SIGGRAPH 2010: TouchPoint: Haptic Exchange Between Digits
Chair(s):
- Richard Elaver
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- Appalachian State University
Art Show Overview:
The work exhibited in the SIGGRAPH 2010 Art Gallery investigates the polysensory nature of human experience in a technologically enhanced environment. The exhibition explores the permeable membrane of the techno-human interface, where we engage an array of tools to materialize and visualize artifacts of creative expression. Integral to the work is human haptic interaction, involving the “viewer” and/or the artist through a unique physical interface.
Our sensory systems, like the aesthetic experiences they ascertain, operate simultaneously on several channels. Touch, for example, is not a binary system, but a complex structure of multiple sensory mechanisms, synthesizing such information as pressure, temperature, hardness, vibration, and weight. This sensory amalgamation is exploratory in nature, developing haptic awareness through the active combination of kinesthetic and tactual evidence. An object brought to the hand cannot be described like the one explored by the fingers.
While the initial focus of the exhibition was on the sense of touch, the jury felt it was relevant to extend the breadth of sense experience. Therefore, the selected works include a range of sensory involvement, including scent and audio interactions. Some works are more solely focused on bodily presence, while others address the virtual hand in the machine. Overall, the multi-layered polysensory experience of the artwork has become the dynamic focus, forcing vision to share the pedestal of privilege with other sense modalities.
Richard Elaver
Juried Art Chair
Indiana University-Purdue University Fort WayneArts Director
Matthew Hollern
Guest Editor
Lira Nikolovska
Assistant Editor
Richard Buchanan
Project Manager
Rebecca Strzelec
Jury:
- Joanna (Joey) Maria Berzowska
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- Concordia University
- Adam Finkelstein
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- Princeton University
- Tad Hirsch
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- University of Washington
- Mine Özkar
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- Middle East Technical University
- Victoria Szabo
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- Duke University
Exhibition Artworks:
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Type: [Interactive & Monitor-Based]
ADB
Artist(s): [Stedman]
[SIGGRAPH 2010]
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Type: [Installation]
Cursor Caressor Eraser
Artist(s): [Filimowicz]
[SIGGRAPH 2010]
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Type: [Installation]
Dinner Party
Artist(s): [Nam]
[SIGGRAPH 2010]
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Type: [Electronic/Robotic ObjectSound Art]
Echidna
Artist(s): [Bech]
[SIGGRAPH 2010]
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Type: [Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality]
Empire of Sleep: The Beach
Artist(s): [Price]
[SIGGRAPH 2010]
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Type: [Installation]
Final Wisdom I
Artist(s): [Fillwalk]
[SIGGRAPH 2010]
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Type: [Interactive & Monitor-Based]
Glowing Pathfinder Bug
Artist(s): [Squidsoup]
[SIGGRAPH 2010]
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Type: [Installation]
hanahanahana
Artist(s): [Kakehi, Chikamori, and Kunoh]
[SIGGRAPH 2010]
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Type: [Installation]
In the Line of Sight
Artist(s): [Sauter and Winkler]
[SIGGRAPH 2010]
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Type: [Installation]
Lotus 7.0
Artist(s): [Roosegaarde]
[SIGGRAPH 2010]
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Type: [Installation]
samplinglong
Artist(s): [Niehage]
[SIGGRAPH 2010]
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Type: [Installation]
Strata-Caster
Artist(s): [Farbrook]
[SIGGRAPH 2010]
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Type: [Interactive & Monitor-Based]
The Lightness of Your Touch
Artist(s): [Kaufman]
[SIGGRAPH 2010]
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Type: [Interactive & Monitor-Based]
Tool for Improved Social Interacting
Artist(s): [McCarthy]
[SIGGRAPH 2010]