Center for Research in Computing and the Arts
Encyclopedia
The Center for Research in Computing and the Arts (CRCA) is an interdisciplinary organized research unit of UCSD in San Diego, Califorina. CRCA provides support for numerous projects which intersect with the fields of New Media Art
, Software Studies
, Game studies
, Art/Science collaborations, Mixed Reality, Immersive Art and Networked Performance.
Projects emerging from CRCA have been seen at venues including SIGGRAPH , Ars Electronica , ISEA and the Whitney Museum of Art as well as numerous museums, galleries and scientific contexts.
, UCLA , UCSD Visual Arts Department, UCSD Music Department, the Sanford Bernmah Medical Research Institute , the San Diego Supercomputer Center
and the UCSD School of Medicine.
's work on Game Design focusing on algorithmic generation of 3D game environments in Scalable City, , the Software Studies Initiative's work developing data visualizations of large sets of cultural data and Micha Cárdenas
' 365 hour Becoming Dragon project, about which Katherine sweetman of San Diego City Beat said "nobody has ever 'lived' in virtual reality continuously for so long".
New media art
New media art is a genre that encompasses artworks created with new media technologies, including digital art, computer graphics, computer animation, virtual art, Internet art, interactive art, computer robotics, and art as biotechnology...
, Software Studies
Software studies
Software studies is an emerging interdisciplinary research field, which studies software systems and their social and cultural effects.-Overview:...
, Game studies
Game studies
Game studies or the new modern term "gaming theory" is the discipline of studying games, their design, players, and their role in society and culture more broadly...
, Art/Science collaborations, Mixed Reality, Immersive Art and Networked Performance.
Projects emerging from CRCA have been seen at venues including SIGGRAPH , Ars Electronica , ISEA and the Whitney Museum of Art as well as numerous museums, galleries and scientific contexts.
Institutional Collaborations
CRCA works closely in collaboration with art and science institutions including Calit2Calit2
The California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology is an academic research institution jointly run by the University of California, San Diego and University of California, Irvine ....
, UCLA , UCSD Visual Arts Department, UCSD Music Department, the Sanford Bernmah Medical Research Institute , the San Diego Supercomputer Center
San Diego Supercomputer Center
The San Diego Supercomputer Center is an organized research unit of the University of California, San Diego . Physically, SDSC is located on the east end of Eleanor Roosevelt College on the campus of UCSD....
and the UCSD School of Medicine.
Art/Science Research
Artists and researchers at CRCA have been involved in numerous technoscience research projects, such as Sheldon BrownSheldon Brown (artist)
Sheldon Brown is an American artist and Professor of Computer Art at the University of California, San Diego. He is the Director of the Center for Research in Computing and the Arts at UCSD, a founder of the California Institute of Information Technologies and Telecommunications, where he is...
's work on Game Design focusing on algorithmic generation of 3D game environments in Scalable City, , the Software Studies Initiative's work developing data visualizations of large sets of cultural data and Micha Cárdenas
Micha Cárdenas
Micha Cárdenas is a transgender performance and new media artist. Her work deals with the interplay of technology, gender, sex, immigration and biopolitics. She currently lives and works in Los Angeles.- Education :...
' 365 hour Becoming Dragon project, about which Katherine sweetman of San Diego City Beat said "nobody has ever 'lived' in virtual reality continuously for so long".
People
CRCA is home to artists, scientists and theorists. Some of the people involved include:- Sheldon BrownSheldon Brown (artist)Sheldon Brown is an American artist and Professor of Computer Art at the University of California, San Diego. He is the Director of the Center for Research in Computing and the Arts at UCSD, a founder of the California Institute of Information Technologies and Telecommunications, where he is...
, Co-Director - Miller PucketteMiller PucketteMiller Smith Puckette is the associate director of the Center for Research in Computing and the Arts as well as a professor of music at the University of California, San Diego, where he has been since 1994....
, Co-Director - Amy Alexander
- Benjamin Bratton
- Micha CárdenasMicha CárdenasMicha Cárdenas is a transgender performance and new media artist. Her work deals with the interplay of technology, gender, sex, immigration and biopolitics. She currently lives and works in Los Angeles.- Education :...
- Jordan Crandall
- Ricardo DominguezRicardo Dominguez (professor)Ricardo Dominguez is an artist and associate professor of visual arts at UC San Diego. He has been the subject of controversy over a number of acts of electronic civil disobedience on his own and with the Electronic Disturbance Theater, which he co-founded.Dominguez, the founder of the Electronic...
- Mark DresserMark DresserMark Dresser is an American double bass player and composer.-Biography:He has performed and recorded with many of the luminaries of "new" jazz composition and improvisation. For ten years he performed with the Anthony Braxton Quartet, as well as diverse groups led by Ray Anderson, Tim Berne,...
- Chris Head
- Adriene Jenik
- Stephanie Lie
- Lev ManovichLev ManovichLev Manovich is an author of new media books, professor of Visual Arts, University of California, San Diego, U.S. and European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland, where he teaches new media art and theory, software studies, and digital humanities...
- Todd Margolis
- Elle MehrmandElle MehrmandElle Mehrmand is a new media performance artist and musician. Mehrmand's work combines the body and electronics. Her performance art work has been presented at museums, galleries and art festivals throughout the Americas...
- Rick Snow
- Brett Stalbaum
- Daniel Tracy