12th April 2005

Room 139 Main building

ABSTRACT

The workshop will explore in depth the nature of freedom and constraint in the creative process in digital fine art from the perspective of embodied mind. The problem is crucial to our understanding of the creative process in fine art. The aims and objectives of the workshop are to bring into visibility critical insights into the creative process, thereby potentially empowering digital artists.

Categories and subject descriptors:

J Arts and Humanities J.5 Fine Arts

Keywords:

Creativity, freedom, constraint, consciousness, digital fine art.

A small-group day workshop will be held on April 12 to investigate in depth the nature of freedom and constraint in the creative process in digital fine art from an embodiment perspective. As freedom and constraints can reside in the person, technology and society, the workshop will include all three areas in the investigation. The workshop will also be cognisant of considerations of the imaginary. Approximately twenty-five people from a range of disciplines will be invited to attend. The aims and objectives of the workshop are to bring into visibility critical insights into the creative process, thereby potentially empowering digital artists.

If you wish to be considered for a place at the workshop, please e-mail John Haworth at haworthjt@yahoo.com, giving a short statement of about 250 words on why you wish to attend and your area of interest/expertise.

A paper on the workshop is included in the conference proceedings

PRESENTERS

John Haworth. http://www.haworthjt.com Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK.

Topic: Digital Print Making

Sue Gollifer http://www.dam.org/gollifer University of Brighton. Brighton, UK.

Topic: Digital Developments

James Faure- Walker http://www.dam.org/faure-walker/index.htm Kingston University, London, UK.

Topic: Painting through Digital Eyes

Paul Coldwell http://www.camberwell.arts.ac.uk/research University of the Arts, London, UK.

Topic: A Layered Practice

Tom Kemp http://www.tomkemp.com Artist, Oxford and London, UK.

Topic: Writing and art.

jon pengelly j.pengelly@rgu.ac.uk The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK

Topic: New topologies of practice

POTENTIAL TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION AT THE WORKSHOP

• The nature of freedom and constraint in the creative process in digital fine art.
• The relationship between technology, perception, imagination, and aesthetics.
• The making of meaning and the meaning of making.
• Individual, social, and cultural influences on creativity in digital fine art.
• Working between a digital and a physical studio.
• Still the still image?
• Drawing and computer vision.
• Evaluation.

FURTHER READING AND INFORMATION

• Haworth, J.T. (1997) Beyond reason: pre-reflexive thought and creativity in art. Leonardo 30, 2, 137-146.
• http://www.creativity-embodiedmind.com Website on creativity and embodied mind, produced as part of an AHRB Innovation Award to John haworth.
• Creativity and embodied mind in digital fine art. DVD. Record of an AHRB seminar, organised by John Haworth, London 2002. Obtainable from D&AW 10 Heaton St. Blackburn, Lancs BB2 2EF http://www.dandaw.com info@dandaw.com
• Digital Surface-CDROM- ISBN 1 870225 96 Produced in conjunction with University of the Arts London, UIAH Helsinki, and NCAD, Dublin 2003. Obtainable from Research at University of the Arts, London.
• Case Studies.Catalogue for Paul Coldwell Solo exhibition. Essays by Anthony Rudolf and Paul Tebbs- ISBN 0-9537974-1-4 London:London Print Studios 2002. Obtainable from Research at University of the Arts, London
• Faure-Walker, J. How digital and traditional mediums can work together. Artists and Illustrators July 2003. pp. 22 - 25
• Faure-Walker, J. Combining Digital Art and Painting. Artists and Illustrators January 2005.
• Gollifer S. SIGGRAPH 2004 Electronic Art and Animation Catalogue, Computer Graphics Annual Conference Series. ACM SIGGRAPH. 2004
• Gollifer,S ArCade IV - Artists Space, Digital Creativity: Volume14 Number 3, 2004, pp 243-265.
• Threinen-Pendarvis C. The Painter 9 Wow Book. Berkeley: Peachpit Press. 2005
• Wands, B. Art in the Digital Age London: Thames and Hudson. 2005.