GA2004
GENERATIVE ART CONFERENCE @ Politecnico di Milano University
organized by the Generative Design Lab, Department of Architecture and Planning
Program
13 DECEMBER 2004 . Politecnico di Milano University, School of Architecture, Via Ampere 2
16.30	REGISTRATION DESK
18.00	WELCOME COCKTAIL - OPENING EXHIBITION
14 DECEMBER 2004 . Politecnico di Milano University, School of Architecture, Via Ampere 2, Aula Rogers
9.30	Celestino Soddu	OPENING	Generative Design Lab. DIAP, Politecnico di Milano University, Italy
9.45	PAPER SESSION (aula Rogers)
	Paul Coates	Some experiments using agent modelling at CECA	UEL, UK
	John Frazer,  Timothy Jachna	Taxonomies of Form Based on Morphogenesis	School of Design, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
	Bauke de Vries	Dutch Dwellings	Tech Eindhoven University
	Carla Farsi, Kristopher R. Collins	Visual Inputs and Esthetic Values	Department of Mathematics,University of Colorado/Boulder, USA
10.45	DISCUSSION
11.15	COFFEE BREAK / EXHIBITION hall
11.45	PAPER SESSION (aula Rogers)
	Celestino Soddu	Meta-code, identity's borders.	Generative Design Lab, Politecnico di Milano University
	Michele Emmer	Topology, Computer Graphics and Architecture	Facolta' di Disegno Industriale, Università di Roma "La Sapienza".
	Gary R. Greenfield	The Void Series — Generative Art using Regulatory Genes	University of Richmond
12.30	DISCUSSION
13.00	LUNCH
14.45	PAPER SESSION (aula Rogers)
	Hans Dehlinger, Matthew Lewis	Selective Extraction of Point Sets from Photographs as Starting Events of Generative-Art Line Drawings	Univ. Kassel / Ohio State Univ.
	José Pinto Duarte	The Virtual Architect	Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon Technical University; Massachusetts Institute of technology, U.S.A.
	Kai Strehlke, Mathias Ochsendorf	Generative Interfaces and Scenarios for Intelligent Architecture. A Framework for Computer Integrated Buildings	ETH Zurich
15.30	DISCUSSION
16.00	PAPER SESSION (aula Rogers)
	Anna M. Chupa, Michael A. Chupa	TOLAS: Terrain of Light and Sound	1.Design Arts Program, Lehigh University. 2: Visualization, Analysis and Imaging Laboratory, GeoResources Institute,, Mississippi State University
	Bogdan Soban	Selling Artworks as the Case of Generative Art Product Marketing	Slovenia
	Heloisa Leão	The Art, the Men and the Habitat as a Way to Construct the World	Brazil
	Yong Kyun Roh	A Study on Context-based Evolutionary Building Design with Animation Software MAYA	Knowlton School of Architecture, The Ohio State University
	Jong Sze Joon, Eddie Soon Eu Hui	1st part: techniques in Lip-Sync and facial tracking using motion capture: the pre-evolution of Mocap. 2nd part: Implementing understanding of photography principleas to create effective photorealistic 3D rendering.	Multimedia University, Cyberjaya, Malaysia
	Christian Derix, Mohamed Raafat, Amine Benoudjit	3D Navigation in architectural space	UEL, UK
17.00	DISCUSSION
17.15	COFFEE BREAK / EXHIBITION hall
17.30	POSTER SESSION and ARTWORKS/INSTALLATIONS PRESENTATIONS (aula Rogers)
	Paolo Bottoni, Stefano Faralli, Anna Labella, Claudio Scozzafava	Experimenting with CHAMBRE: Interactive multimedia action	Dipartimento di Informatica Universita` di Roma "La Sapienza"
	Reinhard König, Christian Bauriedel	Computer-generated urban Structures	University of Kaiserslautern - Germany
	Bart Vandeput	ReCords	Belgium
	Eliane Weizmann, Fernando Marinho e Leocádio Neto	"011000"	Brazil
	Vera Sylvia Bighetti	Drag and drop	Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo
	Leonel Moura with Henrique Garcia Pereira	painting robots	Portugal
	Mahnaz Shah	Venice Hospital	Architectural Association, School of Architecture, London
	Pascal DOMBIS	Square Out	VANVES, France
	Sarawut Chutiwongpeti	Wishes, Lies and Dreams	Thailand
	Ajay Kumar	pages of madness	Goldsmiths University of London
19.00	DISCUSSION
20.00	CONFERENCE DINNER
15 DECEMBER 2004 . Politecnico di Milano University, School of Architecture, Via Ampere 2, Aula Rogers
9.30	PAPER SESSION (aula Rogers)
	Anthony Viscardi	Using Light as the Generator of Form	Lehigh University / Art and Architecture
	Daniela Sirbu	Digital Places in Evolutionary Contexts.  Interferences with Evolutionary Agents	Assistant Professor, Department of New Media, University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
	K. Moraes Zarzar	Design Precedents and Identity	Delft University of Technology
	Manuel A. Báez	Generative Dynamics: Process, Form and Structure	Carleton University School of Architecture, Ottawa, Canada
	Alain Lioret	L-Cellular Morphogenesis	Arts et Technologies de l'Image, Taverny. France
10.45	DISCUSSION
11.15	COFFEE BREAK / EXHIBITION hall
11.45	PAPER SESSION (aula Rogers)
	Enrica Colabella	Numbering, a resonant silence	Generative Design Lab, Politecnico di Milano University
	Marie-Pascale Corcuff	Architecture: Form, Space and Order?	l'école d’architecture de Bretagne (Rennes, France)
	Mario Costa	For a new kind of aesthetics	Department of Philosophy , Salerno University
12.30	DISCUSSION
13.00	LUNCH
14.45	PAPER SESSION (aula Rogers)
	Markus Schein, Ole Werner	Generative and Evolutionary Design in Design Education	University of Kassel, Department of Product Design, Generative Design Lab
	Nicole Schadewitz	Interaction Design Patterns: Generative Design Supporting Intercultural Collaboration	School of Design, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
	Nicoletta Sala, Gerardo Burkle-Elizondo,	Complexity and Fractal Dimension in 26 Mesoamerican Pyramids	Accademia di Mendrisio
	H. C. Lee,  M. X. Tang	Evolutionary Shape Grammars for Product Design	Design Technology Research Centre, School of Design, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
15.45	DISCUSSION
16.15	PAPER SESSION (aula Rogers)
	Karlis Salitis	New approaches and possibilities in computer graphics using high lavel shading languages	Daugavpils University
	Katharine Willis	paper: The view from the road - the potential of GPS technologies to inform a generative approach to designing visual sequences for the observer in motion.	UK, artist
	Liesbeth De Mol	Computer Generated Images as Mathematical Tools	Laboratory for Applied Epistemology, University of Ghent
	Halis Pichler	Certain things which lie within the class of what is frightening	Patabiotica, Institute for Art and Biotech, Berlin
	Maurizio Bolognini	Programmed Machines: Infinity and Identity	Artist, Italy
17.00	DISCUSSION
17.15	Asia-link program presentation
	Celestino Soddu, Hans Dehlinger, Bauke de Vries, Chang Ming Yang, Zhao Xiu Ying. Tian Yun Qing	De Identitate	Politecnico di Milano, Kassel University. Technical University of Eindhoven, Tianjin University, BLCUniversity Beijings, Shanghai University.
17.45	COFFEE BREAK / EXHIBITION hall
18.00	POSTER SESSION and ARTWORKS/INSTALLATIONS PRESENTATIONS (aula Rogers)
	Bastien Belloche	something somewhere for somebody	France
	Benjamin Delarre - Leon Cullinane	N.E.S.T.	UK
	Benjamin Fischer	yahoo wordnews	Stuttgart  State  Academy  of  Art  and  Design,  Germany.
	Bilotta E., Gabriele A.R., Lorenzi M.G., Pantano P.	two software applications designed and implemented ad hoc,  CA3D and CA-Tree	Università della Calabria
	Aleksandra Šļahova, Ilze Volonte, Māris Čačka, Jolanta Savvina	The Evaluation of Creative Works of Students of Art Speciality	Daugavpils University, Daugavpils, Latvia
	Aleksandra Šļahova, Ilze Volonte, Māris Čačka, Jolanta Savvina, Baiba Valpētere	Dynamic of the Development of Creative Activity	Daugavpils University, Daugavpils, Latvia
	Ennio Bertrand	-	Arslab, Italy
	Kan Wee Wagen Teh	Boulder Pavillion (Joshua Tree National Park)	Southern California Institute of Architecture
	Matteo Guzzini	"Non abbiate paura"	artist, Italy
	Michael Schmitz	genoTyp, An experiment about genetic typography	Department of Visual Communication, University of Arts Berlin, Berlin, Germany
19.00	SNACK BREAK / Exhibition Hall
20.30	PERFORMANCES
	Nick Tobier	Physical Theater for a Digital Era	School of Art and Design, University of Michigan
	Thomas E. Brady	Three Row Poles to Enlightenment	USA, St Luis
	David Dahl	This project randomly highlights the keywords involved in the media war over US foreign policy	Chicago
	David Kim-Boyle	1. Musical score generation 2. Musical image generation with Max/MSP/Jitter	University of Maryland, Baltimore
	Paolo Bottoni, Stefano Faralli, Anna Labella, Claudio Scozzafava, Stefano Faralli	clipscore	Dipartimento di Informatica Universita` di Roma "La Sapienza"
	Yiannis Melanitis	Prometheus (Hysterical Duet) ,performed at the Athens Academy	Athens School of Fine Arts
	Koray Tahiroglu	Generative musical improvisation for participants with all kinds of musical backgrounds.	Media Lab / University of Art and Design Helsinki
16 DECEMBER 2004 . Politecnico di Milano University, School of Architecture, Via Ampere 2, Aula Rogers
9.30	PAPER SESSION (aula Rogers)
	Silvia Titotto, Ruy Pauletti	Spatiality in Tensile Structures. Installation: new naturality of artificial world: a wire spider web, from fractal geometry	University of Sao Paulo Department of Architecture  and Department of Structural Engineering
	Yen-feng Wu, Sheng-Fen Chien	Enemy Character Design in Computer Games Using Generative Approach	Graduate School of Computational Design, National Yunlin University of Science & Technology, Taiwan , R.O.C.
	Yannick Joye	Natural Module	Ghent University
	Philip Galanter	What is Emergence?  Generative murals as experiments in the  philosophy of complexity	New York University
	Philip Van Loocke	Generative flower constructions visualizing long strings of binary information	Gent University, Belgium
10.45	DISCUSSION
11.15	COFFEE BREAK / EXHIBITION hall
11.45	PAPER SESSION (aula Rogers)
	Paul Nemirovsky, Gene Shuman, Bosun Adeoti	Exploring and Constructing Video in Improvisational Manner	MIT Media Lab, US
	Stéphane GALLAND, Olivier LAMOTTE, Nicolas GAUD	Infrastructure Design with Multiagent Systems and Virtual Reality: Application to the PSA site	System and Transportation Laboratory, University of Technology of Belfort-Montbéliard, France
	Stuart Bunt	Biological Creativity – from cyborgs to artworks	Director, Paradigm Diagnostics , C/o School of Anatomy and Human Biology, University of Western Australia
12.30	DISCUSSION
13.00	LUNCH
14.45	PAPER SESSION (aula Rogers)
	Ramona Behravan, Peter Bentley, Robin Carlisle	Interactive Organic Art	University College London
	Artemis Moroni, Jônatas Manzolli, Fernando Von Zuben	ArTbitrariness in JaVOX, an evolutionary environment for visual and sound composition	CenPRA, Brazil, Interdisciplinary Nucleus of Sound Studies, NICS/Unicamp, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, FEEC/Unicamp, Brazil
	Gregor Zimmermann	Generative Design of Membrane Concrete Grid Shells	University Kassel, FB6 Architecture Urban and Landscape design, Dev. Structural Design
	Jef Chippewa	Reflection upon Issues of Identity in New Music Composition, via "plastik"	Canada
15.45	DISCUSSION
16.15	PAPER SESSION (aula Rogers)
	Jean-Baptiste Dumont	Metaheuristics for Genetic Optimal Design	Student - Centrale Graduate School / University of Lille (France)
	Marco Longatti	Designing own professional identity.	Generative Design Lab. DIAP, Politecnico di Milano University, Italy
	Nelly Bogdanova	Designing of Academic Courses on Base the Technology of Designing of Information Systems	Daugavpils University, Daugavpils, Latvia
	Osama Usama	Space is an Envelope. Hypothesis: "Fractal Geometry in Architecture/Urban Design implies the presence of a dimension, which exists between line and (It is fractal Property) an area"	University of East London (Master Student)
	Widianto Utomo	Transit Space: nomads mobile place, An urban nomads lifestyle evolution	Indonesia
	Svetlana Ignatjeva	Java Programming for Artists	Daugavpils University, Daugavpils, Latvia
17.15	DISCUSSION
17.30	COFFEE BREAK / EXHIBITION hall
17.45	POSTER SESSION and ARTWORKS/INSTALLATIONS PRESENTATIONS (aula Rogers)
	Skaidrite Erliha	poster: Synthesis and Interaction of Music and Fine Art in Reproduction of Phenomena of Life and Nature. Video: Musical Symbols for Representing Sound Pitch and Value: Crea-tive Aspects	Daugavpils University, Daugavpils, Latvia
	Yan chung-hsien	Odyssey of the boat ritualized/digitalized -----Transforming within generative vehicle	Department of Architecture Design, Shih-Chien University, Taiwan
	Sonja Hindkjær	Tales of the Past and the Future	Copenhagen, Denmark
	Arek Seredyn	hypochondriac being	architect, Rotterdam
	Ival Stratford-Kovner	Fine Artwork, independently realized, can be utilized in generating an awareness of current bio-energy resources and bio-mass significance for future energy consumption.	Western Ct. University, Massachussets
	Bananaram presenta Marko Simic	Public Poster	Artist, Italy
	Sahba La'al, Steffen Heise	The Aerial City.  A City in Harmony with Nature!	Department:University of Michigan, 3D Laboratory, Virtual Reality
	Puneet Gupta	The Majestic Tajmahal	India
	Lasse Scherffig	mex:mix is a generative hypertext story using low-fi technology. The story is generated by remixing various text sources (public and personal).	Germany
19.00	SNACK BREAK / Exhibition Hall
20.30	PERFORMANCES
	Semi Ryu	YONG-SHIN-GUD: Virtual Puppetry with Spiraling Interaction	Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA
	Jef Chippewa, Alberto Bernal, Guillaume Chastel	plastik	Canada, Spain, France
	Thanos Chrysakis, Nick Fuller	Expanses	Greece, UK
	Martin Franklin	bindu point (dvd)	UK
	Yoshiyuki Abe, Akemi ISHIJIMA	Karma2004	Japan, UK
	Daniele Gugelmo	1.Tables of an improvisation; 2.Enchenement	UFRN University of Rio Grande do Norte - Brasil