Leonardo at SIGGRAPH 2011

7-11 August 2011
Vancouver, Canada

SIGGRAPH 2011, in collaboration with Leonardo/ISAST, features not only artists and artwork, but also the processes and theoretical frameworks for making art and contextualizing its place in society.

Art Papers

• Explore the changing roles of artists and the methods of art-making in our increasingly networked and computationally mediated world.
• Present excellent ideas in accessible ways.
• Inform artistic disciplines, set standards, and stimulate future trends.

In addition to core topics related to digital arts and interactive techniques, Art Papers also explore the theme of SIGGRAPH 2011's juried Art Gallery: Tracing Home.

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. Publication of this third special issue coincides with SIGGRAPH 2011.

Art Gallery

In the era of networked technology, the interplay of physical and virtual within our lived experience opens up portals and wormholes enabling simultaneous and discontinuous realities at the touch of a button, echo of a voice, or nudge of a sensor. The new dynamics not only reconfigures our relations with ourselves and with one another, but most importantly, it reshapes our sense of identity, belonging, and place. The SIGGRAPH 2011 Art Gallery: Tracing Home, presents exceptional digital and technologically mediated artworks that explore issues related to the concept of home in the networked age.

Find out more about the 2011 Art Gallery: Tracing Home

Reception: Leonardo, Art Papers, and Art Gallery

TUESDAY, 9 AUGUST 2-3:30 PM | Art Gallery

Experience "home" in the networked age. Talk with the artists, designers, and Art Papers authors about their work. And meet the members of the SIGGRAPH 2011 committee who organized this year's Art Gallery.

Daily Art Tours

MONDAY, 8 AUGUST - WEDNESDAY, 10 August, 1-1:30 pm

Members of the Art Gallery committee offer 30-minute guided tours to introduce visitors to Tracing Home and some of the specific artworks displayed in the exhibition. The daily tours begin in the Art Gallery.

Informal Art Talks

Tracing Home participating artists casually explain and discuss their works, process, and ideas . These talks are followed by short Q & A sessions and an opportunity to meet and chat with the artists. All talks are presented in the Art Gallery.

Monday, 8 August

4-4:20 pm
MOSTON
Anya Belkina
Emerson College

4:20-4:40 pm
Travel Stones
Jacquelyn Martino
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center

4:40-5 pm
The Insatiable
Jawshing Arthur Liou
Indiana University

Tuesday, 9 August

4-4:20 pm
The Garden of Error and Decay
Michael Bielicky
Kamila B. Richter
HFG/ZKM Karlsruhe

4:20-4:40 pm
tele-present wind
David Bowen
University of Minnesota

4:40-5 pm
0h!m1gas: biomimetic stridulation environment
Kuai Shen Auson
Academy of Media Arts Cologne

Wednesday, 10 August

4-4:20 pm
Open House
Patrick LeMieux
Duke University
Jack Stenner
University of Florida

4:20-4:40 pm
Wait
Julie Andreyev
Simon Overstall
Emily Carr University of Art + Design

4:40-5 pm
Third Skin
Andrea Zapp
Manchester Metropolitan University

Updated 30 June 2011