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[WMC_4] Computational Thinking in Existing Art Forms

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Date : 30.1 - 14.1.2011
Venu: Youth Square, Chaiwan, Hong Kong

Classical art was sustained in part by a strong sense of craft. This craft element was rooted in the artist’s awareness of the intrinsic posibilities and limitations of their tools. Digital artists, however, sometimes use commercial software packages (such as Photoshop or Maya) whose internal operation is a mystery to them. Many digital art schools teach new media software but fail to teach computer programming and computer hardware. For this reason, art students often work without understanding the tools that they are using.

This situation discourages artists from exploring the full possibilities of computation. Computers have more capabilities than those of any individual package. Every commercial package predefines the range of possibilities for the user, and so limits what can be achieved. In light of this, the Writing Machine Collective – 4th edition (WMC_4) aims to present works in existing art forms to foreground the procedural operations embedded in computation. This exhibition will set an example to encourage artists to study digital tools in greater depth.

Project Objectives:

*to promote programming literacy among artists
*to treat technology as an “artistic medium” instead of a “tool”
*to foreground the procedural operations embedded in computation
*to support in-depth research and production of code-based generative art
*to rediscover the generative/computational elements in existing art forms
*to embrace interdisciplinary artistic research
*to promote the appreciation of computational art among the general public

 

 

 

Artists & their works:

[Short description of artworks]

Enrica

Enrica HO 何佩霖
Le Montage de l’émotion
《情感蒙太奇 1.0 版》

 

EnricaWork

Iras-YJ

HO Yue-jin 何禹旃+ Iras TAM 譚慧心
Mouse-click notation
《嘀嘀.嗒嗒》

Iras-YJwork

HarrietKenny

Kenny CHOW 周嘉年 + D. Fox HARRELL
Coding Landscapes, Crossing Metaphors
《「編」風景「渡」喻意》

KennyHarryWork

Yuk

IP Yuk-yiu 葉旭耀
Between the threshold of good and evil: film noir no.1 (Double Indemnity)

Yukwork

Linda

Linda C.H. LAI 黎肖嫻 + Gary NG 伍紀穎
Scriptorium

《藏經樓》

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lindawork

Hector

Hector RODRIGUEZ
羅海德
Gestus《姿勢》

[more...]

Hectorwork

Mary

Mary FLANAGAN
[borders]

MaryWork

Vasco

Vasco PAIVA (João Vasco Paiva)
Sea of Mountains
《海之山》

Vascowork

winnieHelen

Winnie SOON 孫詠怡 + Helen PRITCHARD
jsut code

WinnieHelenWork

Zoie

Zoie SO 蘇慧怡
Mediated Facial
《第二表情》

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ZoieWork

Told

Told TO 涂業生
Visual Diary Generator《文字引擎》

ToldWork

Justin

Justin WONG 黃照達
City Forum
《城市論壇》

JustinWork

 

More photo documentation

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WMC_e4 artists & exhibition staff 
 

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ST performing at the Opening of the WMC_e4 exhibition
 

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Guests at the Opening performance
 

audience

Guests viewing exhibits

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