Practical information about the venue of the conference can be found here.
The conference programme:
30th May – Day 1
9:30 – 12:30 Workshops
12:00 – 13:30 Registrations & Lunch
13:30 – 15:50 Bodies – Digital Culture – Spaces – Dr Owen Green chairing
Locus Sonus Audio In Art. From collective to individual and back – Dr Peter Sinclair
Textual Maps – The Body as Site – Jonsson & Bogers
Grasping Elapsing 3.1 – Williams
Revealing the Invisible City: Comprehending the human-city bond through data visualization and sonification – Barahona, Cui, Estevez, Huang & Talianni
Neu Collective Consciousness – Kaushal
15:50 – 16:00 Coffee break
16: 00 – 19:00 Digital Tools – Prof Chris Speed chairing
Art and Mobilities in Unstable Landscapes – Keynote by Dr Jen Southern
Glass Gateways – Kelly & Mann
SilkRoad – Digital/Analog. Creating public art intervention in the context of education and technology – Farr
Language or medium: the malleable structure of art making in a digital environment – Kearney, Escobar and Vilaneau
‘The Perfect Circle’: Using robotics as a creative tool in contemporary design and art practices – Tirupattur
The Metaphysical Potential of Networks – Clayton
31st May – Day 2
9:00 – 9:15 Coffee
9:15 – 10:50 Digitisation in art practice – Dr Sophia Lycouris chairing
‘The Ritournelles of Digitisation in Art’- Yildirim
Exploring social issues and cultural knowledge through machinima – Baxter
Digital Vivisection: The Technologic Consumption of Human Anima – Gangwisch
Scientific methods and creative processes for wearable technologies: from invention to innovation – Tenuta & Testa
10:50 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 13:45 Digital arts and urbanism – Prof Richard Coyne chairing
Composing methods: on the limits of problem spaces in a time of rendition – Keynote by Celia Lury, Director of CIM
The Art of Transformation: Using Virtual Space for Cultural Organizing – Boot & Michaels
Hyperlocal Imaginaries – McAndrew & Sermon
Digital art in public spaces: New urban landscapes – Del Puglia
Exploring the Intersection of Spatial Practices and Technology with Critical and Creative Methods: Some Experiences and Suggestions – Wood
Exploring & Sharing People’s Emotional Bond with Places in the City – Stals
13:45 – 14:30 Lunch Break
14:30 – 16:50 Computation and Creative Processes – Prof Peter Nelson chairing
Literal translations? How computer-assisted scoring of soundfiles is affecting the aesthetics of contemporary music – Keynote by Dr. Nicolas Donin
Digital interactions: Sound and three-dimensional forms – Panourgia, Wheelaghan & Yang
The Laptop Tour: Redefining Classical Music Performance Spaces – Coleclough & Forshee
A joynt magnetism of three heavens: compositional & computational approaches to sonifying alchemical data – Roberts
Sorted 2.0 – Hignett
16:50 – 17:00 Coffee break
17:00 – 18:00 Round Table session – Dr Martin Parker chairing
19:30 – 21:00 Closing Concert
If you have any questions, please contact us at siren.conference@ed.ac.uk.
We are looking forward to seeing you in Edinburgh!