Performance Art Is…

Performance Art/Life Art/ Mediafication

But is it art?

It was in an evening class for painting that developmental biologist Enrico Coen began to think about the parallels between the genetic control of development and an artist’s design of a picture. When Coen’s teacher found him staring at a blank piece of canvas, Coen complained that he had no idea how to start. The teacher suggested he should begin by depicting the objects on the table with some...

What is generative art?

There are various forms of what’s sometimes called generative art, or computer art. This paper distinguishes the major categories, and asks whether the appropriate aesthetic criteria--and the locus of creativity--are the same in each case.

The Art of Computer Systems Performance Analysis

Description: The Art of Computer Systems Performance Analysis "At last, a welcome and needed text for computer professionals who require practical, ready-to-apply techniques for performance analysis. Highly recommended!" -Dr. Leonard Kleinrock University of California, Los Angeles "An entirely refreshing text which has just the right mixture of theory and real world practice. The book is ideal ...

Networked Music Performance : State of the Art

The fast paced development of broadband internet infrastructure makes high quality real time networked music performances possible. In recent years, the implementation of over-provisioned network backbones has led to the development of several initiatives that allow real-time or time-shifted interactions of geographically displaced musicians. The development of such networks is also leading to ...