xCoAx is an international conference that promotes the discussion and discovery of synergies at the frontiers of digital art, in the form of a multidisciplinary questioning on aesthetics, computing, communication and the elusive X factor that connects them all. After previous editions in Milan, Madrid, Lisbon, Bergamo, Glasgow and Porto, the 2020 edition was meant to take place in Graz, with a conference and performances at MUMUTH – House of Music and Music Theatre, and an exhibition at the Forum Stadtpark, all under the auspices of IEM – Institute of Electronic Music and Acoustics, at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz.
The global CoViD-19 emergency imposed a rapid rethinking of the nature and structure of xCoAx, which is now online, still comprised of papers, artworks and performances. For the first time, xCoAx is a totally open event where everyone can attend and join the discussion!
Proceedings
xCoAx 2020: Proceedings of the Eighth Conference on Computation, Communication, Aesthetics & X.
Edited by Mario Verdicchio, Miguel Carvalhais, Luísa Ribas & André Rangel.
478 pages.
ISBN: 978-989-746-266-5
Special Issue
Special issue of the Journal of Science and Technology of the Arts.
Volume 12, Nr. 3.
Edited by André Rangel, Luísa Ribas, Mario Verdicchio, Miguel Carvalhais.
DOI: 10.34632/jsta.2020.12.3
Open access at revistas.ucp.pt
PROGRAM
Paper sessions
Paper Session 1
- Philip Galanter Machine Patiency and the Ethical Treatment of Artificial Intelligence Entities
- Terence Broad, Frederic Fol Leymarie, Mick Grierson Amplifying The Uncanny
- Louisa Nyman The Ambiguity of the Deepfake
- Domenico Napolitano The Cultural Origins of Voice Cloning
Moderator: Mario Verdicchio
Paper Session 2
- Magdalena Kovarik, Marian Dörk Postdigital Art in Design Education
- Provides Ng Collaborative Vision: Livestream, Volumetric Navigation, AI Image Processing, and Algorithmic Personalisation
- Yanai Toister Horizontal Against Vertical
- Pedro Ferreira, Luísa Ribas Post-digital Aesthetics in Contemporary Audiovisual Art
Moderator: Miguel Carvalhais
Paper Session 3
- Sage Jenson, Kit Kuksenok Exploratory Modelling with Speculative Complex Biological Systems
- Erik H Zepka The Technobiotics of Others
- Michael Vogrin, Guilherme Wood, Thomas Schmickl Electric Love: Analyzing Human Mate Selection Dynamics in a Digital Environment
- Daniel Lopes, João Correia, Penousal Machado Ȧdea: Evolving glyphs for aiding creativity in the graphic design workflow
Moderator: Jason Reizner
Paper Session 4
- Caterina Moruzzi Should Human Artists Fear AI? A Report on the Perception of Creative AI
- Dejan Grba Deriving Sense: Cognitive Aspects of Artefactual Creativity
- Rodrigo Hernández-Ramírez A Sketch of Some Principles for Good Design in The Age Of Smart Automation
- João M. Cunha, Pedro Martins, Hugo Gonçalo Oliveira, Penousal Machado Ever-changing Flags: Trend-driven Symbols of Identity
Moderator: Luísa Ribas
Paper Session 5
- Corneel Cannaerts Allographic Drawing: Agency of Coding in Architectural Design
- Birgit Bachler Open, Seamful and Slow: A More-Than-Human Internet of Things
- Alessandro Ludovico Openness and Transparency in Network Topologies
- Rewa Wright, Simon Howden Augmenting a Human-Plant-Data Assemblage: The Contact Projects
Moderator: André Rangel
Paper Session 6
- Antonio Pošćić, Gordan Kreković Unboxing the Machine: Artificial Agents in Music
- Daniel Bisig, Ephraim Wegner Strings
- Matteo Amadio, Alberto Novello Augmented Drums: Digital Enhancement of Rhythmic Improvisation
Moderators: David Pirrò & Hanns Holger Rutz
Artworks
- Provides Ng, Eli Joteva, Ya nzi Current
- Tivon Rice Environment Built for Absence (an Unofficial/Artificial Sequel to J.G. Ballard’s “High Rise”)
- Nimrod Astarhan, Yanai Toister Spectral Choreography #2
- Tonio Mundry Beyond the Canvas/Bliss
- Amy Alexander What the Robot Saw
- Andrés Villa Torres Convoluted Alterity
- Ian Heisters Gestures #2 - #4
- Marco Heleno, Miguel Carvalhais, Nuno Correia TransparentPerceptron: Visualizing the Perceptron’s decision iterations
- Christian Herren Coded Archetypes (New York, Bern, Beijng)
- Christian Faubel Kauschlauch Modulations
- Mathew Mosher Pythia Consulting: Asking Difficult Questions While on Hold
- Alan Dunning Soundings
- Pedro Ferreira On a Scroll Through the Cloud
- André Rangel ComComComCom: Computation, Communication, Commerce, Community, a Common Com
- Catarina Sampaio, Luísa Ribas, Pedro Ângelo Data Self-Portrait
- Dragica Kahlina Hey!
- Marta Flisykowska The In Rust We Trust Project: technological and cultural aspects of terrestrial experiments on a Martian clay simulant
- Susie Fu Artist and Machine: An Iterative Art Performance
Performances
Performances
- Jaume Darbra Fa, Yuri Wilmering, Nicholas Moroz Mirror of the Whole of Nature and the Image of Art: Breaths between moons
- Christos Michalakos Icarus: A Game/Performance for the Augmented Drum-Kit
- Arne Eigenfeldt tinySounds: for voice and musebot ensemble
- Jung In Jung, Paul Blackham Hot Summer Afternoon: Towards the Embodiment of Musical Expression in Virtual Reality
- Isak Han Playing The nUFO
- Dani Iosafat a.k.a. Dani Joss Stream: synergy meeting vol. 2
- Jules Rawlinson, Owen Green, Dave Murray-Rust Raw Green Rust: Improvisation (with FluCoMa and UniSSON)
- Joaquín Jiménez-Sauma Polymer Dub: Urban soundscapes, evolution and cultural values
Performances Ligeti Hall
- Daniel Mayer Matters 5
- Alberto de Campo Polyharpye Reclaimed
- Nicola Giannini Eyes Draw Circles of Light
- Jia Liu Ring Study II/b: Live Performance with an Autonomous Pitch-Following Feedback System
- Ștefan Damian Naufrage: a 32 channel electroacoustic composition
- Ron Kuivila Sparkline (with serene velocity)
Doctoral Symposium
- Luis Arandas Performative Metacreation: An Artist-Centred Exploration of Artificial Intelligence
- Pierre Depaz The Aesthetic Values of Source Code
- Pedro Costa “Some Things You Can Ask Me”: about gender and artificial intelligence
- Pedro Ferreira Post-digital Aesthetics in Contemporary Audiovisual Art
- Provides Ng Preemptive Futures: A Study of A Circular Information Economy of Architecture
- Jim Reeve-Baker Audio Data Compression Artefacts as Creative Material
- Catarina Sampaio The Self as Data: Visualizing Identity Through Data Portraits
Chairs: Marko Ciciliani & Philip Galanter
Scientific Committee
- Adriana Sá ESAD/CICANT [+]
- Alessandro Ludovico Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton / Neural
- Alice Cannava Technische Universität Berlin
- Alice Eldridge University of Sussex
- André Rangel CITAR / i2ADS
- Andreas Broeckmann Leuphana Arts Program, Lüneburg
- Andreas Muxel Faculty of Design at University of Applied Sciences Augsburg
- Andreas Zingerle Department of Linguistic, Literary and Aesthetic Studies, University of Bergen
- Anne Balsamo University of Texas at Dallas
- Anneké Pettican Department Lead Art & Communication, University of Huddersfield
- Anna-Luise Lorenz
- Astrid Drechsler Experimental Radio Group, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
- Aura Satz Royal College of Art
- Boris Debackere V2 / Luca School of Arts
- Carlos Guedes New York University Abu Dhabi [+]
- Chara Lewis Manchester School of Art, Manchester Metropolitan University
- Christian Faubel Academy of Media Arts Cologne
- Cristina Sá CITAR / Portuguese Catholic University, School of Arts
- Dale MacDonald University of Texas at Dallas
- Daniel Irrgang Weizenbaum Institute / Berlin University of the Arts
- Daniel Schorno STEIM
- Darko VelazquezBauhaus Form + Function Lab, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
- David Pirrò Institute of Electronic Music and Acoustics, University of Music and Performing Arts, Graz
- Filipe Pais Ensadlab, Ensad, Paris
- Francisco Cardoso Lima Independent Artist, Aveiro
- Frieder Nake University of Bremen & Hochschule für Künste Bremen
- Gerhard Nierhaus University of Music and Performing Arts Graz
- Hanns Holger Rutz Institute of Electronic Music and Acoustics, University of Music and Performing Arts, Graz [+]
- Heitor Alvelos ID+ / Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Porto
- Irina Spicaka CC4AV
- João Cordeiro CITAR / University of West London
- Jason Reizner Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
- Johannes Zmölnig University of Music and Performing Arts Graz
- Jon He Massey University
- Jon McCormack Monash University
- Kristin Mojsiewicz Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh
- Laura Beloff School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Aalto University
- Linda Kronman University of Bergen
- Luísa Ribas CIEBA / Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon
- Magdalena Tyzlik-Carver Department of Digital Design at Aarhus University
- Manuela Naveau Ars Electronica
- Marko CicilianiInstitute of Electronic Music and Acoustics at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz
- Mario Verdicchio Università degli Studi di Bergamo
- Martin Kaltenbrunner Kunstuniversität Linz
- Martin Rumori sonible GmbH
- Max Hampshire Independent Researcher & Artist
- Miguel Carvalhais INESC TEC / i2ADS / Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Porto [+]
- Michael MarkertInterface Design Group, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
- Mitchell Whitelaw College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
- Monty Adkins University of Huddersfield
- Nathan Wolek Stetson University
- Nuno N. Correia University of Greenwich
- Patrícia João Reis University of Applied Arts Vienna, Austria, Department of Digital Arts [+]
- Paulo Ferreira Lopes IMG - University of Applied Sciences Mainz
- Pedro Cardoso INESC TEC / Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Porto
- Penousal Machado University of Coimbra
- Philip Galanter Texas A&M University
- Ricardo Melo CEOS.PP / Polytechnic of Porto. Porto Accounting and Business School
- Robert Höldrich University of Music and Performing Arts Graz
- Rodrigo Hernández-Ramírez UNIDCOM / Instituto de Arte, Design e Empresa (IADE) [+]
- Rosemary Lee IT-University Copenhagen
- Rui Penha ESMAE / INESC TEC [+]
- Rui Torres Electronic Literature Organization / Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, University Fernando Pessoa, Porto
- Samuel Van Ransbeeck UCP-CITAR
- Sophie-Carolin Wagner Austrian National Library / RIAT
- Shusha Niederberguer House of Electronic Arts Basel
- Søren Pold School of Communication and Culture, Aarhus University
- Tim Boykett Time's Up
- Thor Magnusson University of Sussex / ixi audio
- Valentina Nisi University of Madeira
- Veronika Mayer Freelance Artist and Lecturer
- Visda GoudarziSchool of Media Arts at Columbia College Chicago
- Winnie Soon Department of Digital Design at Aarhus University
About Us
Organising Committee
- André Rangel CITAR / i2ADS
- David Pirrò Institute of Electronic Music and Acoustics, University of Music and Performing Arts, Graz
- Hanns Holger Rutz Institute of Electronic Music and Acoustics, University of Music and Performing Arts, Graz [+]
- Jason Reizner Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
- Luís Nunes i2ADS / Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Porto
- Luísa Ribas CIEBA / Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon
- Mario Verdicchio Università degli Studi di Bergamo
- Miguel Carvalhais INESC TEC / i2ADS / Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Porto [+]
Local Organising Committee
- Daniele Pozzi Institute of Electronic Music and Acoustics, University of Music and Performing Arts, Graz
- David Pirrò Institute of Electronic Music and Acoustics, University of Music and Performing Arts, Graz
- Hanns Holger Rutz Institute of Electronic Music and Acoustics, University of Music and Performing Arts, Graz [+]
Past Organisers
xCoAx Proceedings
Proceedings Editorial Board
- André Rangel CITAR / i2ADS
- Luísa Ribas CIEBA / Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon
- Mario Verdicchio (chief editor) Università degli Studi di Bergamo
- Miguel Carvalhais (chief editor) INESC TEC / i2ADS / Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Porto [+]
