Computers and Art: Second Edition / Edition 2

by Stuart Mealing

Overview

Computers and Art provides insightful perspectives on the use of the computer as a tool for artists. The approaches taken vary from its historical, philosophical and practical implications to the use of computer technology in art practice. The contributors include an art critic, an educator, a practising artist and a researcher. Mealing looks at the potential for future developments in the field, looking at both the artistic and the computational aspects of the field.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781841500621
Publisher:	Intellect, Limited
Publication date:	10/15/2008
Edition description:	2ND
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.70(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

The editor is a Reader in Computers and Drawing at the University of Plymouth (Exeter) where he was a founder member of the Centre for Visual Computing. He has exhibited, published and lectured widely, having a first degree in Fine Art and a post-graduate degree in Computing in Design. He has also been an honorary research fellow in Computer Science at the University of Exeter and was a founder editor of Digital Creativity. His four previous books for Intellect include The Art and Science of Computer Animation.

Table of Contents

Introduction
 
Stuart Mealing
On drawing a circle
 
George Whale
Why use computers to make drawings?
 
Ed Burton
Representing representation: artificial intelligence and drawing
 
John Lansdown
Some trends in computer graphic art
 
Jim Noble
Fatal attraction: print meets computer
 
Jeremy Diggle
A year and a day on the road to Omniana
 
Martin Rieser
The art of interactivity: interactive installation from gallery to street
 
Paul Brown
Networks and artworks: the failure of the user-friendly interface
 
Joanna Buick
Virtual reality and art
 
Richard Wright
Visual technology and the poetics of knowledge
 
Brian Reffin-Smith
Post-modem art, or: Virtual reality as Trojan donkey, or: Horsetail tartan literature groin art
 
Mike King
Artificial consciousness - artificial art