Emergence––Art and Artificial Life
Marc Böhlen
Ruairi Glynn
Leo Nuñez
Karolina Sobecka
curarted by David Familian & Simon Penny
Special Opening DAC09 December 12, 6:00 – 9:00 pm
January 8 – May 7, 2010
Opening Reception: January 7, 6:30 – 9:00 pm
Family Day: April 17, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
Boxed: March 11, 6:30 – 9:00 pm
This exhibition features international artists exploring both the biological and computational manifestations of emergent behavior arising from dynamically changing, interactive sculptures. We as human beings are created and create through a process of emergence. Whether these emergent forms originate organically or are man-made, they can illustrate to us the rich variety of mutating systems with all their variety and ability to adapt to a changing world.
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Digital Arts and Culture 2009
Digital Arts and Culture 2009 is the 8th in an international series of conferences begun in 1998. DAC is recognized as an interdisciplinary event of high intellectual caliber.
Starts: Saturday, Dec 12 2009 (evening)
Ends: Tuesday, Dec 15 2009
This iteration of DAC will dwell on the specificities of embodiment and cultural, social and physical location with respect to digital technologies and networked communications.
DAC09 is structured around themes, each theme being composed of panels. DAC09 will be held in the Arts Plaza of the University of California Irvine.
Simon Penny is director of DAC09.
FAMILY DAY SCHEDULE
Family Day at the Beall Center
Saturday, April 17
11:00 am – 3:00 pm
Scheduled events include hands on art and science activities, art and technology demonstrations, videos, and more. Don't miss our guest presenters: Robert Schureman, of the Art Center College of Design, leading workshops on 3-D modeling & precision laser cutting; Simone Chapman of SC Communications, offering workshops on digital design; and our infamous guest, the “Optricks Apprentice” from the Optics Institute of SoCal, featuring lasers and optics to make science & technology fun and exciting for children of all ages.
Family Day is held in conjunction with the current exhibit “Media Alchemy of Nam June Paik.”
Free and Open to the Public. For more information and directions call (949) 824-6206.