8.7 ISEA and SIGGRAPH
Tracks
Track 7
Wednesday, June 26, 2024 |
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM |
Plaza P11 |
Speaker
Ms Bonnie Mitchell
Director
ACM SIGGRAPH History Archive
P: An Immersive, Interactive Journey Back in Time: Traversing SIGGRAPH’s 50th Conference History Exhibition and Events
1:30 PM - 2:15 PMAbstract
The SIGGRAPH Conference celebrated its 50th conference in the summer of 2023 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. To mark this special occasion, the History Chair coordinated a series of events and exhibitions that pushed boundaries and brought together luminary pioneers of computer graphics. The vast array of exhibits included the world’s largest immersive computer graphics timeline, an immersive, interactive time tunnel, cabinets of computer graphics curiosities, a custom-made robot that used AI to connect people, interactive games and art projected on the floor, retrospective talks, illustrated AI predictions regarding the future, Blasts from the Past, 50 Years at a Glance visualization posters, collectible showcases, and lots more.
Biography
Bonnie Mitchell is a new media artist and Professor at Bowling Green State University in Digital Arts, in Bowling Green, Ohio, USA. Mitchell is a member of the ISEA International Advisory Committee and ACM SIGGRAPH History and Digital Arts Committee where she focuses on the development of their online archives. She was the SIGGRAPH 2023 conference History Chair in charge of the immersive Time Tunnel, history displays and retrospective talks. Her current creative practice focuses on development of physically immersive data visualization environments that showcase climate change over time. Mitchell’s artworks explore spatial and experiential relationships to our physical, social, cultural and psychological environment through interaction, abstraction and audio. She has created numerous abstract visual music installations and animations that have been shown in hundreds of venues world-wide.
Kon Hyong Kim
University of California
Panelist
Biography
Kon Hyong Kim is a VR researcher and media artist at the University of California, Santa Barbara’s Allosphere Research Group. His research focuses on highly immersive virtual environments, projection-based VR systems, and hyper-dimensional mathematics. He has designed, constructed & operated multiple VR environments around the world including ISEA and SIGGRAPH, and actively researches how to enhance immersive experiences. He is currently a postdoctoral researcher at UCSB.
Mr Terry C. W. Wong
Simon Fraser University
Panelist
Biography
Terry C. W. Wong is an archivist and co-organizer for the ISEA Archives. He holds a BASc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of British Columbia and an MA in Fine Art from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Currently, he is conducting graduate research on connecting new media art archiving worldwide at the School of Interactive Arts and Technology at Simon Fraser University. Terry has been actively involved with the New Media Art Archiving Summit and is currently a member of the organizing committee and the International Programme Committee (IPC). Before his archiving work, Terry gained years of experience in project management as a professional engineer, while also being a practicing artist and designer. Additionally, Terry has extensive experience in arts administration and has been involved in international projects, including the ISEA Symposium, SIGGRAPH, the Hong Kong Arts Festival, and the Venice Biennale
Assistant Professor Yamin Xu
Bowling Green State University
Panelist
Biography
Yamin Xu is an artist and electronics geek, working on the edge that blurs digital animation, artificial intelligence, and robotics with an emphasis on the exploration of computational perception as an inseparable part of art expression. He strives to create and define new things, which have not been clearly perceived as art. This motivation is sustained by his rigorous art/engineering practice, which is informed by the convergence of divergent spheres of study: religion and science, privacy and surveillance, robotic and organic. The result is in innovation, feedback to affect and expand his understanding and definition of art. His artwork has been exhibited internationally, such as ACM SIGGRAPH, TEI and CAA. Currently, Yamin Xu is an Assistant Professor at Bowling Green State University Digital Arts program.
Dr Wim van der Plas
ISEA Symposium Archives
FP: A Short History of the International Symposium on Electronic Art
2:15 PM - 2:40 PMAbstract
This paper takes a critical look at the motivations to start the series of ISEA symposia and how the original intentions evolved over time.
Biography
Wim van der Plas is co-founder of ISEA and organiser of the three ISEA symposia held in the Netherlands. He led ISEA HQ in the first 8 years of its existence and was a board member of the Inter-Society for the Electronic Arts and ISEA International (both of which he also was co-founder) until 2017. Since then, he is Honorary Chair of the ISEA International Advisory Committee nd ISEA Symposium archivist. He received a Leonardo Pioneer Award in 2018.
Mr Terry C. W. Wong
Simon Fraser University
SP: ISEA Symposia in Australia: Past, Present and Future (1992, 2013 & 2024)
2:40 PM - 2:55 PMAbstract
The theme of ISEA2024, Everywhen draws its inspiration from the traditional Australian indigenous perspective that past, present, and future coexist and are embedded in a specific location. ISEA2024 marks the third instance of the symposium being hosted in Australia - TISEA (1992), ISEA2013, and ISEA2024. In this short paper, ISEA archivists respond to the Everywhen theme by investigating the evolution of the field of electronic arts over time by looking carefully at the presentation, art and workshop content and formats at the three symposia in Australia.
Biography
Terry C. W. Wong is an archivist and co-organizer for the ISEA Archives. He holds a BASc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of British Columbia and an MA in Fine Art from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Currently, he is conducting graduate research on connecting new media art archiving worldwide at the School of Interactive Arts and Technology at Simon Fraser University. Terry has been actively involved with the New Media Art Archiving Summit and is currently a member of the organizing committee and the International Programme Committee (IPC). Before his archiving work, Terry gained years of experience in project management as a professional engineer, while also being a practicing artist and designer. Additionally, Terry has extensive experience in arts administration and has been involved in international projects, including the ISEA Symposium, SIGGRAPH, the Hong Kong Arts Festival, and the Venice Biennale
Ms Bonnie Mitchell
Director
ACM SIGGRAPH History Archive
Co-presenter
Biography
Bonnie Mitchell is a new media artist and Professor at Bowling Green State University in Digital Arts, in Bowling Green, Ohio, USA. Mitchell is a member of the ISEA International Advisory Committee and ACM SIGGRAPH History and Digital Arts Committee where she focuses on the development of their online archives. She is currently the SIGGRAPH 2023 conference History Chair in charge of the immersive Time Tunnel, history displays and retrospective talks. Her current creative practice focuses on development of physically immersive data visualization environments that showcase climate change over time. Mitchell’s artworks explore spatial and experiential relationships to our physical, social, cultural and psychological environment through interaction, abstraction and audio. She has created numerous abstract visual music installations and animations that have been shown in hundreds of venues world-wide.
Session chair
Neil Dodgson
Victoria University of Wellington
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