Fwd: bio/abstract

We're particularly exciting about this Friday's GFX Cafe, co-organized with Claudia X. Valdes' Advanced Electronic Arts Class to be held from 12:00 - 1:00 PM in our ARTS Lab Garage.

Many of you are familiar with Cycling 74's products and Jitter in particular (if not, some links are provided below).  And Wesley Smith is one of the key people in pushing it further.  Interested in the intersection of art, research and computational media?  This is a great event to attend.

WHEN:  Friday, 4/11 from 12:00 - 1:00 PM
WHERE:  ARTS Lab is located at 131 Pine St., NE (one block west of University Blvd. and half a block north of Central)

BIO

Wesley Smith is a PhD candidate at UC Santa Barbara's Media Arts and

Technology program where he is a researcher in audiovisual composition

and interactive immersive environments on the Allosphere project.  In

addition, Wesley is one of the lead programmer's on Cycling '74's

Jitter software where he works on real-time video and 3D graphics

systems.

ABSTRACT:

Computational Audiovisual Composition and the Allosphere

The Allosphere -- a 3 story spherical projection surface located in a

near-anechoic chamber --  is a unique space for interactive and

immersive audiovisual environments.  This talk will describe recent

research in audiovisual software for composing works and environments

in the Allosphere.  The subject of the software, which we term

Computational Audiovisual Composition, maintains a philosophical

concern with both computational aesthetics and the nature of

audiovisual composition on the computer, addressing the Allosphere's

status as a hybrid scientific and artistic instrument.

Relevant Links:

http://www.mat.ucsb.edu/allosphere/

http://www.mat.ucsb.edu/

http://www.cycling74.com/

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ARTS Lab
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1 University of New Mexico
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