Semantic Desktop for Art practice - Research data springArtivity14/7/2015

Artivity

Valuation

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the case ofMr. R. Mutt

(a.k.a. Marcel Duchamp)

the case ofMr. R. Mutt

(a.k.a. Marcel Duchamp)

Artivity

Valuation

» Gap:– current creative process is

not captured– current creative process

happens on the desktop

» Scope:– capture desktop interaction

data which is evidence of artistic practice

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Artivity

Valuation

» Direct impact and benefits:– Self-archiving for artists– New data for art historians

(per artist basis)– New data for conservators

(per artwork basis)

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Team

»Project partners:– University of the Arts London (Ligatus)– Semiodesk

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Team

»Who have you worked with?

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TeamTeam

Sebastian Faubel Moritz Eberl

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Team

»Who got involved over the past 3 months?– artists– curators– art historians– HE administrators (interest for REF impact)

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Team

»Who volunteered to help?– Textile design– Graphic design

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Team

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Progress

»Promised at the last sandpit:

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Progress

»What have you achieved in the first phase?– Specification

● functionality● metrics (tacit dimension of art making)

– composition / layering– number of steps– masking– ...

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Progress

»What have you achieved in the first phase?– Inkscape patch

● provide metrics to semantic desktop framework (zeitgeist)

– Firefox plugin● Update Firefox link to semantic desktop

framework

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Progress

»What have you achieved in the first phase?– In addition:

● Artivity Explorer

● Distribution– bitbucket repository https://bitbucket.org/semiodesk/artivity/overview

– Ubuntu ppa https://launchpad.net/~faubulous/+archive/ubuntu/artivity

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Progress

»What have you achieved in the first phase?– Testing

● connections to zeitgeist confirmed● Artivity Explorer improvements

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Next phase

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Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

Krita plugin

export tools

testing

LGM-2016 LGM-2016

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Next phase

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Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

Krita plugin

export tools

testing

LGM-2016 LGM-2016

Popular raster imageapplication with

great brush engine

Popular raster imageapplication with

great brush engine

Artivity

Next phase

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Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

Krita plugin

export tools

testing

LGM-2016 LGM-2016

Map to ontologies,export format and

active metadata (CREAM)

Map to ontologies,export format and

active metadata (CREAM)

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Next phase

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Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

Krita plugin

export tools

testing

LGM-2016 LGM-2016

Extensive testingby a large groupExtensive testingby a large group

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Next phase

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Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

Krita plugin

export tools

testing

LGM-2016 LGM-2016

Proposal forLibre GraphicsMeeting 2016

Proposal forLibre GraphicsMeeting 2016

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Next phase

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Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

Krita plugin

export tools

testing

LGM-2016 LGM-2016

Presentations toart historians

and conservators

Presentations toart historians

and conservators

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Sustainability & Scalability

»Push patched Inkscape upstream (being negotiated)

»Engage with artists and community developers (such as Libre Graphics World)

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Sustainability & Scalability

»Push patched Inkscape upstream (being negotiated)

»Engage with artists and community developers (such as Libre Graphics World)

»...

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Artivityby David Blackwell https://www.flickr.com/photos/mobilestreetlife/4179063482

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Sustainability & Scalability

»Python code works on other platforms

»Plugins for Adobe are relatively easy to build

»Some work on zeitgeist will be required

»Keep MacOSX in mind but...

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Sustainability & Scalability

»Python code works on other platforms

»Plugins for Adobe are relatively easy to build

»Some work on zeitgeist will be required

»Keep MacOSX in mind but...

»...give Linux a chance!

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Funding

Researcher: 0.2 × 4months = £3,563

Development costs: £12,000

Testing (commissions/vouchers) : £2,000

Travel / subsistence: £1,350

Admin: 0.1 × 4months = £1,296

Other: Estates + Indirect = £2,996

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Artivity

Contact

»Athanasios Velios (a.velios@arts.ac.uk)

»Project website:– www.ligatus.org.uk/project/artivity

»@a_velios

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