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Neural string network at Shanghai University

Sermon, PS 2012, Neural string network at Shanghai University [Show/Exhibition].

Official URL: http://www.shu.edu.cn/Shuweb/english/Art/index.htm...

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Authors:	Sermon, PS
Abstract:	An interactive collaborative drawing ‘machine’ designed on the concept of a neural network, allowing participants to experience a shared creative process, using the principles of open-source and social networked communication through an analogue string system. The underlying concept of the Neural String Network is to introduce participants to the idea of collaborative-shared drawing practice, a dispersed collective that draws on Roland Barthes ‘The Death of the Author’ (1967) whereby each participant plays an equal role as both viewer and artist. Played out like a surrealist ‘Exquisite Corpse’ game of consequences or as a piece of Haiku poetry, the drawing participants contribute marks, signs and signifiers to an open-content drawing, akin to the development of open-source software on neural networks. The string network consists of five drawing table ‘nodes’ within a room/studio space measuring eight by eight metres square. Each node is linked to the other four via pulleys and washing lines, making it possible to peg a sheet of A4 paper to a line and winch it across to any one of the other nodes. The network system uses 10 string connections between the five drawing tables, creating a pentagram within a pentagon neural network design.
Official URL:	http://www.shu.edu.cn/Shuweb/english/Art/index.htm...
Item Type:	Show/Exhibition
Schools:	Schools > School of Arts & Media Schools > School of Arts & Media > Arts, Media and Communication Research Centre
Date:	July 2012
URL:	http://vimeo.com/49027600, http://creativetechnology.salford.ac.uk/paulsermon/string/
Event Title:	Neural String Network
Event Location:	Shanghai University College of Fine Arts
Event Dates:	1st to 13th July 2012
ID Code:	23609
Depositing User:	Professor Paul Sermon
Deposited On:	19 Sep 2012 08:13
Last Modified:	29 Oct 2015 01:01

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