GENERATIVE ART ‘99, 2nd International Conference
1/2/3 December 1999
Generative Art Exhibition 30 Nov / 3 Dec 1999
Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

Participants:

Minimized generative principles for large scale drawings: an experimental approach and its results. (paper and Artwork)
Hans Dehlinger
Professor at theDepartment of Product-Design
Director of the Institute Design-Kunst-Computer
University of Kassel, Germany

The mother's smile: an unconscious source for generative form in visual expression and design (paper)
Peter Stebbing
Professor at Hochschule für Gestaltung
Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany

Semiotics and Generative Art (paper)
Howard Riley
Royal College of Art, Faculty of Art and Design
Swansea Institute of Higher Education, Associate College of the University of Wales, UK

Recognizability of designer imprinting in generative artwork (paper and installation)
Celestino Soddu
Professor, Director of Generative Design Lab
Milan Polytechnic University
DST, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Parametric Urbanism: Explorations in Generative Urban Design (paper)
Cristiano Ceccato, Laurence Liauw
BSc(Hons) AA Dipl RIBA
Director, GAS-KL Building Workshop
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia / Hong Kong, China

Arties: Meta-Design as Evolving Colonies of Artistic Agents (paper)
R. Neal Elzenga, Michael S. Pontecorvo
Emergent Design,
San Francisco, USA

Artificial Music Composer (poster and demo)
Alejandro Pazos, Antonino Santos, Julián Dorado, J. J. Romero
Cardalda & J. L. Rodriguez Carballal
RNASA LAb. Laboratory for Artificial Neural Networks and Adaptive Systems.
Department of Computing, School of Computer Science. University of A Coruña. Spain.

Mädler-Haus: on the Use of Geometrically Flexible Design in Architectural Reconstruction Projects
Cristiano Ceccato
AA Dipl MSc(CS) DIC MIEEE
Assistant Professor, School of Design, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hong Kong, China

If we are digital machine, then physics is a branch of psychology. (paper)
Bruno Marchal
Universite Libre de Bruxelles, BRUSSELS, Belgium

The use of genetic programming for applications in the field of spatial composition  (paper)
P.S.Coates, L. Hazarika
Center for Environment & Computing in Architecture, University of East London, School of Architecture, Stratford London

The shadow of the night (paper)
Enrica Colabella
Prof. at  the School  of Industrial Design
Milan Polytechnic University
Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Artistic Process, Cybernetics of Self and the Epistemology of Digital Technology (paper)
Mahesh Senagala
Assistant Professor of Design Computing
The University of Texas at San Antonio

Experiments in rule based design and computer generated physical prototypes (paper)
Alvise Simondetti
School of Design
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Complex aesthetic forms that solve mathematical and cognitive problems  (paper)
Philip Van Loocke
Professor at the Lab for Applied Epistemology
University of Ghent, Belgium

The Authorship of Generative Art (paper, poster and installation)
Adrian Ward, Geoff Cox
Sidestream, London, UK in conjunction with the
CAiiA-STAR Research Team at the University of Plymouth, England.

Generative Polymodal Music Process (paper and music)
Jônatas Manzolli
Prof. Dr.
Head of Research in Computer Music
NICS-UNICAMP
Adolfo Maia Jr., Raul do Valle, Jônatas Manzolli & Leonardo N. S.Pereira
Núcleo Interdisciplinar de Comunicação Sonora - NICS
University of Campinas, Brasil

The Art of Emergence (paper, artwork and installation)
M. Annunziato, P. Pierucci
PLANCTON, Italy

On Linguistic Aspects from a Cross-cultural Perspective (paper)
Mariana Neagu
University of Galati, Romania

BIO, X PHYLUM (paper and poster)
Karl S. Chu
Architect
senior design faculty at Southern California Institute of Architecture
Los Angeles, USA

Breeds in Artificial Design
Quinsan Ciao
Assistant Professor
Department of Architecture
Virginia Tech, USA

Metropolitan Emergency (poster)
Alex Graef
MSc Dip. Arch. /Imagination
Robert Thum
MSc Dipl.Ing.Unit 6 UEL/Unit7 Bartlett/ Ian Ritchie
Architects

Generative Texture Maps for Animation (artwork and paper)
Anna Chupa
Digital Collage and Multimedia Artist, Assistant Professor
and Graduate Coordinator, Department of Art Electronic Visualization
Program, Mississippi State University.
Michael Chupa
Research Assistant, Visualization, Analysis and Imaging Lab, Mississippi State
University/NSF Engineering Research Center for Computational Field Simulation.

Hunting design memes in the architectural studio (paper)
Roel Daru
Eindhoven University of Technology, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning,
Department of Architecture, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Reconstruction and invenctory of the city of Colonia del Sacramento (poster and installation)
Marcelo Payssé.
Profesor Agregado del Taller de Anteproyectos Parodi (Departamento de Enseñanza de Anteproyecto y Proyecto de Arquitectura).
Facultad de Arquitectura, Universidad de la República.
República Oriental del Uruguay. Montevideo, Uruguay

The Idea of Rome: the shape of utopy (paper and poster)
Piero Meogrossi
Architect, Director of restoration site of Colosseo, Palatino and Appia Antica
Ministero per i Beni e le Attivita' Culturali, Soprintendenza Archeologica di Roma
Rome, Italy

Alive Art. The role of cheap chip cheep in the 2000’s art revolution (paper)
Luigi Pagliarini
GRAL. Research Group Artificial Life, Istitute of Psychology, CNR Italy

Generative Motion in Design (paper and poster)
David Kurmann
Architecture and CAAD
ETH Zurich
CH-8093 Zurich-Hönggerberg

Slugfest (paper)
Chiron Mottram, Alan Penn
Alan Penn, Reader in Architectural and Urban Computing
Director, VR Centre for the Built Environment
The Bartlett School of Architecture and Planning
University College London, London

Linear algebra and creative process (paper)
Franca Calio',  Elena Marchetti
Professors
Dipartimento di Matematica
Milan Polytechnic University
Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Sound Breeding (paper and installation)
Andrew Garton
MA & PHD Research Program
Centre.for.Animation.&.Interactive Media
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Melbourne

Jnrtv generative music performance (paper and music)
John Eacott
Lecturer in music production
Department of Commercial Music and Fashion
University of Westminster, London. UK

The Semiotics Room: A Structured Approach to using Metaphor in Design (poster)
Cathy Grundy
Senior Lecturer, University of Westminster, UK

Time sections, abstract machines (poster)
Luca Ambrosini, Marco Longatti, Hajime Miyajima
ARKHAM, Italy

Generative processes in psycopathology
Giorgio Bellotti
Professor, Director of the Clinical Psycopathology Master University of Insubria, Varese, Italy

Let's Improvise Together (demo e poster)
Riccardo Antonini
Consorzio Roma Ricerche, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy

Paramorphism: Design Surface and Substance
Mark C. Burry and Grant M. Dunlop
School of Architecture and Building, Deakin University, Waterfront Campus, Victoria, Australia

Nobili’s Art: an example of generative Art of 1826
Pietro Pedeferri
Dep. Chimica Fisica Applicata, Politecnico di Milano

Generating digital music with DirectCsound & VMCI
Gabriel Maldonado
Music Composer, Italy

The era of generative tech-net's: bit - watt - ... and complexity
Giuseppe Silvi
President of "Piazze Telematiche" Association

xWORLDS, the implementation of a three-dimensional collaborative sketch tool within the context of a third year design course
Kai Strehlke
ETH Zurich, Lehrstuhl für Architektur und CAAD

Lorenz versus color space (poster)
Daniele Mancini
Fac. Architecture, Roma 3 University, Italy

Hyposurface: from Autoplastic to Alloplastic Space
Mark Goulthorpe
DECOI Architects, Paris

GA'99 PROGRAMME

30th November 1999, Exhibition Hall of Faculty of Architecture.
10:00 AM / 7:00 PM Generative Art Exhibition '99
12:00 AM / 7:00 PM Conference Registration
5:00 PM Generative Music Concert
6:30 PM Welcoming and Generative Art Exhibition '99 Inauguration Cocktail

1st December 1999, Aula Magna of Faculty of Architecture (Rogers Room)
10:00 AM Welcoming
10:15 AM Paper presentation Section 1
11:30 AM Coffee Break at Exhibition Hall
11:45 AM Paper presentation Section 2
1:00 PM Lunch
3:00 PM Paper presentation Section 3
5:00 PM Coffee Break at Exhibition Hall
5:15 PM / 7:00 PM, 1st Poster Workshop and Generative Music Performances at Exhibition Hall
10:00 AM / 7:00 PM Generative Art Exhibition '99 is open in the Exhibition Hall
8:30 PM Conference Dinner at Press Club

2nd December 1999, Aula Magna of Faculty of Architecture (Rogers Room)
10:00 AM Paper presentation Section 4
11:30 AM Coffee Break at Exhibition Hall
11:45 AM Paper presentation Section 5
1:00 PM Lunch
3:00 PM Paper presentation Section 6
5:00 PM Coffee Break at Exhibition Hall
5:15 PM / 7:00 PM, 2nd Poster Workshop and Generative Music Performances at Exhibition Hall
10:00 AM / 7:00 PM Generative Art Exhibition '99 is open in the Exhibition Hall

3rd December 1999, Aula Magna of Faculty of Architecture (Rogers Room)
10:00 AM Workshop 1, the theoretical approach to Generative Art
11:30 AM Coffee Break at Exhibition Hall
11:45 AM Workshop 2, the operative experimentation of Generative Art
12:30 AM Press Conference