This document discusses the Artivity project, which aims to capture desktop interaction data during the creative process of artists to archive this process for future use by artists, art historians, and conservators. The project has so far developed specifications for capturing metrics during art making, integrated plugins for Inkscape and Firefox to provide this data to a semantic desktop framework, and created an explorer to view the data. Next steps include developing a plugin for the Krita application, tools to export data to ontologies and metadata formats, and testing with larger groups of artists. The document also discusses plans for sustainability, scaling the project, and outreach.

1. Semantic Desktop for Art practice - Research data spring
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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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Team
»Who have you worked with?
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Sebastian
Faubel Moritz Eberl

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Team
»Who got involved over the past 3 months?
– artists
– curators
– art historians
– HE administrators (interest for REF impact)
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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
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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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Next phase
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Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Krita plugin
export tools
testing
LGM-2016 LGM-2016

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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

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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)

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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

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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

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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

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