SArt project @ NTNU http://prosjekt.idi.ntnu.no/sart/

Examples of Interactive Installation Art (IIA) Software engineering issues in IIA

Examples of Interactive Installation Art (IIA)

Software engineering issues in IIA

The use of digital technology in contemporary art is often referred to as new media art. Since the early 90s within the new media art realm there is a growing production of interactive art installations. These artworks are generally complex and they are heavily dependent on software for controlling the whole system. The production of the software often requires the involvement of programmers and software engineers.

The use of digital technology in contemporary art is often referred to as new media art. Since the early 90s within the new media art realm there is a growing production of interactive art installations.

These artworks are generally complex and they are heavily dependent on software for controlling the whole system. The production of the software often requires the involvement of programmers and software engineers.

Sonic Onyx Artist: Samir M’kadmi Location: Blussvoll skole, Trondheim, Norway

Triggering parameters – direct influence/activity of the participants or environment changes Content origin – dynamically generated or predefined by the artist Interaction rules - static or dynamic

Triggering parameters – direct influence/activity of the participants or environment changes

Content origin – dynamically generated or predefined by the artist

Interaction rules - static or dynamic

Flyndre Artists: Øyvind Brandtsegg and Nils Aas Location: Straumen Inderøy, Norway

Business goals: -more money -more efficient Software system input output

Software system input output Artistic goals: -reflection -emotion

1) for controlling the numerous sensors that are capturing environmental parameters; 2) for incorporating the captured parameters into music/light that is played by the sculpture; 3) for maintaining an archive of the music generated in the past; 4) for presenting online of the artwork, the artist, the music archive and the software itself; 5) etc.

1) for controlling the numerous sensors that are capturing environmental parameters;

2) for incorporating the captured parameters into music/light that is played by the sculpture;

3) for maintaining an archive of the music generated in the past;

4) for presenting online of the artwork, the artist, the music archive and the software itself;

5) etc.

Examples

Examples

Beauty? J. Schmidhuber. Low-Complexity Art. Leonardo, Journal of the International Society for the Arts, Sciences, and Technology, 30(2):97-103, MIT Press, 1997. http://www.idsia.ch/~juergen/locoart/locoart.html Complexity?

Beauty?

Complexity?

size(200, 200); background(127); noStroke(); for(int i=0; i<height; i+=20) { fill(0); rect(0, i, width, 10); fill(255); rect(i, 0, 10, height); } http://processing.org/

size(200, 200);

background(127);

noStroke();

for(int i=0; i<height; i+=20) {

fill(0);

rect(0, i, width, 10);

fill(255);

rect(i, 0, 10, height);

}

void setup() { size(200, 200); background(51); noStroke(); smooth(); noLoop(); } void draw() { draw_target(68, 34, 200, 10); draw_target(152, 16, 100, 3); draw_target(100, 144, 80, 5); } void draw_target(int xloc, int yloc, int size, int num) { float grayvalues = 255/num; float steps = size/num; for(int i=0; i<num; i++) { fill(i*grayvalues); ellipse(xloc, yloc, size-i*steps, size-i*steps); } } http://processing.org/

void setup()

{

size(200, 200);

background(51);

noStroke();

smooth();

noLoop();

}

void draw()

{

draw_target(68, 34, 200, 10);

draw_target(152, 16, 100, 3);

draw_target(100, 144, 80, 5);

}

void draw_target(int xloc, int yloc, int size, int num)

{

float grayvalues = 255/num;

float steps = size/num;

for(int i=0; i<num; i++)

{

fill(i*grayvalues);

ellipse(xloc, yloc, size-i*steps, size-i*steps);

}

}

Requirements Architecture Validation Process Tools Open source software

Requirements

Architecture

Validation

Process

Tools

Open source software

Who we are and what we do

Who we are and what we do

SArt – S oftware Engineering (SE) and Art Currently involved in three software-intensive Art projects

SArt – S oftware Engineering (SE) and Art

Currently involved in three software-intensive Art projects

http://prosjekt.idi.ntnu.no/sart/ Salah Letizia Anna

New Other interdisciplinary fields (e.g. health, automotive) have been addressed in SE research, we focus on Art Relevant Contemporary Art is often highly software dependent (e.g. new media art, interactive art installations, performative art, etc.) Emerging industries (e.g. Entertainment - game industry, music, web) often bring artists and software developers together

New

Other interdisciplinary fields (e.g. health, automotive) have been addressed in SE research, we focus on Art

Relevant

Contemporary Art is often highly software dependent (e.g. new media art, interactive art installations, performative art, etc.)

Emerging industries (e.g. Entertainment - game industry, music, web) often bring artists and software developers together

Useful In Education – raising awareness, increasing the tolerance, etc. Foster Innovation and Creativity – Artists tend to use newest technologies in innovative ways Rigor Use existing SE theories and methods, including empirical studies Identify particularities of the domain -> tailor the existing SE theories, methods and tools to the specific needs of Art

Useful

In Education – raising awareness, increasing the tolerance, etc.

Foster Innovation and Creativity – Artists tend to use newest technologies in innovative ways

Rigor

Use existing SE theories and methods, including empirical studies

Identify particularities of the domain -> tailor the existing SE theories, methods and tools to the specific needs of Art

TDT69 Artistic software: processes and products EiT Experts in team villages 2008, 2006 – Art and Software 2005 – Kunst og teknologi tør du? 2004 – IT og Kunst Project works and Master thesis

TDT69 Artistic software: processes and products

EiT Experts in team villages

2008, 2006 – Art and Software

2005 – Kunst og teknologi tør du?

2004 – IT og Kunst

Project works and Master thesis