117 terms

Terms	Definitions
antikythera mechanism	1st century BCE
alexandrian automata	3rd century
spouting dolphin automata	italian theatrical device 16th century
philadelphia draughtsman	by henri maillardets 1800-1812 pre programmed to write 3 poems in english/french designed as a boy dressed like a girl shows how automata does not belong to a gender
Pierre Jacquet-Droz's trio automata	writer, musician, and draughtsman 1768-74 (18th century)
Jacquard Loom	19th century uses chain of punch note cards to input machine program and outputs fabric piece
Jacquard Portrait	self portrait woven in silk on a jacquard loom using 10,000 punch cards
Charles Babbage	1791-1871 created difference engine
Difference Engine	designed to calculate logarithmic tables to the 20th decimal place and print results directly to a metal plate (output)
Analytical Engine	intended to be the world's first universal calculator
the computer's five basic elements are	center processor, center controller, memory, input, output
ada lovelace	mother was mathematically gifted world's first programmer wrote program demo for babbage's anal engine
different directions of automata	humanoid robots (androids) nonhumanoid robots CGI simulation of same other lifeline or agentic machine
metropolis	fritz lang 1927 maria
the friendly grey computer -star gauge model #54	edward kienholz, 1965 we like it cause it doesn't move - its cute
hamlet robot	nam jun paik, 1965
andy warhol robot	nam jun paik, 1994
robot K-456	nam jun paik, 1964
lost in space	nam jun paik, 1965
star wars	C3PO and R2D2 george lucas, 1977
bladerunner	1982
terminator 1	1984
andy warhol robot	1985
contemporary japanese android	1990s
insectoid robot	rodney brooks, 1990
still	terminator II, 1991
anemic cinema	marcel duchamp, 1925 optical illusion -> 2D looks 3D
the cyclops/the head	jean tinguely, 1970
chaos	jean tinguely, 1974
meta-matic no. 17	jean tinguely, 1900s coin operated drawing machine unlimited number of paintings
meta-matic no. 12	jean tinguely, 1900s collar with j kosics blues/oranges
meta-matic no. 18	jean tinguely, 1900s collar with klara hulten red/green
meta-matic no 8	jean tinguely 1900s meta-moritz
homeage to new york	jean tinguely, 1960 designed to destroy itself painted in all white broke down on breaking down
pre-computer-era generative methods	automatic of the surrealists 1930 chance-chased or aleatory art 1955 constrained writing of OULIPO 1960
epiphany	max ernst 1940 surreal plant growth makes pressure mush and then refines into painting
simple serial production	make something > make something else
thematic serial production (monet's haystack)	idea 1 > make something based on idea 1 > make something else based on idea 1
generative serial production (latham's drawings)	make work 1 > used 1 to make 1a, b> use 1a to make 2a, b, c > etc
game of life	cellular automata, 1970 life is played on an arbitrary cell has two stated - dead or alive cell changed generation according to 8 nearest neighbors
biomorph software	lead to by the game of life
virtual sculptures	william latham 1988
art forms of nature	ernst haekel, 1904
evolva	william latham 2000 game where you play as creature take DNA from other creatures to gain ability
simlife	1992
steven rooke	used selection inspired by sims abstract images used aesthetics for selection
rules of flocking	craig reynolds 1. separation 2. alignment 3. cohesion
evolved virtual creatures	karl sims
technosphere	jane prophet and gordon selley 1995 like spores build your own pet attack others - survival of the fittest
life spaces II	christa sommerer & laurent migonneau creaturesonly eat the letters they are composed of
ANALOG	continuous info info is part of physical substrate is not perfectly represented by # changed over time (degrade) any transcription intro error
DIGITAL	discontinuos info info is separable from the physical substrate perfectly represented by # no degradation over time transciptions identical to originals
analog	physical traces sculpture photograph [film] records, VHS tape painting, drawing
digital	data [numbers] CGI imagery digital photograph CDs halftone reproduction (Bend dots)
galloping horse	eadweard muybridge 1875 - nancy burson locomotion
etienne-jule marey (1830-1904)	interest in multiple exposures of plates changing image into # & data to show important parts makes it into abstract that shows arms/legs outline data
digital analog hybrids	shows the beginning of art started to accept discontinuity
annie albers (1889-1994)	eclat 1974 two 1952 ancient writing 1938
chuck close	1977 self portrait overall work is photo realist divides up canvas like pixels fills up each cell in different ways textile
ASCII Art	uses letter to create shape and arts
Digital photomosaic	larger image made out of smaller subunits
Scientific photomosaic	science bring in stuff and manipulate it
mona/leo	lillian schwartz use software to manipulate and superimpose portraits
warhead I	nancy burson 1982 proportion of their face if contributed by the portion of of nuclear warfare they contributed portraits of people are changed so that we don't just see the individual
warhead IV	nancy burson 1985
first/second beauty composite	nancy burson 1985 taken actress with similar facial types and overlaps them underlying how the industry select a vary narrow set of facial feature that defines beauty
three races	nancy burson 1985 focus on why we pay attention to certain races more
evolution II	nancy burson 1990 image that creates date point at important parts morphs a chimo and man
daniel lee	virtual hybrids 1990s manimals mix of human and animals
aziz + cucher	use the skin and spread it show a body with all skin reflection of how 3D objets are modeled
sasia and wendy	inez van lamsweerde 1992, 1993 shows a body without a skeleton child with adult features
keith cottingham	starts with drawings and scans clay studies masks refined with digital programs doesn't use real models creates skin - patched together 3D modeling software no frame
Hautnah	alba d'urbano 1995 digitalize photograph of woman's body reshaped them print onto fabric refers to clothes as the second skin
E-Oculus	Andrea Polli real time installation visualization of international market activity software monitors stock market and volume of trade turns data into contrails
conversation map	warren sack 2010 reflects the fact we have a lot of data ability to take data and map it into different ways hasn't gotten any stronger
clock piece	john f simon jr 1998 inwards of early matchbook explores 3 different aspects of time
aLife	john f simon 2003 inwards of a laptop taken apart treated to create a sculptural object used software, power book and acrylic
spiral	john f simon jr 2007 abstract imagery done by algorithms
waterfall	john f simon jr 2007
threshold	john f simon 2007
slice	george legrady 2011 animation where the image subdivide into small slices them reconstructs itself into a different image
subdivision of the electric light	perry hoberman 1996
eduardo kac	rara avis 1996 macowl
very nervous system	david rokeby 1986-1990 uses camera to capture the movements of the player then pixelates it
text rain	camille utterback 1990s interactive inserts people into a digital realm
external measure series	camille utterback 2004 dynamic painting responds to real time visitors movement visitors contribute to the output on screen considered kinetic art can see tracers
the flock	ken rinaldo 1994 flocking birds simulated w/simple set rules arms respond to proximity 9 and 1/2 foot long jointed robotic arms
osmose	char davies 1995 vest changes breathing virtual world world will reject you if you remain too long
jcj junkman	ken feingold 1996 humanoid just the head
the animal, vegetable, mineralness of everything	ken feingold 2004 head in 3 debate the nature of violence with one another paranoid talking heads
america's finest	lynn hershman gun w/ camera activity imbedded into it
sonata	grahame weinbren splitting the screen into half
faraday's garden	perry hoberman 1990 walkway made of discarded household items items would turn on and off
the crossing	bill viola 1996
the critter	myron kruger 1970s-80s critter interacts with silhouette
memory/recollection	jim campbell 1990 being put into a space time that isn't the same image being put in a different time moving around in virtual space
hallucination	jim campbell 1988-90 prequel to the CD and DVD
exploded view: commuters	jim campbell 2011 treating the LED as if they were pixel
shift-ctrl	uci 2000 installation of video games exhibit
alt+ctrl	2004 looking at individual game movement
monte carlo bond	marcel duchamp 1924 certificate that features his face w/cream sold the ticket in order to try to get the money to go to monte carlo goal was to break even
hokes archives	beauvais lyons artifacts of a false civilization ceramics of a civilization that didn't exist beginning idea of art being a puzzle
game is:	an agreed set of rules : outcome, location,, number of players
dungeons and dragons	1974
zork	1979 type commands no visual just words
myst	1993 immersive game
riven	1997 immersive 10 different outcomes ambiguous ending
tales of tales	aureia harvey + michael samym 2004 like the sleeping beauty tale inspired by orientalist paintings interactive narrative
gemstone II	1994
world of warcraft	2004 set up in a way there's always something to do
ultima online	1997
sod	jodi.org abstract art can kill you perspective
metapet	natalie bookchin with jin lee 2002 have to navigate kindness and firmness
suicide solution	brody condon 2003 made up of commercials people commit suicide
waco resurrection	c-level 2003 plays as the leader as the sect - david korshe wasn't intended to make a coherent specific pt as to who is right or wrong
best...flamewar...ever	eddo stern 2007 took icons of different games to produce mask for two players set up a video dialogue
wtf?!	robert nideffer 2008 uses imagery from war of world craft side scroller critique of what kinds of things you can do in rpg can play two characters to enact game theory and sociology

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