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Tesla is an Art|Science Research Interest Group at the Department of Computer Science at University College London.

Our focus is on visionary ideas beyond the existing remits of art and science, and particularly on projects that incorporate and amalgamate both art and science into the new hybrid discipline of art|science. At present, our major activities are the Tesla Talks, and the Tesla Talks Archive.

We are happy for our material to be used for educational purposes, but we would ask you to kindly let us know if you do so, and to acknowledge the source. This helps us to justify our use of the university’s facilities.

Events

Tesla talks occur throughout the year at UCL. Most talks are held at the Garwood Lecture Theatre.

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Entrance is free, all welcome.

Tesla Talk: Barbara Rauch

Facing Affect and Emotion

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6-7pm

Garwood Lecture Theatre

UCL, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT

(How to get to UCL Garwood Lecture Theatre)

Facing Affect and Emotion is a presentation that addresses the history of Data Visualization within the humanities research. Our research suggests that artists are and have always been concerned with visualization techniques that are now entering other disciplines. We discuss models of research creation and the aspects of “labour”, “craft”, “research” and “practice-led” projects and suggest, that these terminologies and methods are a sign of contemporary practice and its ambivalent nature. Studio and research creation will be challenged with study that comes out of scientific and interdisciplinary research.

The presentation will focus on the analysis of the language used for interdisciplinary research and highlights on the tools that researchers engage with. The presentation demonstrates a study that uses 3D technologies, haptics, sculpting and data analysis. A true collaboration between the arts and sciences.

Tesla Talk: Amanda Wilson

Amanda Wilson Talk

Cubes, Rocks and Clouds: Multistable Perception of Art-Science Imagery

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Wednesday 9th May 2012

Garwood Lecture Theatre

UCL (University College London)

18:00 - 19:00

In order to create works that transcend cultural boundaries, artist-scientists need to be verbally and visually literate in two or more disciplines. What bearing does this have on the way they perceive an image, compared to individuals whose research or practice is confined to a single discipline? In this talk, Amanda Wilson explains why she thinks that artist-scientists may exhibit 'cultural multistability', whereby their impressions of an image jump between interpretations routed in different disciplines. Drawing from Gestalt theory, frame analysis and the perception of visual illusions, she describes and interprets the results of her recent survey.

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