[Leonardo/ISAST Network] New Leonardo Book Release: Aesthetic Computing, edited by Paul Fishwick
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NOW AVAILABLE from the Leonardo Book Series and MIT Press
AESTHETIC COMPUTING, edited by Paul A. Fishwick
In Aesthetic Computing, key scholars and practitioners from art, design,
computer science, and mathematics lay the foundations for a discipline
that applies the theory and practice of art to computing. Aesthetic
computing explores the way art and aesthetics can play a role in
different areas of computer science. One of its goals is to modify
computer science by the application of the wide range of definitions and
categories normally associated with making art. For example, structures
in computing might be represented using the style of Gaudi or the
Bauhaus school. This goes beyond the usual definition of aesthetics in
computing, which most often refers to the formal, abstract qualities of
such structures--a beautiful proof, or an elegant diagram. The
contributors to this book discuss the broader spectrum of
aesthetics--from abstract qualities of symmetry and form to ideas of
creative expression and pleasure--in the context of computer science.
The assumption behind aesthetic computing is that the field of computing
will be enriched if it embraces all of aesthetics. Human-computer
interaction will benefit--"usability," for example, could refer to
improving a user's emotional state--and new models of learning will emerge.
Aesthetic Computing approaches its subject from a variety of
perspectives. After defining the field and placing it in its historical
context, the book looks at art and design, mathematics and computing,
and interface and interaction. Contributions range from essays on the
art of visualization and "the poesy of programming" to a discussions of
the aesthetics of mathematics throughout history and transparency and
reflectivity in interface design.
Contributors:
James Alty, Olav W. Bertelsen, Jay David Bolter, Donna Cox, Stephan
Diehl, Mark D'Inverno, Michele Emmer, Paul Fishwick, Monica Fleischmann,
Ben Fry, Carsten Görg, Susanne Grabowski, Diane Gromala, Kenneth A.
Huff, John Lee, Frederic Fol Leymarie, Michael Leyton, Jonas Löwgren,
Laurent Mignonneau, Frieder Nake, Ray Paton, Jane Prophet, Aaron
Quigley, Casey Reas, Christa Sommerer, Wolfgang Strauss, Noam
Tractinksy, Paul Vickers, Dror Zmiri
Paul A. Fishwick is Professor of Computer and Information Sciences and
Engineering at the University of Florida.
release date: May 2006
The MIT Press
A Leonardo Book
ISBN 0-262-06250-X. 488 pp., 201 illus.
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Book Series please visit the Leonardo Book Series website at:
http://lbs.mit.edu
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