One of the pitches given at our second research data spring sandpit workshop on 13 July 2015.

1. Semantic Desktop for Art practice - Research data spring
Artivity14/7/2015

2. Artivity
Valuation
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the case of
Mr. R. Mutt
(a.k.a. Marcel Duchamp)
the case of
Mr. R. Mutt
(a.k.a. Marcel Duchamp)

3. Artivity
Valuation
» Gap:
– current creative process is
not captured
– current creative process
happens on the desktop
» Scope:
– capture desktop interaction
data which is evidence of
artistic practice
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4. Artivity
Valuation
» Direct impact and benefits:
– Self-archiving for artists
– New data for art historians
(per artist basis)
– New data for conservators
(per artwork basis)
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5. Artivity
Team
»Project partners:
– University of the Arts London (Ligatus)
– Semiodesk
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TeamTeam

6. Artivity
Team
»Who have you worked with?
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TeamTeam
Sebastian
Faubel Moritz Eberl

7. Artivity
Team
»Who got involved over the past 3 months?
– artists
– curators
– art historians
– HE administrators (interest for REF impact)
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TeamTeam

8. Artivity
Team
»Who volunteered to help?
– Textile design
– Graphic design
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Team

9. Artivity
Progress
»Promised at the last sandpit:
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10. Artivity
Progress
»What have you achieved in the first phase?
– Specification
●
functionality
●
metrics (tacit dimension of art making)
– composition / layering
– number of steps
– masking
– ...
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11. Artivity
Progress
»What have you achieved in the first phase?
– Inkscape patch
●
provide metrics to semantic desktop
framework (zeitgeist)
– Firefox plugin
●
Update Firefox link to semantic desktop
framework
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12. Artivity
Progress
»What have you achieved in the first phase?
– In addition:
●
Artivity Explorer
●
Distribution
– bitbucket repository https://bitbucket.org/semiodesk/artivity/overview
– Ubuntu ppa https://launchpad.net/~faubulous/+archive/ubuntu/artivity
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16. Artivity
Progress
»What have you achieved in the first phase?
– Testing
●
connections to zeitgeist confirmed
●
Artivity Explorer improvements
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17. Artivity
Next phase
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Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Krita plugin
export tools
testing
LGM-2016 LGM-2016

18. Artivity
Next phase
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Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Krita plugin
export tools
testing
LGM-2016 LGM-2016
Popular raster image
application with
great brush engine
Popular raster image
application with
great brush engine

19. Artivity
Next phase
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Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Krita plugin
export tools
testing
LGM-2016 LGM-2016
Map to ontologies,
export format and
active metadata (CREAM)
Map to ontologies,
export format and
active metadata (CREAM)

20. Artivity
Next phase
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Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Krita plugin
export tools
testing
LGM-2016 LGM-2016
Extensive testing
by a large group
Extensive testing
by a large group

21. Artivity
Next phase
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Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Krita plugin
export tools
testing
LGM-2016 LGM-2016
Proposal for
Libre Graphics
Meeting 2016
Proposal for
Libre Graphics
Meeting 2016

22. Artivity
Next phase
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Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Krita plugin
export tools
testing
LGM-2016 LGM-2016
Presentations to
art historians
and conservators
Presentations to
art historians
and conservators

23. Artivity
Sustainability & Scalability
»Push patched Inkscape upstream (being
negotiated)
»Engage with artists and community
developers (such as Libre Graphics World)
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24. Artivity
Sustainability & Scalability
»Push patched Inkscape upstream (being
negotiated)
»Engage with artists and community
developers (such as Libre Graphics World)
»...
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25. Artivityby David Blackwell https://www.flickr.com/photos/mobilestreetlife/4179063482

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27. Artivity
Sustainability & Scalability
»Python code works on other platforms
»Plugins for Adobe are relatively easy to build
»Some work on zeitgeist will be required
»Keep MacOSX in mind but...
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28. Artivity
Sustainability & Scalability
»Python code works on other platforms
»Plugins for Adobe are relatively easy to build
»Some work on zeitgeist will be required
»Keep MacOSX in mind but...
»...give Linux a chance!
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29. Artivity
Funding
Researcher: 0.2 × 4months = £3,563
Development costs: £12,000
Testing (commissions/vouchers) : £2,000
Travel / subsistence: £1,350
Admin: 0.1 × 4months = £1,296
Other: Estates + Indirect = £2,996
Total (FEC): £23,205 JISC to fund:£17,403.75
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30. Artivity

31. Artivity
Contact
»Athanasios Velios (a.velios@arts.ac.uk)
»Project website:
– www.ligatus.org.uk/project/artivity
»@a_velios
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