The Portrait Machine

This art project questions the way in which we relate to generative art, and also the way in which humans ascribe ‘meaning’ to art works made by machines. This is done via a practical experiment offering all conference participants the chance to have a portrait of themselves at no cost.

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David Upton

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Publication date: July 2017

Publication date (Print): July 2017

Pages: 280-281

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[0001]King’s College London

The Strand, London WC2R 2LS, UK

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/EVA2017.57

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Conference name: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts (EVA 2017)

Conference acronym: EVA

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Conference location: London, UK

Conference date: 11 – 13 July 2017

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts

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1477-9358 BCS Learning & Development

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P. Galanter 2003 What is generative art? Complexity theory as a context for art theory C. Soddu GA2003: 6th Generative Art Conference Milan, Italy Error! Hyperlink reference not valid. 14 March 2017
S. D. GoslingP. J. RentfrowW. B. Swann 2003 A very brief measure of the Big-Five personality domains Journal of Research in Personality 37 504 528
M. Ron 1985 The art of the portrait according to James Yale French Studies 69 222 237 Yale University Press. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2929937 March 2017

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[1] P. Galanter 2003 What is generative art? Complexity theory as a context for art theory C. Soddu GA2003: 6th Generative Art Conference Milan, Italy Error! Hyperlink reference not valid. 14 March 2017

[2] S. D. GoslingP. J. RentfrowW. B. Swann 2003 A very brief measure of the Big-Five personality domains Journal of Research in Personality 37 504 528

[3] M. Ron 1985 The art of the portrait according to James Yale French Studies 69 222 237 Yale University Press. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2929937 March 2017

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