Nell Tenhaaf
York University
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ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction | 2008
Melanie Baljko; Nell Tenhaaf
In this article, we describe the aesthetics of emergence, which is our theoretical framework for an aesthetics of interaction and the underpinning of LoFi, an interactive A-life artwork that we are developing. We provide a survey of relevant concepts from the A-life and new media research communities, and we establish threads of commonalities with the HCI research community and especially the subset of that community that emphasizes aspects of user experience other than those that are characterized by performance-based measures. We describe and discuss several exemplar A-life artworks that are drawn from the last decade of jury selections of the annual Vida Art and Artificial Life Competition, conducted by Fundación Telefonica. We conclude with a discussion of issues that are common to the A-life and HCI research communities.
Leonardo | 2008
Nell Tenhaaf
ABSTRACT Artificial Life artworks hold a unique place in the art world, one that has been largely mapped by the VIDA international competition through its annual recognition of outstanding works based on A-Life. Works that have received awards since the VIDA competition began in 1999 (25 prize-winning artworks and 56 honorary mentions) have gained viewer appreciation and popularity at the same level as any other kind of art. Yet these works define a territory of their own, delineated here through characteristics of A-Life art that arise from both the artists studio and the research lab and that mark the 25 awarded artworks. Following this article, the Leonardo VIDA Gallery presents a selection of eight prize-winning works that show the breadth of the competition to date; each is discussed here.
Leonardo | 1998
Nell Tenhaaf
The early development and current concerns of artificial life practices are outlined in relation to both biology and art. The pragmatic side of a-life is presented, together with a consideration of how it compares with the biological sciences and a description of its methodologies for studying nature through computer simulation. A-life is proposed here as a place to locate art practice for artists who are interested in technoscience, and who are concerned with the “two cultures” gap between the humanities and the sciences. Mythical narratives that underpin new computational techniques, such as the dream of transformation or even generation of life, are not dismissed but become the impetus for resituating a-life as a set of representational strategies with great creative potential. A-life is linked to a particular aspect of 20th century art: how artists have developed and expressed the conviction that art and everyday life are inextricably enmeshed.
Archive | 2002
Nell Tenhaaf
The article discusses the term “embodiment” according to the different meanings it has in contemporary cultural discourse on the one hand, and in Artificial Intelligence or Artificial Life modeling on the other. The discussion serves as a backdrop for analysis of an interactive artwork by Vancouver artist Liz Van der Zaag, “Talk Nice”, which behaves like an Intelligent A gent that interacts socially with humans. “Talk Nice” has features corresponding to both conceptions of embodiment, and it elicits further ideas about the significance of those notions for definitions of selfhood.
Immersed in technology | 1996
Nell Tenhaaf
Archive | 1998
Ingrid Bachmann; Ruth Scheuing; Stephen Horne; Nell Tenhaaf; Diana Wood Conroy; Anne West; Renee Baert; Robin Metcalfe; Janis K. Jefferies; Mireille Perron; Jo Anna Isaak; Debra Sparrow; Sarat Mahraj; Neil S. MacInnis; Kiku Hawkes; Bruce Grenville
Archive | 1991
Catherine Richards; Nell Tenhaaf; Char Davies; Warren Robinett; David Rokeby; David Rothenberg; Chris Titterington; Eleanor Bond; Michael Joyce; Carl Eugene Loeffler; Jean-François Lyotard; Mike Mosher; David Tomas; Chris Westbury; Robert McFadden; Jack Butler; Dorit Cypis; Frank Lantz; Lyne Lapointe; Martha Fleming; Francine Dagenais; Gottfried Hattinger; Kim Sawchuk; Inez Van der Spek; Ingrid Bachmann; Alice Jardine; Mireille Perron; Jeanne Randolph; Jürgen Claus; Fred Truck
Leonardo | 1987
Elizabeth Chitty; David Hlynsky; Hubert Hohn; Gary Kibbins; Nell Tenhaaf; Doug Back; Alayn Ouellet; Sara Diamond; Chris Creighton-Kelly; Elizabeth Vander Zaag
Archive | 2012
Melanie Baljko; Nell Tenhaaf
Canadian journal of communication | 2012
Melanie Baljko; Nell Tenhaaf