Computational Arts-based Research and Theory

 As John Naughton writes in the article   The goal is to automate us': welcome to the age of surveillance capitalism " Digital technology is separating the citizens in all societies into two groups: the watchers and the watched"  In today's age of information discourse and technology, it is easy to see that technology is advancing, communication methods are becoming faster and search engines have been perfected to allow all kinds of data to be collected promptly. On the surface, it seems to make life easier, but potentially, people don't even realise that a mobile phone, computer, etc. around them is always observing everyone's search habits through recording functions, big data analysis, etc. Based on this data, relevant content is launched, mainly for products, news, advertising... On the surface it doesn't seem to be a big problem, perhaps it makes life easier. But when you look deeper, isn't this a form of consumer baiting? Looking more deeper, on...

Cyborg, quite like the combination between the robot and human. I think this is also artificial intelligence. Like Suchman said: projects in AI and robotics involve a kind of dou-bling or mimicry in the machine that works as a powerful disclosing agent for assumptions about the human. Cyborg is a kind of existence that imitates people. What we see most is the semi bionic people in the film. They have ideas but are not real people. This kind of machine is often invented by referring to human behaviour and shapes. So, just like Suchman said: what it means to be humanlike, and how the boundary between humans and nonhumans is correspondingly drawn and redrawn, is of course one of the matters in question. When cyborg really appears, when their appearance is no different from human beings and has the ability of independent thinking, can we distinguish cyborg, a non-human machine, from human beings? Have the boundaries been broken? Will some order be broken, and will the moral order ...

  It is interesting to know that context(situation) can affect the generation of algorithms. When reading the article by  Donna Haraway , and watching some parts of the video by Ruha Benjamin , I found that this kind of situational is also involved in the field of design. In addition to the algorithm, there will be its own genre in any creation. Various art sects in the 19th century expressed different directions and presented different ways.  Neoclassicism， Romantic realism， Impressionism， Modern art,  all have their own characteristics. Then to the avant-garde art, according to the situation of the times, each artist breaks the traditional artistic expression form from their own different fields to express their views, like in film industry, music...

This week, after the discussion, we began to think about some questions:  Now we are in a world full of interaction, between people, between people and machines... More and more artworks begin to add the element of "interaction". Many works begin to put spectators in an immersive environment, and then use various scientific and technological means to make spectators interact with the environment. Then we doubt, what is interaction? why do we need interaction? when we are in an immersive environment, what really is the relationship between people, time and space?  Besides, in terms of the  interaction method, should we use massive technology to make the interaction happen？  Is technology really that important? Can interaction be achieved without these  technological  means? We looked for several examples and made a comparison: Some immersive spaces with various technology:   flower forest: lost, immersed and reborn in teamLab Borderless Museum (teamLab,...

AI, what we called  Artificial intelligence,   has been studied since the last century. We can find AI in early science fiction movies, such as  Ex Machina,  Blade Runner 2049,  The  Terminator,  The Matrix ... And  People have shown their imagination of the future development of artificial intelligence in these films. However, we can find that the artificial intelligence in these films is endowed with consciousness and the ability of self think. In   AI Debate: How far can the AI revolution go?   Dr Eugene Izhikevich mentioned that the previous machine needed human intervention in advance to make the machine run. Now people are committed to studying the brain, and then creating a brain for the machine through algorithms so that it can operate on its own intelligently. Just like Apple Siri, Autonomous vehicles( Self-driving cars ), home automation ...Also, Dr Eugene mentions "conscious" and propose if a machine has consciousness, can w...

I want to extend the first week's idea. Some artworks at present are rooted from traditional art.    Nude Descending a Staircase , No. 2 (Duchamp, 1912) The above painting by Duchamp： The motion law is similar to that of the later animation. Look into some video artists(who like to use traditional forms for artistic projection creation, but also try to add new technologies or more immersive experiences to expand their artistic expression ) : Bill viola , Garry Hill When we look back to the last century, we can find artworks continue from traditional painting to the use of equipment(machine), to the mixed-use of various equipment, and then to the mixed-use of tradition and equipment(machine). The changes in the presentation of various works of art also represent the upgrading of technology.  So I really agree with" people can do the things because the technic(machine) can do these things". And when we look into today's artworks, w e can find that artists pay mor...