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Art Papers investigate the roles of artists and the methods of art-making in an increasingly global, networked, and technologically mediated world. Art Papers contribute to our understanding of the history of art, inform contemporary artistic and critical practices, and anticipate and stimulate future trajectories.

At SIGGRAPH 2017, Art Papers explore the contributions of artists to the development of virtual and immersive experiences, bridging the digital-physical interface through engaging our embodiment within virtuality: the emergence of consumer VR and AR, how immersive experiences are shaping the cultural landscape, and their potential contributions to human creativity in art, entertainment, analytics, gaming, medicine, science, engineering, robotics, space exploration, communication, tourism, transportation, and cultural exchange. This theme is supplemented with invited talks by emerging-technologies luminaries and panels of experts from industry and the arts.

Authors present Art Papers in 20-minute sessions with five minutes of Q&A. The papers are published in a special issue of Leonardo, The Journal of the International Society of the Arts, Sciences and Technology. The issue also includes visual documentation of the works exhibited in the Art Gallery. This publication coincides with SIGGRAPH 2017 and will mark the ninth year of collaboration between SIGGRAPH and Leonardo.

Best Art Paper Award

Transforming the Commonplace Through Machine Perception: Light-Field Synthesis and Audio-Feature Extraction in the Rover Project

Robert Twomey
Youngstown State University

Michael McCrea
University of Washington

Art Papers Chair

Ruth West

 

Reception: Leonardo, Art Papers, and Art Gallery

Mix and mingle with artistis, researchers, and authors whose works were selected for SIGGRAPH 2017. Meet the Leonardo team and members of the SIGGRAPH 2017 committee who organized this year's Art Gallery.

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Media & Entertainment Technologies

ACM DL

Autoencoding Blade Runner: Reconstructing Films With Artificial Neural Networks

"Blade Runner—Autoencoded" is a film made by training a neural network to watch the film "Blade Runner" several times and then reinterpret it. The film is the first of this kind, and it has since been exhibited in art galleries and museums around the world.

Terence Broad
Goldsmiths, University of London

Mick Grierson
Goldsmiths, University of London

Avoid Setup: Insights and Implications of Generative Cinema

This paper explores generative cinema by presenting the thought-provoking projects that exemplify approaches toward cinema in generative art. In a discussion of the aspects of the artists’ creative thinking, it shows that cognitive tensions between film and generative art have significant expressive, intellectual, and ethical implications that could benefit both fields.

Dejan Grba
University of Arts in Belgrade

Creature Interactions: A Social Mixed-Reality Playspace

Creature Interactions is a large-scale immersive and interactive artwork based on the ecologically driven children's book Dot and the Kangaroo. It features full-bodied expressive interaction in a social mixed-reality environment presented in stereoscopic 3D. The immersive visuals have elicited a phantom sensory effect in certain participants.

Andrew Bluff
University of Technology Sydney

Andrew Johnston
University of Technology Sydney

Lenticular Waterwheels: Simultaneous Kinetic and Embedded Animation

In a remote mountain river in France, a kinetic sculpture powered by natural energy played custom animation on printed lenticulars and struggled through violent storms, lightning strikes, and torrential hail to become one of the medium’s largest displays and a lesson in metal fabrication, site dynamics, and multilayered animation.

Scott Hessels
City University of Hong Kong

The Interactive Image: A Media Archaeology Approach

This paper examines the history of the influential Interactive Image computer graphics showcase, which took place at museums and conferences throughout 1987 and 1988. It explores the historical contexts that led to the creation of this exhibition, which included the integrated efforts of artists and computer scientists.

Esteban Garcia Bravo
Purdue University

Andres Burbano
Universidad de los Andes

Vetria Byrd
Purdue University

Angus Forbes
University of Illinois at Chicago

Transforming the Commonplace Through Machine Perception: Light-Field Synthesis and Audio-Feature Extraction in the Rover Project

Rover is a mechatronic imaging device and real-time audio/visual installation that employs light-field synthesis and machine listening to create a generative hybrid between photography and cinema. This paper describes the mechatronic, machine perception, audio/visual synthesis, and compositional techniques developed for the piece.

Robert Twomey
Youngstown State University

Michael McCrea
University of Washington