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Author
of Behaviour.
Characteristically, interactive media always
show a certain behaviour in their reaction to the user. This behaviour can be very predictable. Usually, this is called a user-friendly interface. But behaviour can also be a carrier of meaning, the designer then can allow for different sorts of meaning through allowing different behaviours. This is possible through anticipating the actions and expectations of the user, deciding via choice options what the user will experience at a certain moment. Furthermore is it possible to put the behaviour of a presentation into an algorithm. In this case, the author writes a system of rules that generates a richer and much more complex behaviour of text, sound and image.
february 6 - march 28 '99
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Data.
Symposium
february 6 and 7
Workshop sessions
thursday evenings 19:00-23:00 hrs
february 11, 18, 25
march 4, 11, 18, 25
Final presentation march 28
Programme symposium.
Saturday february 6
- 12:00
- Reception with lunch.
- 12:30
- Welcome by the redaction of Mediamatic Magazine.
- 12:45
- Introduction of participants.
- 13:30
- WILLEM VELTHOVEN introduces the workshop 'Author of Behavior'.
- 14:30
- REMKO SCHA presents a system that autonomously generates continuous imagery and sound. He will talk about the procedural steps and choices he made in the development of this system, and of its relation with the contemporary visual arts . Followed by discussion.
- 16:00
- PETER LUINING makes purely sensory interactive works, which excel in their graphical clarity. The user's actions connect image to sound and to various modes of behaviour of the elements. He will comment upon a selection of his work.
- 17:00
- Chris Meneses Rodrigues demonstrates PROGRAMMABLE LEGO. Klaas Kuitenbrouwer demonstrates STAGECAST, a programming-environment for children, with which one can make games of a Gameboy-like quality.
- Diner.
Sunday february 7
- 12:00
- Lunch.
- 12.30
- DICK RIJKEN gives a talk about the behaviour of organisations, individuals, systems and parts of system. He will examine the interaction of the behaviour of a system and the behaviour of the user. Followed by dicussion.
- 14.30
- SANDER KESSELS examines behaviour in animations and interfaces.
- 15.00
- Discussion with PIETER VAN DER PLOEG about Het Rechte Pad, (The Right Track) an on-line adventure in which the player construct s a character, that subsequently leads a life in the real world. The character, and connected persons and institutions communicate with the player by e-mail and Interphone. The player has to keep his character on the right track , which sometimes involves making moral choices.
Continuation in club BABY
- vanaf 16:00
- PIETER VAN DER PLOEG (NRCV) presents Het Rechte Pad (see above).
SANDER VAN DIJK (ESTEC) reveals plans for Earth Views, a visualisation of the journey of Lunarsat, that will orbit around the moon. PAUL GROOT and the group SEX, PIXEL AND LOVE HTML present the project Art y Net; digital art for the internetpillars between Amsterdam Central Station and the Kenniseiland.
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- Willem Velthoven is Director of Mediamatic Interactive Publishing (MMip), Editor and Chief of Mediamatic magazine and senior Designer for both the magazine and the Interactive department of MM. Willem studied Art History at the University of Groningen and is trained as a Graphic Designer at the Minerva Academy in Groningen. He founded Mediamatic magazine in 1985 together with Jans Possel and has a design practice for over ten years now. He is one of the main organisers of the Doors of Perception Conferences and acts as a media and communications consultant to several of our clients.
- Remko Scha is chairman of the department Computational Linguistics of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Amsterdam. He studied Computational linguistics on the University of Groningen and has an engineering degree in Physics of the TU in Eindhoven, with specialization areas: Computer Science, Information Theory, Auditory Perception. Remko Scha has published in various areaŐs including linguisics and computer science; perception and visualization; art, architecture and music. He made several automatic installations and algorithmical artworks. He is Secretary of the Institute of Artifcial Art Amsterdam and plays sound and music for Radio 100.
- Peter Luining is a multimedia artist, operating worldwide. Some examples of his work can be found at :http://www.xs4all.nl/~real, (section 3012 and the clickclub) and at: http://www.mediaport.org/~orange/index.html.
- Chris Meneses Rodrigues is 14 years old and follows HAVO 3 at the Kees Boeke-school in Bilthoven. He wants to become a game-programmer.
- Klaas Kuitenbrouwer is coordinator of the Mediamatic workshops. He is also an artist who makes works in various areas that are specified in their process, and not in their result (games, oraclesystems, radioprograms, theatre ).
- Dick Rijken is advisor on New Media for VPRO broadcast company. He is strategist at he Company-group and teacher at the Sandberg institute, post-graduate design academy. Dick Rijken studies psychology with computer science and electronic music as secondary subjects. He was concerned with the founding of a centre of expertise in Artificial Intelligence and did research for Apple ComputerŐs Advanced Technology Group in the field of computer animation.
- Sander Kessels is designer, specialised in animation. He made renowned websites, using Macromedia Flash, a.o. sint.nl and the Willem Wever-site. He is also teacher of animation for Mediamatic NetLes.
- Pieter van der Ploeg is Chief Editor New Media at the NCRV broadcast-company..
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