Resources from the Workshop Programme
The following links are from an RSS feed of resources from the e-Science for the Visual Arts workshop programme and other useful links. The original programme timetable is still available.
e-Science Report
The e-Science report on the workshops is now available on Google Docs.
Momus' post lecture thoughts
Momus has posted on his blog (Click Opera) his thinking behind his lecture on the IT Culture - the first Daniel Hunt Lecture.
mp3 Audio Recordings of Presentations and Workshops
The recordings from the first two workshops (3rd and 10th November) are now available to listen to online or download.
e-Science in the Visual Arts presentation by Gregory Sporton
The PowerPoint presentation given by Greg introducing the workshop programme is available to download .
What is e-Science? presentation by Thorsten Schnier
Thorsten's presentation is available as a PDF on his web site.
Real-time Datascapes: Real-time Histories presentation by Michael Takeo Magruder
A lot of the examples used in Michael's presentation are available on his web site.
The Networked Mash-Up workshop by Jonathan Green and Keir William
Notes for the presentation and other resources have been posted on Jonathan and Keir's blogs.
Tools vs. Environments presentation by Robert Sharl
Robert has made his presentation slides available as a PDF file.
The 3 Categories of the Grid presentation by Andy Pryke
Andy's PowerPoint presentation slides are available to download.
Access Grid and Memetic presentation by Mike Daw
Although due to technical difficulties Mike Daw was not able to present live (through AG) his presentation is available to download. Please note this is a self-running (PC only) PowerPoint presentation with audio packed in a .zip file and is 224MB in size.
Real Time Collaborative Drawing: Workshop with Dr. Gregory Sporton
As part of the VRU's e-Science Workshop Series, Gregory Sporton's Real Time Collaborative Drawing experiment is explained, with illustrations.
The Networked Mash-Up workshop by Jonathan Green and Keir Williams
Jonathan and Keir have posted the video on YouTube of the performance using their Gridded Resources in Real-Time network. Also available on the VRU pages.
Robert Sharl blogs the 3 days of the workshops on the futurilla blog
Robert worked hard live blogging the workshops - November 3rd, November 10th & November 17th.
Photographs from the workshops are in the VRU pool on Flickr
A selection of images are available on Flickr. Sorry no pictures from the first workshop.
Robert Sharl blogs on e-Science and Tansformative Technology
Robert makes some interesting points upon the notion of technology, the visual arts and the engagement by artist and designers with digital culture.
Andy Pryke posts pictures from the 17th November
Andy has blogged the workshop on the 17th November including some photos from the collaborative drawing experiment.
Streaming of control data across the Web
Jonathan Green demonstrated his early experiments in controlling devices across the Web and he has posted the details on his blog.
The Max/MSP patches used by Jonathan and Keir
The patches that form part of the gridded resources have been made available for download by Jonathan Green.
Momus in Middle England
Momus posts prelimary details of his visit to Birmingham and his lecture.
The VRU project feede-Science for the Visual Arts
The Networked Mash-Up | © 2006 Mike Priddy
Throughout November 2006, the Visualisation Research Unit hosted a series of e-Science workshops, looking at issues in e-Science processes in the Visual Arts. The series, entitled 'Building the Wireframe', looked at the possible application and development of e-Science processes for creative practice. With a combination of practical demonstrations of e-Science processes and presentations on the value and potential of e-Science, the workshops broke new ground in utilising e-Science, including the use of a dancer as an HCI device, collaborative, networked drawing in real time and the use of web-based data as the basis for works of art. Discussions included issues like the role of institutions in the e-Science process, identifying usability problems and creating environments in which to work with e-Science processes. The workshops will result in further seminars and papers based on the activities.
Resources from the Workshops
Keir Williams sets-up for the workshop | © 2006 Mike Priddy
A wide range of materials have been created as part of the series of workshops, presentations and lectures. We have recorded the audio from all of the talks and workshops and these are available as mp3 files and in some cases will be as enhanced podcasts. A number of the contributors have made their slide presentations available to download. These along with other resources can be found in the column on the left.
The Daniel Hunt Lecture
Momus lectures on the IT culture | © 2006 Mike Priddy
Techno-culture hero Momus was invited to give the Daniel Hunt Lecture in its' inaugural year. Given in the fabulously kitsch Birmingham & Midland Institute on November 17th, the lecture covers vast areas of the cultural landscape of Information Technology. Drawing on the 'It' girl phenomenon, Momus situates the IT Culture as the 'It' culture of its' time, making comparisons with all those other cultural phenomena that felt they were redefining our position and understanding of the world. That the IT culture might one day simply become just another phase of communications development is a prospect few have already appreciated. In this lecture Momus gives us an insight into what the history of the future might be...
A podcast of Momus' lecture is available to download or listen online.
Momus' has blogged his post lecture thoughts.
Real Time Collaborative Drawing: Workshop with Dr. Gregory Sporton
Gregory Sporton and image collaboratively created | © 2006 Mike Priddy
"As I have often been heard to say during the course of the e-Science wokshops, the important thing about digitising a process is not the efficiency savings or the instant reproducibility of digital forms of stuff we used to make by hand. Rather, it is whether the nature of digital technology has been sufficiently exploited to add something new to an old process. A digital art that replicates the process and results of an analogue one is an incomplete answer. Even though it may appear to challenge the working process, it does not challenge the result, and is of less interest to me in the context of e-Science as a consequence."Dr. Gregory Sporton
As part of the VRU's e-Science Workshop Series, Gregory Sporton's Real Time Collaborative Drawing experiment is explained, with illustrations.
The Networked Mash-Up: Gridded Resources in Real-Time
The Networked Mash-up performance | © 2006 Mike Priddy
"... we wanted to present a computer-based system which could facilitate collaborative performances between artists from different disciplines without the necessary laborious preparations when using cutting-edge technologies."Jonathan Green
Jonathan Green and Keir Williams provide an overview of their e-science presentation - The Networked Mash-Up - from the second e-Science for the Visual Arts workshop, November 10th.
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