Embodied Agents in Contemporary Visual Art: How Robotics and A.I. Could Influence Creativity

笔触——在其各种表现形式中——是跨越几代人的绘画和素描中遇到的唯一交流工具。中风的产生涉及不同知觉、认知和身体过程之间复杂的相互作用。计算机和机器人技术的再现为我们提供了研究和更好地理解这些过程的机会。“当代视觉艺术中的具体行动者”（EACVA）项目通过艺术家、哲学家、社会学家、心理学家以及计算机艺术和机器人工程师的多学科合作来进行这项研究（项目网站：www.eacva.co.uk）。合作将在艺术驻留和工作坊中展开，在此期间，我们将根据各自的专业领域开发一种方法，同时也使用最先进的机器人绘画和绘图系统制作艺术品。在此期间与相关艺术家密切合作开发的软件和工具将是开源的，从而为不断壮大的艺术家和研究人员社区做出贡献，致力于机器人的艺术应用。最后，由此产生的艺术品、文本和系统将在伦敦大学金史密斯学院以面向公众的展览形式呈现。展览将包括几个机器人的现场表演装置，揭示它们的内部表征和决策过程，目的是揭开机器和计算机驱动创作的神秘面纱。通过将最先进的机器人系统与历史背景和教学策展方法相结合，我们将为公众提供一个知情的内部观点，以了解机器的创造潜力。该展览将通过调查收集定量和定性数据，为进一步调查我们的研究问题提供独特的机会。我们将在后期制作期间专门制作印刷目录。记录艺术作品及其制作，我们将准备与我们合作团队所代表的不同学科相关的出版物。

The brushstroke - in its various manifestations - is the only communication tool that is encountered in paintings and drawings across generations. The production of a stroke involves a complex interplay between different perceptual, cognitive and physical processes. Its reproduction with computational and robotic technologies provides us with the opportunity to study and better understand these processes.The project "Embodied Agents in Contemporary Visual Art'' (EACVA) approaches this study through a multi-disciplinary collaboration between artists, philosophers, sociologists, psychologists, as well as computer art and robotics engineers (website of the project accessible at www.eacva.co.uk). The collaboration will unfold throughout artistic residencies and workshops, during which we will develop a methodology informed by our respective fields of expertise while also producing artworks with state-of-the-art robotic painting and drawing systems. The software and tools, developed during this period in close collaboration with the artists involved, will be open source, thereby contributing to the growing community of artists and researchers working on artistic applications of robotics. Lastly, the resulting artworks, texts, and systems will be presented in the form of a public-facing exhibition at Goldsmiths College, University of London.The exhibition will include the presentation of live performance installations with several robots, exposing their internal representations and decision-making processes with the aim of demystifying machine and computer-driven creation. By combining state-of-the-art robotic systems with historical contexts and didactic curatorial methodologies, we will offer the public an informed insider view into the creative potential of machines. The show will provide a unique opportunity to further investigate our research questions by gathering quantitative and qualitative data through surveys. We will dedicate a post-production period to the creation of a printed catalogue.documenting the artworks and their production, and we will prepare publications relevant to the diverse disciplines represented within our collaborative team.