[-empyre-] Process as Paradigm - welcome more invited guests

[Reas / Reas.com]

Hello,

This is my first post on the list. I want to first thank Susanne for  
the introduction and invitation to discuss the topic.

I wasn't aware of Luna and Edo's work and their Conditional Design  
Manifesto until today. Now, I'm an enthusiastic fan after following  
the link from their bios: http://www.conditionaldesign.org/manifesto/

I'd like to question them about the emphasis on Logic in the manifesto.

In discussing Process in a broad sense, I see the balance between  
Logic and the opposite of Logic as the interesting component. Yet, the  
manifesto seems to deny everything except the purely rational? This  
ignores so much potential. Does intuition and variation only come  
through the Input? What am I missing?

Casey


On May 13, 2010, at 9:30 AM, susanne jaschko wrote:

> Hello,
> today we welcome some more invited guests to our discussion that is  
> slowly evolving. With Luna Maurer, Aymeric Mansoux, Casey E.B. Reas  
> and Isabelle Jenniches we asked a number of artists participating in  
> the exhibition Process as Paradigm to join the debate. Edo Paulus  
> works together with Luna Maurer as Conditional Design. And Raquel  
> Renno is currently collaborating with LABoral and the UOC -  
> University of Cataluyna to set up a blog that will also feature the  
> exhibition.
>
> Here are some brief biographical notes of our new guests. Please  
> excuse if they are not complete -- we wanted to focus on their  
> (artistic) practice.
> -----------------------------------------------
> Luna Maurer
> Trained as a graphic designer, Luna Maurer works as an independent  
> designer in the field of interaction and media design in Amsterdam.  
> Her interests lie in technological developments that transform our  
> media into fluid digital environments, and finding design solutions  
> for it. Central to the work of Luna Maurer is the theme of  
> 'control'. This leads to design methods in which
> designing the environments for visualisation or creation of content  
> is more important than designing the end product.
> http://www.poly-luna.com
> http://www.conditionaldesign.org
> -----------------------------------------------
> Aymeric Mansoux
> Aymeric Mansoux and Marloes de Valk are an artist duo whose main  
> project has been Metabiosis (2006-2008), a series of projects  
> investigating narration through digital processes and machine  
> theatre. Anthropomorphism is used to create a tension between  
> fantasies about computers and artificial life, and the fact that  
> these are simply projections of our ideas and thoughts onto objects.
> http://pzwart.wdka.nl/networked-media/2010/01/02/aymeric-mansoux/
> -----------------------------------------------
> C.E.B. Reas focuses on defining processes and translating them into  
> images. In 2001 Reas initiated Processing.org with Ben Fry.  
> Processing is an open source programming language and environment  
> for creating images, animation, and interaction. He is a professor  
> in the department of Design Media Arts at the University of  
> California, Los Angeles.
> http://reas.com
> -----------------------------------------------
> Isabelle Jenniches
> In her studio practice she appropriates online cameras(webcams) to  
> create monumental composite images.
> http://www.9nerds.com/isabelle
> -----------------------------------------------
> Edo Paulus
> Edo Paulus is specialised in the use of generative processes for the  
> creation of sound-installations, automatic music-generating  
> software, live music performances and (interactive) music for  
> imagery (website / computer game / film). Currently, he is   
> incorporating the natural dynamics of human behavior into processes.  
> In 2008 Edo has joined with Luna Maurer, Roel Wouters and Jonathan  
> Puckey to write the Conditional Design Manifesto. It promotes the  
> idea of designing conditions rather than end results.
> http://www.eude.nl
> http://www.conditionaldesign.org
> -----------------------------------------------
> Raquel Renno
> She is consultant teacher at Art and Technology courses at UOC  
> (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya), researcher at CNPQ and also  
> member of art group in digital art research at ZZZINC (Barcelona,  
> Spain). She has experience in communication, focusing on digital  
> arts and urban spaces, acting on the following subjects:  
> communication, urban spaces, digital culture, visual arts and
> advertising.
> http://www.raquelrenno.com
>
> Greetings,
> Susanne
> -- 
> susanne jaschko
> www.sujaschko.de
>
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