Æliens

question(s)

1. personal -- what makes life (more) beautiful?
2. professional -- how can your discipline/expertise help/assist/contribute in making (digital) life more beautiful?
3. general -- what is the (greatest) risk of creative technology?

section(s)

1. challenge(s) -- introduce
2. approach/solution(s) -- response(s)
3. model(s) -- analyze
4. perspective(s) -- discuss
5. issue(s) -- deal with/mention

ICT challenge(s) [3/5]

concept(s)

• miscellaneous (video) -- www.everythingismiscellaneous.com

model(s)

• business model -- www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html

problem(s)

• identity 2.0 -- identity20.com/media/ETECH_2006

ICT challenge(s) [5/5]

application(s) -- creative industry

• creative society -- education @ MIT

computer science(s)

• what science? -- computer science

As I leant against the wall the University indeed seemed a sanctuary in which are preserved rare types which would soon be obsolete if left to fight for existence on the pavement of the Strand.

Virginia Woolf: A Room of One's Own (1928, p. 9)

creative technology -- target(s)

• program to enhance students' participation and creativity

idea(s) -- inpire

• opzet -- www.cs.vu.nl/~eliens/onderwijs/opzet.html
• 10 points -- lecture(s)

relate(s)

• www.howest.be -- www.digitalartsandentertainment.com ( kristel.balcaen@howest.be )
• www.jisc.ac.uk --
  • web -- www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/events/2007/03/jisc_tom_loosemore.pdf
  • sensing -- www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/techwatch/tsw_02-08.pdf
• serious games -- www.seriousgamesinstitute.co.uk

first thought(s) -- without thinking

• the aesthetics of our time -- youtube 9/11
• the medium is the message -- (news) flash (skip intro)
• models of dissemination -- (pathology): viral, cancerous (dialectics)
• creativity is contagious -- involvement
• attention vs impact -- peripheral, unfocussed, subliminal
• conventional wisdom -- surprise
• new media -- personal expression(s)

inspiration(s) -- looking around

• create -- creatieve technologie
• design -- create the future
• education -- Using information technology to create new educational situations
• math & art -- Computers, math and art
• research -- creative industry
• KP7 -- IIP Create 12/9/2007
• Philips -- IPP Create 12/9/2007

card(s) -- reflect

• main benefit(s)
• main risk(s)

Think before you ask! Write clearly and do not forget your name!

approach -- with subtext(s)

• (cheap) philosophy -- leads to ignorance and self-satisfaction
• colloquial wisdom -- is an internet commodity
• common sense -- only results in confusion

random thought(s) -- why always square screens?

  rhethorics 
    of    personal challenge
  material
  

  everything else     computation
     is           -->
  subsidiary          interaction
  

item(s)/hazard(s) -- with subtext(s)

• requirements -- kill creativity
• user studies -- lead to conservatism
• clear goals -- limit exploration

the creative process -- involvement & reflection

   peripheral
       --> unfocussed
       --> subliminal
                attention/awareness model(s)
  

model(s) of dissemination -- pathology/dialectic(s) of awareness

• creativity is contagious
• viral games
• the (digital) seduction of a civilisation

on the emergence of creative technology

this is where the subtext ends, and the exploration begins, with as the ultimate challenge, to realize a new discipline: creative technology

perspective(s) -- innovation as an expression of ignorance

• frankfurt airport -- multimedia walkway
• shanghai river tunnel -- visual experience
• shanghai shopping center -- full globe video projection
• etcetera -- visual quilt, PANORAMA, ...

medium is the message -- the aesthetics of our time

9/11 / performance(s) -- tube(s)

creative track -- starting from 1st year

• identity -- as a group
• portfolio -- as individual
• imagination -- mixing science and art
• authenticity -- as in no bullshit
• craftmanship -- in discovering the rethorics of the material

mechanism(s) -- educational element(s)

• (art) inspiration(s) -- item(s) of beauty
• (periodic) de-construction(s) -- discover (un)truth(s)
• (technical) exploration(s) -- trial(s) without error(s)
• (creative) workshop(s) -- to boost the imagination(s)

control(s) -- layered mentorship

• supervision(s) -- from multiple perspectives
• (peer) reviews -- with mild competitive edge
• (public) exhibition(s) -- for external exposure

slogan(s) -- do you want to make a difference

de Waag

• technology to innovate social processes
• social processes to innovate technology

open source

the world is changing -- twitter

1. web2.0 (4): everything is becoming digital and virtual
2. VU @ SL (7): even in 3D and Second Life
3. climate @ VU (9): but there are serious problems
4. computer (8): computer science is magic
5. science (6): but it is not a science
6. games (3): imagine no books but games
7. (*) do you want to make a difference
8. what, why, how (5): people keep asking me questions

metaphor(s) -- towards a new curriculum

• a networked world -- you make it work [engineering, management] -- not network maintenance!
• everything is connected -- you make the connections [mediator, management]
• everything is intertwinkled (Ted Nelson) -- you make it twinkle [the creative track]

knowledge is a (creative?) process

slogan(s) -- creative technology

• do you want to make a difference -- the urge to improve is what makes the difference
• in every scientist there is an artist, in every artist there is a scientist
• everything is intertwinkled -- you see/make it twinkle

imagine ...

creative technology -- indeed, language is confusing

instruction(s) / game(s) / second life / communication(s) / mashup(s) / panorama(s) / decision(s)

• is the technology creative?
• do I use technology in a creative way?
• does the technology allow me to be creative?

creative (application of) technology

interact(s) -- interactive entertainment -- facets of fun

• immersion -- being in
• rapture -- loss of aesthetic distance
• agency -- being in control

art(s) -- computer augmented artefact(s)

• emotional response -- enrich experience
• intellectual challenge -- simply avoid boredom

computer augmented artefact(s)

application(s) -- my first creative technology application(s)

• sensor -- to detect footsteps on the stairs
• signal -- a little light announcing approaching person(s)

to enable reading ...

resource(s) -- create

• topical media & game development -- media.eliens.net
• intelligent multimedia technology -- www.intelligent-multimedia.net
• etcetera -- multimedia @ VU