This CAS interdisciplinary initiative is coordinated by Janet Smarr , Program in Comparative Literature and the Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory. Please enter through east door.
All presentations are free and open to the public.
The Aesthetic Dimension of Computation Robin Bargar , Virtual Environments Group, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, UIUC Realtime interaction with a computational system depends upon multimodal feedback. September 29 Algorithmic Art, Scientific Visualization, Remote Virtual Collaboration and Other Paradoxes Donna Cox , National Center for Supercomputing Applications and School of Art and Design, UIUC Technology is exponentially transforming the way that people collaborate, scientists 'see', and artists invent. Cox will visually present a voyage of how art and science have converged through computer graphics technology to address some of the oldest questions on earth. My paper offers a close reading of True North in both its print and hypertext versions. Technological Music Guy Garnett , Composition- Theory Division, School of Music, UIUC Technology, most especially but not only computers, has begun to alter and otherwise influence the aesthetics of a wide variety of music from around the world.