Re: Art/Math Conference: June 2-5, Boulder, Call for Papers and Art Works

> MILLER PUCKETTE. Musician, University of California, San Diego.
> Miller Puckette obtained a Ph. D. in Mathematics …..
> ….. and the Arts (CRCA). He is currently working on a new real-time software
> system for live musical and multimedia performances called Pure Data
> ("Pd")

Um… new? It was "new" when this was written

http://www-crca.ucsd.edu/~msp/Publications/icmf96.ps

but that was *ahem* a while ago. It has matured quite a bit over the years.

Michael Mahan wrote:
> CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT
> _________________________________________________________________
> "Art+Math=X" CONFERENCE
> in honor of the 60th BIRTHDAY OF MICHELE EMMER
> To be held at
> THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO/BOULDER, Mathematics Building
> June 2-5, 2005
> Conference Web Site/Updates
> http://math.colorado.edu/Art&Math/conference/2nd_announcement.html
>
> AIELLO WORKSHOP: June 5-10, Studio Aiello, 3563 Walnut St., Denver
> (More info below)
>
> This conference is one of the highlights of the Special Year in Art and
> Mathematics at the University of Colorado/Boulder
> http://math.colorado.edu/Art&Math
>
> 'PATTERNS IN NATURE' DIGITAL ART EXHIBIT-Call for Entries Below
> Organizer Anna Ursyn
>
> 'INTERSECTION' TRAVELING ART EXHIBIT-Call for Artists Below
> Studio Aiello Exhibition Dates: June 2 - June 17, 2005
> UMC Gallery Exhibition Dates: June 27 - August 5, 2005
> STUDIO AIELLO and UMC GALLERY Organizers
> Kristi Graham and Monica and Tyler Aiello
>
> AIELLO WORKSHOP with G. Hart, H. Ferguson, and C. Wooldridge, June 5-10
> Tar Factory at Studio Aiello, Denver. Sign up!
>
> THE 2005 SPECIAL YEAR
> The "2005 CU Special Year in Art and Mathematics"
> is a program whose main sponsors are the Department of
> Art and Art History, Mathematics, and the UMC Gallery of
> the University of Colorado at Boulder. The
> Special Year focuses on the exploration of the relationship
> between art and mathematics with an accent on the visual arts.
> The Special Year will enrich the experience of art and mathematics for
> students and the community by presenting those subjects in a new, exciting
> way that creates new meaning. It will help build a University-Town
> partnership in where everybody will benefit greatly from the planned
> activities.
>
> THE CONFERENCE
> The conference "Art and Math= X," June 2-5, 2005, at the University of
> Colorado in Boulder encompasses a broad range of fields as they relate to
> art, mathematics and/or computer technology, including the exploration
> of the following themes: visualization and computer generated art,
> pattern and symmetry, geometry in quilting and artistic handicrafts,
> mathematics of knots and other 3-D objects. Conference participants
> will share information and discuss common interests, allowing new ideas
> and partnerships to emerge that can enrich interdisciplinary research and
> education.
> SCIENTIFIC/ARTISTIC CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS
> Michele Emmer, Anthony Phillips,
> Carla Farsi, Kristi Graham, James
> Johnson, Andrew May
>
>
> THE PEOPLE
> The program for the conference is comprised of a combination of invited
> and contributed presentations. Contributed presentations' deadlines are
> February 18, 2005 (for papers) and March 1, 2005 (for artworks). Please
> see below for instructions.
>
> Presently confirmed key-note invited presenters include:
> Bill Casselman, Donna Cox, Helaman Ferguson, Miller
> Puckette, Michele Emmer, Anthony Phillips, Dismas Rotta and
> Charles Wooldridge, Richard Taylor, and Anna Ursyn.
> See the appendix for some information on them and a tentative key-note
> speakers schedule.
>
> ADDITIONAL EVENTS
> In addition to our fantastic speakers, we are planning the following
> conference events
>
> The Reception (June 1, 2005)
> Bring your art work with you to the conference opening reception!
> Mingle with the crowd on June 1 while festing on cheese, crackers, and
> drinks.
>
> The Nat Friedman show reception (June 2, 2005)
> 5th floor Center for
> British and Irish Studies
> Norlin Library 5:30 p.m.
>
> The Excursion (June 3, 2005)
> An excursion is scheduled on the afternoon of Friday June 3
> to visit some local art exhibits. Part of this fantastic tour will
> be the opening reception for the Art+Math=X 'Intersection'
> Exhibit at Studio Aiello! We will also peruse through Denver's First
> Friday exciting art scene, and take a look at some local tourist
> attractions. Dine in Denver on your own.
>
> The Musical Event and the Conference Dinner (June 4, 2005)
> Andrew May will present a Boulder Public Library
> June 4 Concert in the later afternoon. He is the creator of the innovative
> music series "Pendulum" and the title of his concert
> is "Mathematics Made Music." (Open to the general public)
> The conference dinner at the classy Italian restaurant "Acqua Pazza"
> will follow.
>
> June 5 (afternoon) Aiello workshop starts up with a barbecue at the
> fantastic Tar Factory at Studio Aiello, Denver (Transportation provided
> to workshop registered participants)! And don't forget the opening
> Reception for the Boulder Public Library Quilt Show!
>
> JUNE 5-10 AIELLO WORKSHOP at Tar Factory with Mentors GEORGE HART, HELAMAN
> FERGUSON, and CHARLES WOOLDRIDGE
> The $100 Aiello Workshop registration fee includes the June 5 p.m.
> Studio Aiello barbecue and George Hart interactive lecture (with
> transportation from Boulder), and access to the H. Ferguson and C.
> Wooldwridge's workshops at the Tar Factory at Studio Aiello for the period
> June 6-June 10 (including use of studio space and some materials).
> Please see our website for more details.
>
> THE PLACE
>
> Campus Map: http://www.colorado.edu/campusmap/
> The nearest airport to Boulder is Denver International Airport (DIA) and
> there is frequent shuttle service that will take participants right to
> the door of all the Boulder hotels: the Boulder Supershuttle
> http://www.yellowtrans.com/yellowtrans4.htm
> Shuttles from DIA:
> SuperShuttle 303.444.0808
> http://www.yellowtrans.com/yellowtrans4.htm
> Boulder Express 303.457.4646
> http://www.boulderexpress.com
> There is also convenient public bus
> transportation (The A/B) from DIA to Boulder.
> Just go to the ground transportation booths once you get to DIA
> to get your ticket. (they do not take reservations in advance).
> Driving Directions from DIA:
> Exit DIA on Pea Boulevard. Continue until you reach I-70 west. Take I-70
> west to the I-270 north exit toward Fort Collins. Take I-270 north to the
> U.S. Hwy 36 west exit, toward Boulder. Continue on Hwy 36 to Boulder.
> Take Baseline exit for the Boulder Inn, Arapahoe exit for the Millenium,
> and turn R on Canyon for the Golden Buffs.
> For tourist informations on Boulder, see
> http://www.tripadvisor.com/GetawayDestination-g33324-Boulder_Colorado.html
>
> ACCOMMODATION AND FACILITIES
> Participants will make their own reservations at local hotels. We have
> negotiated a conference rate ($74+tax single, $79+tax double) at the
> Best Western Boulder Inn near campus,800-233-8469, 800-449-3800,
> www.Boulderinn.com, <[email protected]>.
> We also negotiated a conference rate (singles $75.65+tax, doubles
> $84.15+tax, breakfast included) at the Best Western Golden Buff Lodge,
> 1725 28th Str (1-800-780-7234, 303-442-7450, reference #421440),
> http://www.bestwestern.com/bwwebmap/bw404.asp?u=main.asp.
> The conference rate at the Millenium Harvest House ( tel: +1 303 443 3850
> fax: +1 303 443 1480 reservation: +1 866 866 8086, [email protected])
> is of $114+tax for a room with either one or two beds, and for up to 4 people.
> Please quote the art and math conference when you book.
> It is advisable to book early as hotel rooms in Boulder fill up fast
> and our conference rates are only valid for reservations made on or
> before Apr. 26, 2005.
> No special accommodation arrangement have been made for Tar Factory/Aiello
> workshop participants. We advice you book your hotel in Boulder, and
> commute to Denver on a daily base.
>
> Meals:
> There is cafeteria on the Boulder campus, located in the UMC (University
> Memorial Center; see the campus map) There are also many good restaurants
> within walking distance from the Math department and the hotel.
> There is a a conference reception in the evening of June 1, the Nat
> Friedman exhibit reception on June 2, and a
> conference dinner on June 4.
>
>
> CALL FOR PAPERS AND ARTWORKS
>
> The conference will feature presentations by key-note speakers (40 min
> including questions), and shorter contributed presentations (20 min
> including questions) by registered participants. Presentations will all be
> selected from the pool of submitted papers and digital art works.
> Artists whose work has been accepted in the Aiello/UMC 'INTERSECTION'
> exhibit are also strongly encouraged to give a short conference
> presentation on their work (provided they register as conference participants).
>
> PAPERS
> Paper are to have between 1,500 and 2,500 words
> (including references, appendices, etc); short
> papers require 1,000-1,499 words. Papers can have
> illustrations, but if the paper exceeds 5 pages,
> the author(s) will be charged an extra $50 US for
> any page extension. Short papers are also suited for
> artists who want to give a presentation about
> their work at the conference.
>
> The Conference plans to publish refereed Proceedings to be distributed at
> the conference. Thus, there is a tight and firm schedule:
>
> Deadline for abstract submissions for review: February 18, 2005. Submit
> your abstract (250 words or less) electronically to
> [email protected]. Notification of
> acceptance of abstracts: March 15, 2005. Deadline for submission of final
> camera-ready manuscript: Friday April 21, 2005. Precise guidelines on the
> paper's formats are to be found on our website.
> Papers that deviate from the specified style will
> not be included in the Proceedings. Images will be publishes only if of
> high quality (all the final decisions are made by the editors). You also
> need to send your registration form and payment along with your paper.
> Please note that at least one non-refundable full registration fee is
> required from at least one author of a paper by May 1 for it to be
> included in the Proceedings.
>
> 'PATTERNS IN NATURE' CALL FOR DIGITAL ART WORKS
> Contributions to the digital art exhibit will be included in the
> proceedings in the form of an attached CD. Accepted artists will give
> 20 minutes (including question) presentations on their work. You must
> have paid the conference registration fee to give a presentation on your
> work and have your images on the proceedings CD. Otherwise, your
> images will be posted on the conference web site solely.
> Deadline for image submissions for review: March 1, 2005. Submit
> electronically to Anna Ursyn at [email protected]. Notification of
> acceptance: Friday April 15, 2005. Please note that at least one
> non-refundable full registration is required from at least one author of
> an image for it to be included in the proceedings.
> More details on our Conference Web Site.
>
> 'INTERSECTION' TRAVELING ART EXHIBIT
> Studio Aiello Exhibition Dates: June 2 - June 17, 2005
> UMC Gallery Exhibition Dates: June 27 - August 5, 2005
> STUDIO AIELLO and UMC GALLERY Organizers
> Kristi Graham and Monica and Tyler Aiello
> CALL FOR ARTISTS!!!
> The University of Colorado's UMC Art Gallery and Studio Aiello are now
> taking submissions for Intersection - a collaborative exhibition
> showcasing artists whose work addresses the relationship between art and
> mathematics. "Intersection" will explore this relationship and provide an
> exciting viewing experience for conference attendees and art audiences
> alike. The exhibition opens at Denver's award winning Studio Aiello
> Gallery on June 3rd in conjunction with the International Conference.
> Truly a regional effort, the show will then travel to the UMC Art Gallery
> on the Boulder Campus. More details on our Conference Web Site.
> Artists whose work has been accepted in the Aiello/UMC 'INTERSECTION'
> exhibit are strongly encouraged to give a short conference
> presentation on their work (provided they register as conference
> participants).
>
>
> CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
> There is a conference registration fee for contributing participants
> (whose abstracts or images were accepted by the organizing committee) of
> US $250 (on or before April 21, 2005) that includes a copy of the
> Proceedings. For participants not wishing to present a paper nor give a talk,
> the registration fee is of $100 US. (Before April 21).
> The registration fee also includes the conference reception, the
> conference dinner (at which there will also be a cash bar) and the
> conference excursion, as well as the conference concert. There is a
> special discounted rate of US $100 for students, and artists
> whose expenses are not otherwise supported. We will also be happy
> to consider students work-study arrangements. The Aiello Workshop
> registration fee is of $100.
> See the conference registration form at
> http://conferences.colorado.edu//ConfReg/artandmath05.html
> for details.
>
> __________________________________________________________________
>
> APPENDIX: Art+Math=X Key-note Speakers
>
> BILL CASSELMAN. Mathematician, University of
> British Columbia. He does research on
> representation theory and automorphic forms
> (principally Langlands' conjectures).
> In recent years he has also taken up teaching and using
> computer graphics in applications to mathematical exposition.
> He is currently Graphics Editor of the NOTICES
> of the American Mathematical Society, and
> a founding member of the advisory committee of the mathematics Arxiv.
> In January, 2005, his book `Mathematical Illustrations,'
> a practical manual on how to use PostScript in producing
> mathematical graphics, will be published by Cambridge University Press.
>
> DONNA COX. Artist, University of Illinois/Urbana Champaign. Cox is a
> full professor in the School of Art and Design and has
> held joint appointment with the National Center for Supercomputing
> Applications since 1985. Her work has been cited in more than 100
> publications including Newsweek, TIME, National Geographic,
> Wall Street Journal, Science News, New York Times, and Discover magazine.
> Her work has appeared on international television, including NOVA, CNN,
> and
> NBC Nightly News. She collaborated to the "Cosmic Voyage" IMAX film,
> which was nominated for an Academy Award in 1997.
>
> MICHELE EMMER. Mathematician, University of Rome, Italy. Author of the
> books 'The Visual Mind I and II.' among several other publications.
> World-renown Escher expert. Also the director of many
> beautiful mathematical 'teaching movies' and of the world-distributed
> 'The Fantastic World of Escher' which will be shown at the conference.
>
> HELAMAN FERGUSON. Mathematician and Sculptor. "Ferguson… fully
> possesses and has cultivated his ability to express his mathematical
> conceptions as sculpture. He has discovered the common ground of
> mathematics and art upon which he has placed his own creativity. –Richard
> Waller, Director of the Marsh Art Gallery, University of Richmond,
> Virginia. Books: Gold Ink and Ozzie Award winning book by Claire Ferguson,
> HELAMAN FERGUSON: Mathematics in Stone and Bronze, Meridian Creative
> Group, Erie, Pennsylvania, 1994;
>
> ANTHONY PHILLIPS. Mathematician, State University of New York at Stony
> Brook. His research focuses on Geometry and Topology and their
> applications to Mathematical Physics. Author of "The topology of Roman
> mosaic mazes, Leonardo 23 (1992) 321-329," and of "Meander mazes on
> polysphericons, in The Visual Mind II (Michele Emmer, ed.)."
>
> MILLER PUCKETTE. Musician, University of California, San Diego.
> Miller Puckette obtained a Ph. D. in Mathematics from Harvard (1986).
> Puckette was a member of MIT's Media Lab from its inception until 1987,
> and then a researcher at IRCAM (l'Institut de Recherche et de
> Coordination
> Musique/Acoustique). There he wrote the Max program for MacIntosh
> computers. The IRCAM real-time development team has since reimplemented
> and extended this software under the name jMax.
> Puckette is now Associate Director of the Center for Research in
> Computing
> and the Arts (CRCA). He is currently working on a new real-time software
> system for live musical and multimedia performances called Pure Data
> ("Pd"),
> in collaboration with many other artists/researchers/programmers
> worldwide.
> Since 1997 Puckette has also been part of the Global Visual Music project
> with Mark Danks, Rand Steiger, and Vibeke Sorensen, which has been
> generously supported by a grant from the Intel Research Council.
>
>
> DISMAS ROTTA and CHARLES WOOLDRIDGE. Artists. Partaking of this conference
> is symbolic to each of our art endeavors.
> It models the idea that a confluence is not a destination but more the
> alchemy of time that produces many types of dialogues. Concepts
> surrounding relationships created by plains, lines, colors, edges and
> values that become a visual doorway to greater questions about where and
> how all mediums confluence. These types of dialogues are not limited to
> any one form or medium of expression but they must exist as a product of
> a cusp or an intersection of divergent thoughts, a product from the
> center of life.
>
> RICHARD TAYLOR. Physicist, U. of Oregon. Author of the Scientific American
> article 'Order in Pollock's Chaos.' Richard Taylor's
> investigation of fractal dimension in the visual arts was also
> featured in an ABC documentary
> (Australia) that will be shown at the conference.
>
> ANNA URSYN. Visual Arts, University of Northern Colorado. Painter and
> Digital Artist. Products of the integration of art, technology, sciences
> and cognitive sciences. her artwork have been a part of the SIGGRAPH Art
> Shows over 10 times. The computer graphics arts program she chairs is
> the best in Colorado, and one of the most prestigious in the US.
>
> TENTATIVE KEY-NOTE SPEAKERS SCHEDULE OF TALKS
>
> Th Jun 2
> 9 am: Michele Emmer
> 2 pm: Dismas+Wooldridge
> 3 pm: Richard Taylor
>
> Fr June 3
> 10 am: Miller Puckette
> 2 pm: Anthony Phillips
>
> Sat June 4
> 10 am: Donna Cox
> 2 pm: Anna Ursyn
>
> Su June 5
> 10 am: Bill Casselman
> 11 am: Helaman Ferguson
>
> Stick around! In the afternoon of June 5 the week-long Aiello Workshop
> starts!
>
>
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