Submitted by Erika Demachki (erikademachki@gmail.com) on 2014-12-29T15:31:33Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 23148 bytes, checksum: 9da0b6dfac957114c6a7714714b86306 (MD5) Dissertação - Bruno de Abreu Mendonça - 2014.pdf: 9465561 bytes, checksum: e5f07f206aa02457dd561768cc195c2a (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Erika Demachki (erikademachki@gmail.com) on 2014-12-29T15:38:19Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 23148 bytes, checksum: 9da0b6dfac957114c6a7714714b86306 (MD5) Dissertação - Bruno de Abreu Mendonça - 2014.pdf: 9465561 bytes, checksum: e5f07f206aa02457dd561768cc195c2a (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-29T15:38:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 23148 bytes, checksum: 9da0b6dfac957114c6a7714714b86306 (MD5) Dissertação - Bruno de Abreu Mendonça - 2014.pdf: 9465561 bytes, checksum: e5f07f206aa02457dd561768cc195c2a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-05-23 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / The research presented here seeks, through the investigation of the characteristics and ways of the electronic games, analyze their possibilities as an art object – the form of artistic expression called gameart. Through exploratory research that permeates the origins of video games, their relationships, motivations and evolution, its intended to develop a deeper understanding of the structure and definition of the electronic game in order to develop an gameart object that can reflect, deconstruct and /or criticize characteristics from the universe of eletronic games . After presenting the definition, genres and formats of games, the research turns to the definition and analysis of the concept of gameart, revisiting the origins of this new creative possibility and reflecting on the possibilities to treat a video game as an art object. The theoretical analysis developed here became the basis for experimentation and construction of aesthetic and conceptual scheme, aiming at the creative process of two gameart objects , the first more generalist and created as an exercise of introduction to the universe of gameart and the second, deeper, seeking a detailing of the elements that define it. Both gameart objects served as basis for the construction of a third – and last – gameart object, presenting concepts acquired by experience with previous works : Labyrinth of the Mind. / A pesquisa aqui apresentada busca, através da investigação acerca dos moldes e características dos chamados games – jogos eletrônicos – analisar suas possibilidades como objeto de arte, sendo que essa forma de expressão artística é denominada gamearte. Através da pesquisa exploratória que perpassa as origens dos jogos eletrônicos, suas relações, motivações e evolução, pretende-se desenvolver uma compreensão mais profunda sobre a estruturação e definição do termo game afim de desenvolver um objeto de gamearte que consiga refletir, desconstruir e/ou criticar características do universo dos games. Após a apresentação da definição, os gêneros e formatações de games, a pesquisa se volta para a definição e análise do conceito de gamearte, revisitando as origens dessa recente possibilidade criativa e refletindo acerca das possibilidades de se tratar um jogo eletrônico como objeto de arte. As análises teóricas aqui desenvolvidas serviram de base para a experimentação e construção do raciocínio estético e conceitual visando o processo criativo de dois trabalhos de gamearte, o primeiro deles mais generalista e criado como exercício de introdução ao universo da gamearte e o segundo mais detalhista, visando um aprofundamento nos elementos que o definem. Ambos os trabalhos serviram, então, de base para a construção de um terceiro – e último – objeto de gamearte, que apresenta conceitos adquiridos pela experiência com as obras anteriores: Labirinto da Mente.

The Ambivalent Animal project explores the interactions of animals, culture and technology. The project employs both artistic practice and critical theory, each in ways that inspire the other. My creative practice centers around two projects that focus on domestic pets. These projects highlight the animal's uncertain status as they explore the overlapping ontologies of animal, human and machine. They provide concrete artifacts that engage with theoretical issues of anthropocentrism, animality and alterity. My theoretical work navigates between the fields of animal studies, art and design, media and culture studies, and philosophy. My dissertation explores animality through four real and imagined animal roles: cyborg, clone, chimera and shapeshifter. Each animal role is considered in relation to three dialectics: irreducibility and procedurality, autonomy and integration, aura and abjection. These dialectics do not seek full synthesis but instead embrace the oscillations of irresolvable debates and desires. The dialectics bring into focus issues of epistemology, ontology, corporeality and subjectivity. When the four animal roles engage the three dialectics, connected yet varied themes emerge. The cyborgian animal is simultaneously liberated and regulated, assisted and restricted, integrated and isolated. The cloned animal is an emblem of renewal and loss; she is both idealized code and material flesh and finds herself caught in the battles of nature and nurture. The chimera is both rebel and conformist; his unusual juxtapositions pioneer radical corporeal transgressions but also conform to the mechanisms of global capital. And the shapeshifter explores the thrill and anxiety of an altered phenomenology; she gains new perceptions though unstable subjectivity. These roles reveal corporeal adjustments and unfamiliar subjectivities that inspire the creative practice. Both my writing and making employ an ambivalent aesthetic--an aesthetic approach that evokes two or more incompatible sensibilities. The animal's uncertain status contributes to this aesthetic: some animals enjoy remarkable care and attention, while others are routinely exploited, abused and discarded. Ambivalence acknowledges the complexity of lived experience, philosophical and political debate, and academic inquiry. My approach recognizes the light and dark of these complex ambivalences--it privileges paradox and embraces the confusion and wonder of creative research. Rather than erase, conceal or resolve ambiguity, an ambivalent aesthetic foregrounds the limits of language and representation and highlights contradiction and irresolution.

Submitted by Geandra Rodrigues (geandrar@gmail.com) on 2018-07-05T11:59:37Z No. of bitstreams: 1 stephaniemartinspintodacosta.pdf: 97568938 bytes, checksum: fcc8d23295a5247a27851f1cbc8d0646 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2018-07-06T14:13:39Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 stephaniemartinspintodacosta.pdf: 97568938 bytes, checksum: fcc8d23295a5247a27851f1cbc8d0646 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-07-06T14:13:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 stephaniemartinspintodacosta.pdf: 97568938 bytes, checksum: fcc8d23295a5247a27851f1cbc8d0646 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-03-27 / Nas últimas décadas pesquisas relacionadas ao desenvolvimento de tecnologias incorporadas (onbody technologies) e as formas de interação com o corpo (on-body interactions) ao explorar fatores humanos como, gestos, toques, percepção e pele para a concepção de dispositivos, sistemas e interfaces que usam o corpo humano como entrada e saída de dados vem apresentando acentuado destaque. Artefatos epiteliais multimidiáticos desenvolvidos através de Realidade Aumentada tem criado um domínio experimental em Arte & Tecnologia, ainda pouco explorado, que pode ser designado como interfaces digitais sobre a pele (digital skin interfaces). Sumariamente, experimentações neste domínio: (i) combinam objetos reais e digitais sobre a superfície da pele, e (ii) são executados de forma interativa por seus usuários em tempo real. Esses artefatos epiteliais multimidiáticos transformam a pele em uma interface, tirando vantagens da superfície do corpo (características da pele, micro-movimentos da pele, movimentos do corpo) fornecendo modos de interação (interação incorporada e tangível) entre a pele e sistemas computacionais. A pele torna-se um espaço dinâmico e semioticamente estruturado de forma multimodal (visual, auditiva ou háptica). Os objetivos desta pesquisa podem ser assim sumarizados: (i) analisar um novo sistema de realidade aumentada de geração de interfaces digitais de pele a partir do escopo de arte & tecnologia; (ii) testar o conjunto de funcionalidades de vídeo desse sistema considerando ambientes de perfomance artística. Esta pesquisa foca nos principais projetos desenvolvidos recentemente no domínio designado por interfaces de pele (skin interfaces) e explora o potencial experimental em contextos de arte e performance, de um novo sistema baseado em realidade aumentada para geração de imagens na pele resultado da colaboração com o Laboratório de Sistemas Inteligentes e Cognitivos (LASIC), da Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana (UEFS), Bahia. / On the last decades researches have emerged on the topics of on-body technologies and on-body interactions exploring human factors (e.g: gesture, touch, perception, body characteristics, skin, among others) to conceive technological devices, systems and interfaces that uses the human body as an input and output of data has been accentuated prominently. Multi-media epithelial artifacts developed through Augmented Reality have created a new experimental domain in Art & Technology that can be designated as digital skin interfaces. Summarizing, experiments in this domain: (i) combine real and digital objects on the surface of the skin, and (ii) are performed interactively by their users in real time. These multimodal epithelial artifacts transform the skin into an interface, taking advantage of the body's surface (skin characteristics, skin micro-movements, body movements) by providing modes of interaction (built-in and tangible interaction) between the skin and computer systems. The skin becomes a dynamic space and semi-structured in a multimodal (visual, auditory or haptic). This research can be summarized as follows: (i) from the scope of art & technology to analyze a new augmented reality system for generating digital skin interfaces (ii) to test the set of functionalities of this system considering artistic perfomance environments.This research focuses on the main projects recently developed in the domain called skin interfaces and explores the experimental potential in art and performance contexts of a new system based on augmented reality for image generation in the skin resulting from collaboration with the Laboratory of Intelligent and Cognitive Systems (LASIC), State University of Feira de Santana (UEFS), Bahia.