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- ISEA2011: 17th International Symposium on Electronic Art
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- Compumorphic Art – The Computer as Muse
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Chair Person: Ian Gwilt
Presenters: Darko Fritz, Sue Gollifer & Melinda RackhamIn this panel the term compumorphic art will be used to describe an emergent collection of artworks, artists and projects that reposition the digital computer as a form of creative inspiration, cultural commentary or aesthetic reference.
Through the presentation of their own research/practice the panel will reveal how compumorphic artworks not only reference the visual aesthetic of computing technologies but often utilize or question the cultural values and ontological qualities we commonly ascribe to the computer-digital.
However, this term is by no means fully resolved and it is hoped that a lively debate around the notion of compumorphic art – what this might mean and what it might encompass – will take place in the forum.