Most traditional neuropsychological work concerns aspects of cognition in the most ordinary sense: how the average person perceives and represents the world, and how she acts in response to what is perceived or felt. The extraordinary perception and action of artists has been a subject of fascination for some neuropsychologists at least since Alajouanine, but little systematic work has been don...

posed a visualization problem she and I have been interested in for several years. The problem is that of visually representing a 2D field of data that has multiple data values at each point. For example, 2D fluid flow has a vector value at each location and derived values are often available at each location. Interrante suggests using natural textures to attack this problem, because the textur...

The symbiotic relationships between art and the brain begin with the obvious fact that brain mechanisms underlie the creation and appreciation of art. Conversely, many spectacular images of neural structures have remarkable aesthetic appeal. But beyond its fascinating forms, the many functions performed by brain mechanisms provide a profound subject for aesthetic exploration. Complex interactio...

Particle systems can be thought of as a general technique within the field of computer graphics for creating a wide range of effects. To illustrate the range of effects, this paper begins by quickly reviewing the existing research on particle systems in the field of computer graphics. It then discuss in more details two particular areas of particle systems research : first a technique for sculp...

Motion-based interactive systems have long been utilized in contemporary dance performances. These performances bring new insight to sound-action experiences in multidisciplinary art forms. This paper discusses the related technology within the framework of the dance piece, Raja. The performance set up of Raja gives a possibility to use two complementary tracking systems and two alternative cho...

In the past, manually re-drawing an image in a certain artistic style required a professional artist and a long time. Doing this for a video sequence single-handed was beyond imagination. Nowadays computers provide new possibilities. We present an approach that transfers the style from one image (for example, a painting) to a whole video sequence. We make use of recent advances in style transfe...

Crowdfunding has become a viable source of funding for a variety of projects during the last years. More and more music, creative and artistic but also entrepreneurial projects search funding through the crowd. Although first project characteristics with an impact on a project’s funding success have been identified, qualitative variables within crowdfunding projects have mostly remained uncover...

A method for the sonification of dark matter simulations is presented. The usefulness of creating sonifications to accompany and complement the silent visualisations of the simulation data is discussed. Due to the size and complexity of the data used, a novel method for analyzing and sonifying the data sets is presented. A case is made for the importance of aesthetical considerations, for examp...

(L'éducation artistique et culturelle à l'école en Europe) and German (Kunst-und Kulturerziehung an den Schulen in Europa). The contents of this publication may be reproduced in part, except for commercial purposes, provided the extract is preceded b y a reference to 'Eurydice network', followed by the date of publication of the document. PREFACE The role of arts education in forming the compet...