Index

Content

7 Gerfried Stocker Foreword

CHAPTER 1
Art as Research — Research as Art

10 Data Tree, 2009

14 Peter Weibel The Art of the Artificial - Sommerer & Mignonneau’s Contribution to the Algorithmic Revolution 
20 Christiane Paul Art as Life as Art - Aesthetics and Autonomy 
24 Mathias Michalka Aesthetics and Science

CHAPTER 2
Interface Design Aspects in the
Interactive Artworks of Sommerer & Mignonneau

28 Itsuo Sakane On the Nostalgic History of Interactive Art - A Personal Retrospective
32 Erkki Huhtamo Touchscapes - Tactile and Haptic Interaction in the Works of Sommerer & Mignonneau
36 Christine Schopf & Hannes Leopoldseder The Open World of Christa & Laurent
40 Interactive Plant Growing, 1992 
46 Eau de Jardin, 2004 
50 Wissensgewachs, 2007

CHAPTER 3
From Artificial Life and
Complexity Research to Bio and Nano Art

56 Ingeborg Reichle Art and Digital Evolution - the Genetic Art of Christa Sommerer & Laurent Mignonneau 
60 John L. Casti Complex Systems and Artistic Structures 
64 Machiko Kusahara How Much Do You Love The Creatures You Have Made?
68 Anthroposcope, 1993
72 A-Volve, 1994 
88 Phototropy, 1994
92 GENMA, 1996
96 Life Spacies, 1997 and Life Spacies II, 1997 -1999 
110 VERBARIUM, 1999 
114 PICO_SCAN, 2000 
120 Life Writer, 2006

CHAPTER 4
Immersion, Illusion and Intelligent Environments

128 Tomoe Moriyama Immersion into Historic Images
132 Trans Plant, 1995
136 Intro Act, 1995
138 MIC Exploration Space, 1996
142 Gulliver’s Travels, 1997
150 Time_lapse, 1998
162 Industrial Evolution, 1999

CHAPTER 5
Multimodal Interaction with Internet Data

168 Florence de Merèdieu Please Touch - Prière de toucher
170 Oliver Grau Living Habitats - Immersive Strategies
176 HAZE Express, 1999
180 Riding the Net, 1999 /The Living Room, 2001 /The Living Web, 2002

CHAPTER 6
Communication Interfaces

192 Roy Ascott Techno-Shinto Beauty
196 Nano-Scape, 2002 
202 Mobile Feelings, 2003 
210 Solar Display, 2008
216 BIOGRAPHIES, EXHIBITIONS, PUBLICATIONS 
232 IMPRINT