http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/about/staff/jonmc/sa Jon McCormack's generative art blog Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:46:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A belated post on EvoMUSART for 2009, this year held in the pretty city of Tübingen, Germany from 15–17th April. I presented a new paper (with Ollie Bown): Life\'s What You Make: Niche Construction and Evolutionary Art. The paper looks at how the biological process of niche construction can be ... http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/about/staff/jonmc/sa/?p=177   At long last, Robert Russett\'s new book Hyperanimation has been published by John Libbey Publishing. The book includes an image of Eden on the cover and an interview I did almost 10 years ago... http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/about/staff/jonmc/sa/?p=176 A bit of fun...a gig with Alice (on cello & laptop) and Ollie (laptop) doing some generative music with some visuals supplied by VJ Jeeves. Stutter at Horse Bazaar Wednesday 12 November.   http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/about/staff/jonmc/sa/?p=174 21:100:100 is a gallery-based exhibition of \"100 works by 100 sound artists produced in the 21st century\". Developed by Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces in collaboration with artists Oren Ambarchi and Marco Fusinato the exhibition featured all 100 works playing through individual headphones in the gallery space. Visitors can listen to each ... http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/about/staff/jonmc/sa/?p=172 I gave a talk to students at the VCA today on \"Systems, Simulation and Artifice\" as part of Chris Henschke\'s series on Art & Science. Chris is doing some very interesting work at the Australian Synchrotron, visualising and sonifying all kinds of data gathered from the device. A few people asked me ... http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/about/staff/jonmc/sa/?p=171 While randomly stumbling around the interweb, I came across and old discussion list that I often enjoyed reading and on occasions, making a contribution to. The Art with Brain in Mind list, started by David Zaig, ran from December 1999 until June 2004. No longer active, the list still has ... http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/about/staff/jonmc/sa/?p=170 Life extreme: an illustrated guide to new life, by Eduardo Kac and Avital Ronell, Dis Voir, Paris 2007. This book is a collaboration between artist Eduardo Kac and philosopher Avital Ronell. Kac being one of the founders of twenty-first century \"bioart\", most famously evident in his fluorescent rabbit Alba (2000). Former performance artist ... http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/about/staff/jonmc/sa/?p=169 How I love your eyes, my friend, With their radiant play of fire, When you lift them fleetingly And like lightning in the skies Your gaze sweeps swiftly round. But there is charm more powerful still In eyes downward cast For the moment of a passionate kiss, When through lowered eyelids glows The sombre, dull flame of desire. – Fyodor ... http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/about/staff/jonmc/sa/?p=168 Val Plumwood was an academic, philosopher, and proponent of ecosophy. She was found dead on March 1, 2008 at her property, originally it was thought that she died from a snake or spider bite, but it was later confirmed that she died of a stroke. She was an ARC research fellow who ... http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/about/staff/jonmc/sa/?p=166 EvoMUSART is on again, this year in Napoli, Italy. As part of our Design After Nature research project, Alice will be presenting our new paper \"Manipulating Artificial Ecosystems\". The paper looks at how the biological concepts of niche construction and generalism/specialism can be used to manipulate software ecosystems. A shame ... http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/about/staff/jonmc/sa/?p=165