8:00-9:00 9:00-9:45 Welcome Address and Opening Lecture by Richard William Allen, Dean of School of Creative Media and Conference Chair (M3017, L3)
9:45-12:45 Machine Learning and Art Panel 1: Gene Kogan, Anna Ridler Memo Akten and De Kai (M3017, L3) Session Chair: Hector Rodriguez The Neural Aesthetic The Artistic Potential of Computer Vision Intelligent Machines that Learn: What Do They Know? Do They Know Things? Let's Find Out! How Machines can be More Creative than Humans
12:45-13:45 13:45-15:45 M3090 Shun Hing Lecture Theatre, L3 M6094 Future Cinema Studio, L6 Paper Session 1: Robotic Art Session Chair: Tobias Klein Das Fremde Robot Installation Michael Spranger, Sony Computer Science Laboratories Inc., Japan; Stephane Noel, Artist and Curator, Switzerland “I’m evolving into a box.” The Paradoxical Condition in AI Wei-Yu Chen, Taipei National University of the Arts, Taiwan Up-Close Experiences with Robots Louis-Philippe Demers, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Artistic Intelligence Ray LC, Parsons School of Design, United States Paper Session 2: Photography and Computation Session Chair: Warren Leung Are Photographers Superfluous? The Autonomous Camera Elke Reinhuber, Nanyang Technology University, Singapore Computational Photography Yeon-Kyoung Lim, CityU, Hong Kong Facial (Re)Cognition: Windows and Mirrors, and Screens Megan Olinger, CityU, Hong Kong 2.5D Computational Image Stippling Kin-Ming Wong, artixels, Hong Kong
15:45-16:00 16:00-17:00 M3090 Shun Hing Lecture Theatre, L3 M6094 Future Cinema Studio, L6 Paper Session 3: Brain Computer Interfaces Session Chair: Tomas Laurenzo AIBO – Artificially Intelligent Brain Opera – An Artistic Work-in-Progress Rapid Prototype Ellen Pearlman, Parsons School of Design, United States Atom, Bit, Coin, Transactional Art Between Sublimation and Reification Maurice Benayoun, CityU, Hong Kong; Tobias Klein, CityU, Hong Kong Paper Session 4: Computational Art in Urban Space Session Chair: Ashley Wong Repopulating the City: Introducing Urban Electronic Wildlife Guillaume Slizewicz, LUCA School of Arts, Belgium; Greg Nijs, University Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium Art of Our Times: A Temporal Position to Art and Change Tanya Toft Ag, CityU, Hong Kong
17:00-18:45 Keynote Lecture 1: Robotics Symposium: Ayanna Howard and Ken Rinaldo (M3017, L3) Session Chair: Richard William Allen The Human-Centered Design of Robotics for Social Impact Trans-species Symbiogenesis
18:45-20:00 Conference Reception (M1060 Multimedia Theatre, L1)
8:30-9:30 9:30-11:15 Machine Learning and Art Panel 2: Huamin Qu and Jing Liao (M3017, L3) Session Chair: Lam Miu Ling Data, Visual Storytelling, and Explainable Artificial Intelligence Huamin Qu, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, HKUST, Hong Kong Image and Video Stylization with Deep Neural Networks Jing Liao, Department of Computer Science, CityU, Hong Kong
11:15-11:45 11:45-12:45 M3090 Shun Hing Lecture Theatre, L3 M6094 Future Cinema Studio, L6 Paper Session 5: Computational Media and Performance Session Chair: Maurice Benayoun The Dancer in the Machine Simon Biggs, University of South Australia, Australia; Sue Hawksley, Independent Dance Artist, Australia; Samya Bagchi, University of Adelaide, Australia; Mark McDonnell, University of South Australia, Australia Machine Learning for Performative Spaces Alex Davies and Brad Miller, UNSW Australia, Australia; Boris Bagattini, Soma-CG, Australia Paper Session 6: Coding for Artists: Creative Pedagogy Session Chair: Linda Lai Introducing Machine Learning in the Creative Communities: A Case Study Workshop Matteo Loglio, oio.studio, United Kingdom; Serena Cangiano, SUPSI, Switzerland Aesthetic Coding: Exploring Computational Culture Beyond Creative Coding Winnie Soon, Aarhus University, Denmark; Shelly Knotts, Durham University, United Kingdom
12:45-14:00 14:00-15:45 Machine Learning and Art Panel 3: Ernest Edmonds and Philippe Pasquier (M3017, L3) Session Chair: Hector Rodriguez Art and Influence: Learning in Augmented Worlds Advances in Creative AI and Computer-assisted Creativity Philippe Pasquier, School for Interactive Arts and Technology, Simon Fraser University, Canada
15:45-16:00 16:00-18:00 M3090 Shun Hing Lecture Theatre, L3 M6094 Future Cinema Studio, L6 Paper Session 7: Machine Learning and Text Generation Session Chair: Daniel Howe The (un)predictability of Text-Based Processing in Machine Learning Art Winnie Soon, Aarhus University, Denmark Generation of a Multi-pictorial Script Haytham Nawar, The American University in Cairo, Egypt MAC Check Scott Fitzgerald, NYU Tandon, Integrated Digital Media, United States Unrolling the Learning Curve: Aesthetics of Adaptive Behaviors with Deep Recurrent Nets for Text Generation Sofian Audry, University of Maine, United States Paper Session 8: Game and Playable Media Session Chair: Olli Tapio Leino Audiovisual Experiments with Evolutionary Games, and the Evolution of a Work-in-progress Stefano Kalonaris, RIKEN, Japan "Hypomnesia", Game of Memory Wanqi Li, CityU, Hong Kong; Jian Guan, Phoenix Satellite Television Co.Ltd., China The Struggle Between Text and Reader Control in Chinese Calligraphy Machines Yue-Jin Ho, The Open University of Hong Kong Playing with the Sound Wing On Tse, Independent Researcher, Hong Kong
18:00-18:15 18:15-19:45 Keynote Lecture 2: Dominic Mclver Lopes (M3017, L3) Session Chair: Richard William Allen Aesthetic Value in the Network Era Dominic Mclver Lopes, Department of Philosophy, University of British Columbia, Canada
20:30-23:00 Conference Party (Studio 9, L9, Union Industrial Building, 48 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Wong Chuk Hang) Cash Bar, Shuttle Bus departs CMC at 20:00.
8:00-9:00 9:00-11:30 Machine Learning and Art Panel 4: Jennifer Gradecki, Derek Curry and Theresa Reimann-Dubbers (M3017, L3) Session Chair: Tomas Laurenzo Automating the Mosaic: Machine Learning in Dataveillance Practices Jennifer Gradecki, College of Arts, Media and Design, Northeastern University, United States
Hacktivism in the age of Automated Decision-Making Derek Curry, College of Arts, Media and Design, Northeastern University, United States
Borderline Speculation Theresa Reimann-Dubbers, Artist, Germany
11:30-11:45 11:45-12:45 M3090 Shun Hing Lecture Theatre, L3 M6094 Future Cinema Studio, L6 Paper Session 09: Sound Art Session Chair: Ken Ueno Artificial Digitality Kuldeep Gohel, Parsons School of Design, United States "Opinions" – Body Movements and Sound Yanbin Song, Parsons School of Design, United States Paper Session 10: Digital Animation Session Chair: Yu Ka Ho, Albert Parallax Relax: Expanded Stereoscopy Max Hattler, CityU, Hong Kong Multimedia Art: The Synthesis of Machine-generated Poetry and Virtual Landscapes Suzana Ilić and Martina Jole Moro, University of Innsbruck, Austria
12:45-14:00 14:00-16:00 M3017, L3 M6094 Future Cinema Studio, L6 Paper Session 11: Engaging and Contesting Machine Recognition Session Chair: Maurice Benayoun The Janus-Face of Facial Recognition Software Romi Mikulinsky, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Israel Adversarial Ornament Attack Michal Jurgielewicz, Rare Resolutions, Poland The Viewer Under Surveillance from the Interactive Artwork Raivo Kelomees, Estonian Academy of Arts, Estonia How Machines See the World: Understanding Image Labelling Carloalberto Treccani, CityU, Hong Kong Paper Session 12: Immersive Media Session Chair: Yu Ka Ho, Albert Storytelling for Virtual Reality Film: Structure, Genre, Immersive and Interactive Narrative Ka Lok Sobel Chan, Hong Kong Baptist University The 360° Video Secret Detours as Case Study to Convey Experiences through Immersive Media and the Method of Presentation Elke Reinhuber, Benjamin Seide and Ross Williams, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore The Present Tense of Virtual Space Andrew Burrell, University of Technology Sydney, Australia VR and AI: The Interface for Human and Non-Human Agents Lukasz Mirocha, CityU, Hong Kong
16:00-16:15 16:15-17:45 M3090 Shun Hing Lecture Theatre, L3 M6094 Future Cinema Studio, L6 Paper Session 13: Critical Data Visualization Session Chair: Scott Hessels Specimens of the Globe: Generative Sculpture in the Age of Anthropocene Gyung Jin Shin, CityU, Hong Kong Visualizing Algorithms: Mistakes, Bias, Interpretability Catherine Griffiths, University of Southern California, United States Paper Session 14: Computation and Curation Session Chair: Harald Kraemer How does a Machine Judge Photos? Wasim Ahmad, Syracuse University, United States The Electronic Curator or How to Ride Your CycleGAN Eyal Gruss, Mahanaim 134, Israel; Eran Hadas, Mahanaim 134 and Tel-Aviv University, Israel Lying Sophia and Mocking Alexa – An Exhibition on AI and Art Iris Xinru Long, China Central Academy of Fine Arts, China
17:45-18:00 18:00-19:30 Keynote Lecture 3: Katja Kwastek (M3017, L3) Session Chair: Richard William Allen E-CO ART? When Electronic and Ecological Arts Meet Katja Kwastek, Department of Art & Culture, History, and Antiquity, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
8:00-9:00 9:00-11:00 M3017, L3 M6094 Future Cinema Studio, L6 Paper Session 15: Machine Learning and Bioart Session Chair: Mariana Perez-Bobadilla Distributed Cognition in Ecological / Digital Art Scott Rettberg, The University of Bergen, Norway Microbial Sonorities Carlos Castellanos, Kansas State University, United States Bacterial Mechanisms: Material Speculation on Posthuman Cognition Mariana Perez Bobadilla, CityU, Hong Kong The Demiurge, or a Manifestation of Carbo-Silico Evolution Jaden Hastings, University of Melbourne, Australia Paper Session 16: Algorithmic Abstractions Session Chair: Max Hattler SHAPES of the Future: When Art Machines Pass the Turing Test Terry Trickett, Trickett Associates, United Kingdom Ornament and Transformation - the Digital Painting of Robert Lettner at the Interface of Analogue and Algorithmic Art Harald Kraemer, CityU, Hong Kong Membrane or How to Produce Algorithmic Fiction Ursula Damm, Bauhaus University Weimar, Germany; Peter Serocka, Germany
11:00-11:15 11:15-12:45 M3090 Shun Hing Lecture Theatre, L3 M6094 Future Cinema Studio, L6 Paper Session 17: Critical Practices Session Chair: Damien Charrieras Art Chasing Liability: Digital Sharecropping and Conscientious Law-Breaking Monica Lee Steinberg, The University of Hong Kong Speculation and Acceleration: Financialization, Art & The Blockchain Ashley Wong, CityU, Hong Kong import <execute> [as <command>] Korsten and De Jong, ArtEZ University of the Arts, Netherlands Paper Session 18: Identity and Representation Session Chair: Louisa Wei Anonymous Conjecture Fangqing He, New York University, Shanghai Volumetric Black Triton Mobley, University of Southern California, United States Constellation - Call Your Personalized Constellation Nan Zhao, New York University, Shanghai
12:45-14:00 14:00-16:00 M3017, L3 M6094 Future Cinema Studio, L6 Paper Session 19: Machine Learning and Artistic Agency Session Chair: Linda Lai Artificial Intelligence, Artists, and Art: Attitudes Toward Artwork Produced by Humans vs. Artificial Intelligence Joo-Wha Hong and Nathaniel Curran, University of Southern California, United States Art and Automation: The Role of the Artist in an Automated Future Lodewijk Heylen, PXL-MAD School of Arts, University of Hasselt, Belgium Do Machines Produce Art? No. (A Systems-Theoretic Answer) Michael Straeubig, University of Plymouth, United Kingdom Paper Session 20: Digital Cinema, Expanded Cinema Session Chair: Richard William Allen Penelope Alejandro Albornoz, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom; Roderick Coover, Temple University, United States; Scott Rettberg, University of Bergen, Norway The Fresnel Video Lens Steve Boyer, California State University at Long Beach, United States A Pixel-Free Display Using Squid's Chromatophores Juppo Yokokawa, Haruki Muta, Ryo Adachi, Hiroshi Ito and Kazuhiro Jo, Kyushu University, Japan The Time Machine: a Multiscreen Generative Video Artwork Daniel Buzzo, University of the West of England, United Kingdom
16:00-16:15 16:15-18:00 Conference Round Up (M6094 Future Cinema Studio, L6) Session Chair: ISCMA Conference Committee
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