DASH Archives - May 2007

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We would like to inform you that the deadline for submissions to Issue
#9: archives / filing has been extended to August 15. Abstracts should
be sent before end of June.

Organdi Quarterly (www.organdi.net ) is a peer-reviewed
interdisciplinary journal. It is free and international. Organdi
Quarterly focuses on cultural issues of our time, is open to all forms
of creation (painting, photography, cinema, video, music, writing...),
and proposes a criticism on the evolution of societies.

In the context of the constantly accelerating pace of our lives,
progress in terms of storage capacity, editing, and publishing has
expanded the possibilities for filing and the constitution of
archives. A tool to explore and understand the past, archives have
also become an essential element of self-definition for people.
Citizens and communities build their own archives consumers store
personal memories (emails, photos etc); and contemporary art, in a
search for intelligibility and history, uses the archive as a material
and a site of inquiry.

This special issue seeks to investigate the contemporary need for
archives. Possible topics include, but are not limited to: archives as
sites of inquiry for history, critical theory, or anthropology;
archives as a source of inspiration or political protest; the legal
and political issues of filing; the technological use of filing
devices and software.

As usual, other contributions unrelated to the theme of the issue will
be considered for the following sections of Organdi Quarterly:

Letters to the Editors,

Espace Libre (articles, interviews, documents),

Books, Music, Cinema & the Arts (cultural reviews),

Out of Frame (exhibitions).

etc.

Deadline: 15/08/2007

Please visit our site at www.organdi.net

Please send all contributions to mail@organdi.net with "CONTRIBUTION"
in the title

For questions, send an e-mail to mail@organdi.net with "QUESTION" in the title

Best regards,

the Editors of Organdi Quarterly

Announcing a new symposium:

Computer image analysis in the study of art (EI122)
<http://electronicimaging.org/call/08/conferences/index.cfm?fuseaction=3DEI122

Part of the IS&T/SPIE International Symposium on Electronic Imaging 2008
January 27-31, 2008 =80 San Jose Convention Center =80 San Jose, California USA

Conference Chairs: David G. Stork, Ricoh Innovations, Inc.; Jim Coddington,
Museum of Modern Art
Program Committee: Anna Bentkowska-Kafel, Courtauld Institute of Art; Peter
P. Biro, Forensic Studies in Art (Canada); Guidomaria Cortelazzo, Univ.
degli Studi di Padova (Italy); Charles R. Dyer , Univ. of Wisconsin/Madison;
Roger L. Easton, Jr., Rochester Institute of Technology; Irfan Essa,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Katherine Jones-Smith, Case Western
Reserve Univ.; Christian Lahanier , Ctr. de recherche et de restauration des
mus=E9es de France (France); Kirk Martinez, Univ. of Southampton (United
Kingdom); Daniel N. Rockmore, Dartmouth College; Silvio Savarese, Univ. of
Illinois; Stefano Soatto, Univ. of California/Los Angeles

Post-Meeting Proceedings Due Dates:

Abstract (500 words) Due: 16 July 2007

Final Summary (200 words): 19 November 2007

Manuscript Due: 7 January 2008

This inaugural conference on computer image analysis in the study of the art
will present leading research in the application of image analysis, computer
vision and pattern recognition to problems of interest to art historians,
curators and conservators.

A number of recent questions and controversies have highlighted the value of
rigorous image analysis in the service of the analysis of art, particularly
painting, for example: the fractal image analysis for the authentication of
drip paintings possibly by Jackson Pollock; sophisticated perspective,
shading and form analysis to address claims that early Renaissance masters
such as Jan van Eyck or Baroque masters such as Georges de la Tour traced
optically projected images; automatic multi-scale analysis of brushstrokes
for the attribution of portraits within a painting by Perugino; and
multi-spectral, x-ray and infra-red scanning and image analysis of the Mona
Lisa to reveal the painting techniques of Leonardo. The value of image
analysis to these and other questions strongly suggests that current and
future computer methods will play an ever larger role in the scholarship of
visual arts.

The conference chair and program committee invite high-quality submissions
of papers discussing new results in the following and related topics: image
analysis of perspective, brushstrokes, form color and multi-spectral images
for attribution and dating; color modeling and manipulation for predicting
the effects of conservation treatments; image de-warping to reveal
undistorted images from anamorphic art or depictions of reflections in
curved mirrors. This symposium will focus on analysis, rather than on
image acquisition or digital archiving of artistic works.

A key goal of this symposium is to foster dialog and collaboration between
image scientists and humanists; as such, interdisciplinary teams of authors
(scientists and art specialists) are especially encouraged to submit papers.

Papers will be judged on the quality of the research methodology, the rigor
of the analysis of the algorithms, the novelty and anticipated usefulness of
the approaches, the clarity of the scholarly presentation, and most
importantly the relevance of the work to our understanding of visual arts
such as prints and paintings, in both realist and abstract vernaculars.

Computer methods

• multi-spectral imaging and color transformations
• perspective analysis
• brushstroke analysis
• style analysis
• shape from shading
• three-dimensional reconstruction of spaces from multiple images
• wavelet and multiscale analysis
• fractal analysis
• pattern classification
• inferring illumination within depicted scenes
• inferring artist ("camera") models
• shape analysis
• and more...
  

• authentication and detection of forgeries
• dating of artwork
• "reverse aging" of faded artworks such as tapestries to recover original colors
  

• predicting color changes of paintings due to conservation treatment
• reconstructing spaces depicted in artworks
• separation and enhancement of overlaid images as in paintings with underdrawings and in palimpsests
  

• infering artists' techniques, aids, and praxis based on image evidence
• dewarping anamorphic, distorted or panoramic artwork
• dewarping of distorted passages depicted within artwork
• geometrical transformations for re-presenting curved art
• completing missing or damaged passages in paintings
• image understanding in realist paintings
• metrology in artistic imagery
• quantifying trends in artistic images throughout an artist's career
• and more...
  

Dear Colleagues,
 
This is just to remind you that the deadline for funding applications to the
AHRC ICT Methods Network is 30 June 2007.
 
The AHRC ICT Methods Network invites the arts and humanities Higher
Education community in the UK to submit proposals for Methods Network
activities. Activities may include workshops, seminars, focused workgroups,
postgraduate training events and publications.
 
The Methods Network is keen to support both single- and cross-disciplinary
proposals and those that encourage new collaborative frameworks between
technical specialists and arts and humanities researchers. The primary
emphasis is on the use and reuse of digital resources.
 
Proposals for hybrid activities such as workshop/seminar/workgroup
combinations are also welcomed, as are proposals for any other activity
which falls within the Methods Network remit to support and promote the uses
of advanced ICT methods in academic research.
 
Funding of up to £5000 is available for workshops and hybrid activities.  
Workshops provide training in advanced ICT methods for community members
within academic institutions. They engage with issues such as: formal
methods in analysis of source data and the creation of technical models;
working with multiple technologies; and other matters of vital practical
interest to the community.  
 
Funding of up to £2000 is available for seminars.  These may concentrate on
highly-defined topics of interest and also problem areas within the
community or may have a more general focus.
 
For information on eligibility and how to apply for funding see the Methods
Network website (www.methodsnetwork.ac.uk).
 
Please be aware that all applicants are expected to submit fully-formed
proposals with full programme, budget and projected outcome details and with
particular emphasis on the research significance of the proposed activity.
Applications that fail to provide all required details will not be
considered for funding. For further information about submitting a proposal
contact Hazel Gardiner (hazel.gardiner@kcl.ac.uk).
 
 
Forthcoming Methods Network Funded Activities
 
We welcome applications from individuals who would like to attend Methods
Network workshops and seminars, but must emphasise that registration is
essential for these activities.  Participants are also expected to make an
active contribution to the activity. Occasionally a Methods Network event
will be by invitation only, but all resulting materials, including (where
appropriate) podcasts, wikis, training workbooks, reports and publications
will be made freely available to the community via the Methods Network
website.  All enquiries about registration for the Methods Network
activities listed below should be sent by email to methnet@kcl.ac.uk.  For
further information about the following activities see the Methods Network
website.
 
Data Sans Frontières: Web Portals and the Historic Environment - A workgroup
organized by Stuart Jeffrey, ADS/AHDS Archaeology, University of York. (25
May 2007).
 
Developing an International Framework for Audit and Certification of Trusted
Digital Repositories - A seminar organized by Joy Davidson, HATII,
University of Glasgow. (June 2007)
 
New Protocols for Electroacoustic Music Analysis - A workshop organized by
Leigh Landy, De Montfort University, Leicester (12 June 2007).
 
From Abstract Data Mapping to 3D Photorealism: Understanding Emerging
Intersections in Visualisation Practices and Techniques - A workshop
organized by Julie Tolmie, 3DVisA, Kings College, University of London. (19
June 2007)
 
Real-time Collaborative Art Making - A workshop organized by Gregory
Sporton, University of Central England. (20 July 2007)
 
Space/Time: Methods in geospatial computing for mapping the past - A
workgroup organized by Stuart Dunn, AHeSSC, Kings College, University of
London. (23 - 24 July 2007)
 
Text Mining for Historians - A workshop organized by Zoe Bliss, AHDS
History, University of Essex. (17 – 18 July 2007)
 
Opening the Creative Studio - A hybrid activity comprising presentations and
workshops, organized by David Gorton, Royal Academy of Music. (10 September
- 30 November 2007)
 
Annotating Image Archives To Support Literary Research - A workshop
organized by Omer Rana, University of Cardiff. (October 2007)
 
INTIMACY: Performing the Intimate in Proximal and Hybrid Environments - A
hybrid workshop/seminar activity, organized by Maria Chatzichristodoulou (7,
8, 9 December 2007)
 

DEPARTMENT FOR IMAGE SCIENCE  &  DATABASE OF VIRTUAL ART present

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=> “Myths of Immateriality: Curating, Collecting and Archiving Media Art”

DANUBE TELELECTURE from the MUMOK, Vienna : Myths of Immateriality

The Department for Image Science at Danube-University Krems created a new
format of international lecture and debates on key questions of Image
Science and Media Art with high-calibre experts - the DANUBE TELELECTURES.
The discussion will be recorded by several cameras and transmitted live
over the www.

http://www.donau-uni.ac.at 

Online viewers can participate live in the discussion via email.

TELELECTURE # 3
“Myths of Immateriality: Curating, Collection and Archiving Media Art”

During the last decades media art has grown to be the art of our time,
though it has hardly arrived in our cultural institutions. The mainstream
of art history has neglected developing adequate research tools for
these contemporary art works, they are exhibited infrequently in museums,
and there are few collectors.
Media art is hardly being archived and systematically preserved like
ancient and traditional forms of art.
This loss of data our society is facing because of the change in storage
media and operational systems threatens to result in a total loss of our
contemporary digital art. Which practices and strategies in the
curating and documenting of media art do experts in the field suggest?


** CHRISTIANE PAUL, curator for New Media, Whitney Museum, NY, author of
"Digital Art" (Thames & Hudson 2003)**

** PAUL SERMON, media artist and scientist at the University of Salford, UK **

* Introduction:  Oliver Grau, Univ.-Prof. and Head of the Department for
Image Science, Danube University Krems *

* Moderation: Dr. Michael Freund, Der Standard *


Danube TeleLecture # 3  at the MUMOK, MuseumsQuartier, Vienna
Time: Sun, 27. May 2007, 17.00h CET (Start of Streaming)

+ You can attend the event in MUMOK or in realtime over the www +
http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/dis 

After 30 minute long lectures the audience will have the possibility to
ask the speakers questions.
Internet users may join the discussion via e-mail.

Contact: Mag. Jeanna Nikolov-Ramírez Gaviria
Tel: +43 (0)2732 893-2570
E-Mail: jeanna.nikolov@donau-uni.ac.at 
http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/dis 


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PARTNERS

ORF  http://noe.orf.at 

DATABASE OF VIRTUAL ART  www.virtualart.at 
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