[Air-l] Cyberarts Research Initiative

Arun Kumar Tripathi tripathi at informatik.tu-darmstadt.de
Mon Aug 12 15:50:37 PDT 2002


Dear Internet Researchers,

[This posting is forwarded via thanks and courtesy (Spasiba) to
Professor
Irina Aristarkhova. Members are free to contact her at
<uspia at nus.edu.sg>]

Cyberarts is a new dimension of art making that synthesize intersecting
and interfacing technologies and embraces artworks that go beyond
"digital
media". The term "cyber" is actually derived from the Greek root word
"kubernare", which means the "act of controlling the ship". Cyberarts as
defined by contemporary of art practice, include the following . digital
painting; photography, video, computer animation-, holographic art;
virtual reality environments; robotic arts; net-art; human-machine
interfaces; bio-arts; computer music/sound arts as well as hybrid arts
(works which involve collaboration with other art forms like dance or
theatre)

Dr. Irina Aristarkhova teaches the pioneering studio-based course,
Cyberarts, in the Programme. She was formerly Senior Lecturer at the
LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts where she taught courses in Cybertheory,
Feminist Theory, Feminist Aesthetics, Technology and Embodiment and
Contemporary Psychoanalytic Theory. She holds an MA from the University
of
Warwick, UK, and PhD from the Institute of Sociology, Russian Academy of
Sciences. Since July 2001 Professor Irina Aristarkhova has been
directing
Cyberarts Research Initiative (http://www.cyberarts.scholars.nus.edu.sg)
-an ambitious Art & Technology research project, first of its kind in
South-East Asia.

Cyberarts/Cyberculture Research Initiative (CCRI) --is a blending of
arts
and technology, Cyberarts is a recent course and research innovation at
the University Scholars Programme at the National University of
Singapore.
The university's Cyberarts Initiative is the first of its kind in the
region and one of the most comprehensive in the world with its Cyberarts
database, Cyberarts resource library, Artist-in-Residence programme,
Virtual Reality Collaboration Research, undergraduate, postgraduate and
postdoctoral programme development in Cyberculture and Cyberarts.

Cyberart and Cyberculture constitute new disciplines that began twenty
years ago in Europe, Japan, and America. The United States Government
recently established an Art and Technology Department. Many other
universities and political bodies around the world have also created
centers for the Cyberarts, New Media Art, and Cyberculture. These
centers
study digital and virtual aesthetics and embody both the creative impact
of new technologies and the meeting place between art and the life
sciences.

For details, please visit the web sites at http://www.cyberartsweb.org/
and http://www.scholars.nus.edu.sg/faculty/uspia.html

In Southeast Asia, the discipline is in its infancy. It is the goal of
CCRI to encourage regional artists, scientists, and theorists to work in
this field and to showcase their work on an international level. With
that
goal in mind, CCRI attracts some of the greatest artists and theorists
working in the cyberarts scene, and serves as a clearinghouse for
worldwide, but especially Southeast Asian, activities in cyberarts.

Please register yourself to the "Cyberarts Database" at:
http://www.cyberartsweb.scholars.nus.edu.sg/database/join.html or
http://www.cyberartsweb.org/database/join.html And add your articles to
the database too through another button.

Thanks very much.

Best regards,
Arun Tripathi
ECP Ring Leader
<http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/ringleaders/arun.html>
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