Il mini-simposio "Code, Form, Space", diretto da Golan Levin e Jeremy Ficca, si tiene dal 3 al 7 febbraio 2009 alla Carnegie-Mellon University e culmina in una esposizione al Pittsburgh Center for the Arts. Durante i giorni della manifestazione si faranno letture e workshop sulle implicazioni delle tecnologie generative nell'arte, nel design e nell'architettura. 
"Gli algoritmi, sfruttati grazie alla mediazione del codice, permettono ai creatori di generare forme complesse e strutture organiche tramite l'applicazione di regole elementari ma studiate con attenzione.
I sistemi di produzione digitale, come i cutter laser computerizzati, le stampanti 3d e i sistemi di automazione, offrono la possibilità quasi istantanea di analizzare idee legate a forme spaziali e materiali.
La combinazione di questi due approcci rappresenta un estrema ma crescente posizione nell'arte e nel design, dove la tradizionale manifattura è quasi totalmente sostituita a causa della domanda di nuove forme di produzione maggiormente cognitive.

In questo mini-simposio vengono presentati quattro operatori  – Casey Reas, Marius Watz, Ben Pell e MOS Architects (directed by Michael Meredith and Hilary Sample) – che hanno riconfigurato il mondo materiale grazie a sistemi di regole e di fabbricazione digitale.
Tutti questi operatori hanno una concezione molto personale dell'estetica e di come l'arte può trasformare i nostri modi di vivere". 
(Dal sito della Carnegie-Mellon University)

Di seguito presentiamo alcuni esempi di come da forme prodotte grazie allo sviluppo di codici si arriva alla produzione di oggetti, le immagini sono tratte dallo spazio Flickr di Marius Watz, tutti i diritti sono riservati.

EJThomas 181 Projection - Illuminations A - Marius Watz - All rights reserved

Akron 001 Object #1 - Marius Watz - All rights reserved

HyperCNC 26 Corian test #2 - Marius Watz - All rights reserved 

Schedule of Events

DIALOGUE / School of Art Lecture Series
Tues. 3 Feb, 5-6pm
In CMU McConomy Auditorium
C.E.B. Reas and Marius Watz
work, independently, at the global forefront of generative and
algorithmic art. In this unusual lecture format, Reas and Watz will
trade short presentations about their complementary approaches to
digital fabrication, rule-based systems, and the use of computer
programming to produce their work. This dialogue is co-presented with
the CMU School of Art Lecture Series. More info: http://lectureseri.es.

WORKSHOP
Weds. 4 Feb, 8:30-11:30am
In College of Fine Arts (CFA) 317.
C.E.B. Reas and Marius Watz visit Adjunct Professor Ian Ingram’s
“Digital Fabrication for the Arts” class to demonstrate their process
and share tips and techniques for generating physical forms from code.
Space may be limited. To attend, please RSVP before February 3rd by email to: golan@andrew.cmu.edu.

LUNCHEON + DISCUSSION
Weds. 4 Feb, 12-1pm
In Margaret Morrison 203
View the morning’s workshop results and enjoy an informal lunchtim
ediscussion with C.E.B. Reas, Marius Watz, Ben Pell, and “Code, Form,
Space” co-hosts, Professors Jeremy Ficca (School of Architecture) and
Golan Levin (School of Art).

LECTURE
Weds. 4 Feb, 5-6pm
In CMU Giant Eagle Auditorium
Architect Ben Pell
investigates the intersection of contemporary ornament, display
culture, and digital fabrication. In this one-hour presentation, Pell
discusses new interventions for urban and domestic spaces produced by
his firm PellOverton, an architectural research and design practice
based in New York since 2003.

LECTURE
Thurs. 5 Feb, 5-6pm
In CMU Giant Eagle Auditorium
MOS Architect partners Michael Meredith and Hilary Sample
engage interdisciplinary research spanning art, design, environment,
and computation. In this one-hour lecture, they present a diverse range
of innovative projects made possible through new approaches to digital
craft, including a puppet theater (with artist Pierre Huyghe), a
generative rug system, a prizewinning 9/11 memorial, and the first-ever
American drive-in theater produced by a non-profit cultural arts space.

EXHIBITION OPENING
Sat. 7 Feb, 5:30-8:30pm
At Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
“CODE and FORM”,
an exhibition of new generative artworks by C.E.B. Reas and Marius
Watz, runs February 7th through April 19th at the Pittsburgh Center for
the Arts (PCA). Located at 6300 Fifth Avenue, in Shadyside, the PCA is open Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-5pm, and Sundays from noon-5pm. There is a $5 suggested donation. More info: http://www.pittsburgharts.org.

CREDITS & SPONSORS
The “Code, Form, Space” mini-symposium, directed by Professors Jeremy
Ficca and Golan Levin, is a collaborative venture of the Digital
Fabrication Laboratory (dFAB) in the CMU School of Architecture and the CMU
School of Art Lecture Series. We are grateful to the following sponsors
for making this event possible: The Enkeboll Foundation; the Carnegie
Mellon University School of Architecture, School of Art, and School of
Design; the Offices of the Dean of the College of Fine Arts, Vice
President of Research, Vice-Provost for Education, and Studio for
Creative Inquiry at Carnegie Mellon; Bitforms Gallery, NYC; and the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts.

More info:

http://workshop.evolutionzone.com/ 

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