Artist and Author Fox Harrell to Speak
Please join us for a lecture by artist, author, and researcher Fox Harrell, on November 9 at 4:30 PM, in Skiles 002.
Refreshments will be served.
“Ghosts, Seraphs, and Daily Life Under the Heavy Sea: Cognitive Semantics and Computational Narrative with the GRIOT System,” a lecture by Fox Harrell
Lecture Abstract:
Fox Harrell’s talk centers upon his unique approach to artistic production and research that is based upon synthesizing cognitive science, computing, and cultural production. The main vehicle for this discussion will be his GRIOT system for implementing interactive and generative narratives. Designing GRIOT required the development of technology to support representation, generation, and expression of subjective, metaphorical, dynamic, and evocative content. These expressive goals have led to computer science research results, and, in turn, computer science-based implementations have inspired new artistic forms such as “polymorphic poetry” with fixed themes but specific conceptual content that varies based upon user input. The talk includes discussion of central aspects of the underlying theory and a
demonstration of text-based work authored with GRIOT. The title of the talk refers to metaphorical imagery evoked by recent artistic work that challenges commonplace notions of social identity.
About Fox Harrell: Fox Harrell is an artist, author, and researcher who develops new forms of computational narrative. His work synthesizes cognitive science approaches to creativity and narrative imagining, computer science approaches to semiotics and semantics, and art practice centered around interactive and generative narrative. With these theoretical bases, he implemented the GRIOT system for developing interactive and generative narratives. Recent works developed using GRIOT include polymorphic poetry such as “The Girl with Skin of Haints and Seraphs” and “Walking Blues Changes Undersea,” which utilize fantastic imagery and dense metaphor to challenge disempowering social structures. He has presented this work internationally; sites of his talks and publications include the Digital Arts and Culture conference, the American Association for Artificial Intelligence, the MIT Press, CTheory, and other book chapters, journals, and conferences. He is soon to complete a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Cognitive Science at the University of California, San Diego. He has worked as an interactive animation producer and as a game designer in New York City.
Location and Contact Information
The EGL is located at:
Georgia Institute of Technology
Skiles Building Rm. 354
686 Cherry Street, N.W.
Atlanta, Georgia
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Mailing Address:
Experimental Game Lab
Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Literature, Communication and Culture
686 Cherry Street
Atlanta GA 30332-0165