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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyQcoqflhbY&ab_channel=ArtScienceConnect Malitzin Cortes (CNDSD) is a multi-disciplinary artist, musician, and coder from Mexico City with a background in architecture from UNAM. Her work spans many disciplines and technologies including but not limited to: live coding, generative art, expanded cinema, installation, 3D animation, and sound design. A teacher and researcher at CENTRO University and at the [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJ3e_jhg6vk&ab_channel=ArtScienceConnect Smartphones is a collection of Max for Live devices built by Rochester based artist and musician Jr Clark. These devices bring new workflow and performance capabilities to Ableton Live through a process coined “action based sequencing.” Taking cues from hardware modular sequencing, each of the devices connect to each other via text matching, allowing the user to create complex [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g740o1cj5Pw&ab_channel=ArtScienceConnect Soyun Park is a media artist and designer from South Korea, based in The Hague, The Netherlands. She has great interest in technology, interactivity, sound, and its interrelation with humans. She is also the founder of studio RGBdog. Her works have taken the form of video essays, audiovisual performances, and interactive media installations. She has [...]