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MUTATOR 1+2 Computer Art/Science Symposium

A one day symposium exploring the boundaries between art and science in the work of pioneering computer artist William Latham.

Attend the MUTATOR 1+2 Computer Art/ Science 1 Day Symposium, 9.30am – 5pm on Saturday 21 September at the University of Brighton. Learn about the latest developments in the collaboration of art and science from the leading practitioners and researchers in computer art, contemporary art, life sciences, neuro-science and aesthetic digital experiences.

Limited delegate places available.
£20 per head or free if a student with a student card. Booking is essential to guarantee your place. Your booking includes a special event with an invited artist and a visit to the MUTATOR Exhibition at Phoenix Brighton with the artist William Latham.
Explore the following topics across: art, artificial life, mutation, life sciences and psychology:

The history of mutation: theory & practice

Computers in the visual arts, a brief history

Aggregation, flow and cellular forms in generative art

Live art and artificial life art

Presence and the imperceptible: dots, dashes, duration and data Through a brain, darkly: art, neuroscience and the unconscious Beyond contempory art Natural computing: A life-promoting technology Visual representation in dynamic life sciences What is the future of digital art?

Meet and chat with the speakers:

Professor William Latham, Co-director MSc Computer Games & Entertainment, Goldsmiths College, London
Sue Gollifer, Principal Lecturer in Fine Art, in the School of Art, Design and Media and Director of ISEA International Headquarters
Stephen Todd, Visiting Professor, Goldsmiths College, London
Paul Brown, Honorary Visiting Professor, Sussex University
Andy Lomas, KATANA Product Manager, The Foundry (Europe’s leading VFX and animation company)
Sally Jane Norman, Professor of Performance Technologies and Director of the Attenborough Centre at the University of Sussex
Bonnie Mitchell, Bowling Green State University
Dr Parashkev Nachev, artist and Lecturer at the Institute of Neurology, University College London
Etan Jonathan Ilfeld, Tenderpixel Gallery
Rachel Armstrong, University of Greenwich
Professor Michael J E Sternberg, Imperial College, London
Professor Martin Reiser, Digital Creativity at De Montfort University
Jon Pratty, Relationship Manager at the Arts Council
Dr Nick Lambert, Lecturer Digital Art and Culture, Birkbeck College London Professor Frederic Leymarie, Co-director MSc Computer Games & Entertainment, Goldsmiths College, London

See full programme here.

SUPPORTED BY A GRANT FROM ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND


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