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The Aesthetic Brain: Anjan Chatterjee on Beauty, Buildings, and Art

The Skylight room (9100), The Graduate Center, CUNY 365 Fifth Ave, New York

Using the latest advances in neuroscience and evolutionary psychology, Anjan Chatterjee investigates how an aesthetic sense is etched in our minds and explains why art is central to our lives. Chatterjee is the author of The Aesthetic Brain: How We Evolved to Desire Beauty and Enjoy Art and founding director of the Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics.

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AI and Creativity: Arthur I. Miller, Doug Geers, Ricardo Dominguez, and Annie Dorsen

The Skylight room (9100), The Graduate Center, CUNY 365 Fifth Ave, New York

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5ly9YaQXN0 Today’s computers are composing music that sounds “more Bach than Bach,” turning photographs into paintings in the style of Van Gogh’s Starry Night, and even writing screenplays. But are algorithms truly creative—or are they merely tools to be used by musicians, artists, and writers? Join physicist and author Arthur I. Miller (The Artist [...]

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Algorithmic Sound 1: Mark Fell

The Skylight room (9100), The Graduate Center, CUNY 365 Fifth Ave, New York

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esBfmVQWlhI&ab_channel=ArtScienceConnect Mark Fell is a multidisciplinary artist based in Rotherham (UK). Recognized as being “one of the most compelling and influential electronic artists in the world” (South Bank Centre, London), his practice draws upon electronic music subcultures, experimental film, contemporary philosophy and radical politics. Over the past 30 years Fell’s output has grown into [...]

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