philipgalanter.com : events

February 2007	One of my generative drawings realized with my GA2 software was shown in a group show in Manitoba Canada called Allegories of the Genome. A corresponding website and catalog can be found here.
Nov 9, 2006 to Jan 9, 2007	A number of my generative lightbox drawings created with my GA1 software were shown at Mason Murer Projects in Atlanta. One has been left on more or less permanent display.
June, 2006	I contributed an article to a special issue of the digital quarterly Vague Terrain focusing on generative art. In the article "Generative Art and Rules-Based Art" I discuss and compare the two using examples from the shows "Logical Conclusions" and "Beyond Geometry." Click here to view the article.

April 6, 2006	I gave a presentation about generative art as part of the dorkbot-atl series.

March 27, 2006	"At the Edge of Art", a book by Joline Blais and Jon Ippolito, is now available. It features profiles of technology-based art by more than 50 artists, including my Breeding Paintings work.

Feb 17, 2005	At the College Art Association annual conference I presented a talk titled "Using Advanced Networks for International Collaborations in the Arts" presenting artistic, technical, and how-to information for university artists.

Dec 14, 2004	I presented the paper "What is Emergence? Generative murals as experiments in the philosophy of complexity" at the annual Generative Art Conference in Milan Italy.

Sept 6, 2004	I was interviewed by Thomas Petersen and Kristine Ploug for the online arts publication artificial.dk with specific attention to the "What is Generative Art?" paper noted below. Click here to view the interview.

June 17, 2004	At the annual New Media Consortium conference I gave a talk called "Digital Art in the Physical World". This talk included overviews of physical computing, robotic art, generative art, and rapid prototyping.

May 27, 2004	I was interviewed about generative art by Kuno Terwindt on his MNN television show New York Alive.

April 16, 2004	The online science publication Genome News Network (from the Center for the Advancement of Genomics) featured my work in their Art Gallery feature. Click here to view the article.

Feb 19 - April 4 2004	Chaotic Conductor premiered at the College Art Association members show Suspension: Sonic Absorption at Consolidated Works in Seattle.

Dec 11, 2003	I presented the paper "What is Generative Art? Complexity Theory as a Context for Art Theory." at the annual Generative Art Conference in Milan Italy.

Sept 26 - Nov 28 2003	The show COMPLEXITY, which I curated with Ellen K. Levy, traveled to the Gallery of the Federal Reserve Board in Washington D.C.

July 12 - 13 2003	I acted as one of the curators (with Douglas Irving Repetto and Jenny Lee) in organizing the two day event ArtBots: The Robot Talent Show

Feb 21, 2003	I chaired a session at the 2003 College Art Association meeting in New York City called "Complexity and Emergence".

Oct 16, 2002	In conjunction with the show COMPLEXITY I was part of an artists panel discussion at SUNY New Paltz along with Remo Campopiano, Frank Gillette, and Ellen K. Levy.

Oct 2, 2002	I gave a presentation about the show COMPLEXITY at Columbia University as part of the dorkbot-nyc series.

Sept 14 - Nov 24 2002	The show COMPLEXITY runs at the Dorsky Museum at SUNY New Paltz. This was the first major fine art museum exhibition featuring artists’ explorations of complex systems and emergence. I co-curated this show with Ellen K. Levy.

July 29-30, 2002	At the Workshop on Complexity and Philosophy I presented a draft paper titled "Against Reductionism: Complexity Science, Complexity Art, and Complexity Studies". This draft was later integrated into other writings.

June 19-22, 2002	At the 2002 New Media Center Summer Conference I gave a talk titled "Using Internet2 to Create Multisite Performance Events".

June 9-14, 2002	At the 2002 International Conference on Complexity Science I gave a talk titled "On Four Modes of Artistic Engagement with Complexity".

May 25, 2002	I acted as co-curator (working with curator Douglas Irving Repetto) in organizing the one day event ArtBots: The Robot Talent Show. Press coverage included articles in the New York Times and TimeOut New York.

April 17, 2002	I gave a lecture to faculty and graduate students at Temple University as part of the Video and New Media Speaker Series on Narrative Interfaces.

April 3, 2002	I gave a work in progress presentation of my Traveling Salesman project at Columbia University as part of the dorkbot-nyc series.

January 2008	The book "The Art of Artificial Evolution", edited by Penousal Machado and Juan Romero, will be published as part of the Springer Natural Computing Series. I've contributed a chapter titled "Complexism and the role of evolutionary art."