesthetics and Sciences of Art)

Université Paris 1 - Panthéon-Sorbonne

Colloque international

PARIS, SORBONNE, 19 et 20 octobre 2007

à l’Université Paris 1 - Panthéon-Sorbonne

Amphithéâtre Richelieu

17 rue de la Sorbonne - 75005 Paris

Entrée libre (inscription gratuite à l’adresse : poa2aop@orange.fr)

Colloque organisé par le Laboratoire des Arts et Médias [LAM-LETA]

responsable du colloque : David-Olivier Lartigaud

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