diff --git a/papers/RESEARCH-DIRECTION.md b/papers/RESEARCH-DIRECTION.md index d8a2477f6c..8823ea4590 100644 --- a/papers/RESEARCH-DIRECTION.md +++ b/papers/RESEARCH-DIRECTION.md @@ -1,16 +1,17 @@ # Research Direction · Aesthetic Computer -**Last updated**: 2026-03-28 +**Last updated**: 2026-04-06 **Author**: @jeffrey — [ORCID 0009-0007-4460-4913](https://orcid.org/0009-0007-4460-4913) --- ## Current Goals -1. **Get all 6 papers to submission quality** — integrate platter corpus citations, polish arguments, tighten prose +1. **Get all 27 papers to submission quality** — integrate platter corpus citations, polish arguments, tighten prose 2. **Submit to open deadlines**: ACM C&C Demos (Apr 16), ICCC Short Papers (Apr 24) -3. **Build the research moat** — use the 40+ readings library and 94-project software history as scholarly foundation +3. **Build the research moat** — use the 87+ readings library and 94-project software history as scholarly foundation 4. **Establish AC's place in computing history** — repo archaeology paper traces the lineage; software history catalogs 94 predecessor projects +5. **Complete SoSoft readings acquisition** — ~55 remaining texts from Casey Reas' Software Art References list (see TODO below) --- @@ -140,8 +141,8 @@ - Three lineage threads: drawing tools → AC pieces, performance tools → multiplayer, dev infrastructure → hot-reload ### Citation Integration (The Moat) -- 58 readings in `system/public/assets/papers/readings/text/` -- **32 of 58 now cited** across paper bibliographies (up from 0 as of 2026-03-10) +- 87 readings in `system/public/assets/papers/readings/text/` (up from 58 as of 2026-04-06) +- **32+ now cited** across paper bibliographies (up from 0 as of 2026-03-10) - **Batch added 2026-03-18**: Little Schemer, van Engelen, Joy of Clojure, McCarthy 1960, Ted Nelson, 10 PRINT, Kittler, McLuhan, Shklovsky, Adorno, Langer, Fisher across 8 bib files - **Prose citations added 2026-03-18**: `\cite{}` calls integrated into 6 paper .tex files (ac, kidlisp, pieces, sustainability, os, complex) - **Final Tier 1 batch 2026-03-18**: Ingold, Strudel (Roos & McLean), Staunæs/Stiegler added to bib files AND cited in prose @@ -166,10 +167,10 @@ ## Platter Corpus Summary The research platter (`papers.aesthetic.computer/platter`) contains: -- **6 papers** (4 arXiv LaTeX + 2 JOSS Markdown) -- **40+ readings** (PDFs with text extractions) -- **85 reports** (internal markdown) -- **144 plans** (internal markdown) +- **27 papers** (26 arXiv LaTeX + 2 JOSS Markdown) — up from 20 as of 2026-03-28 +- **87 readings** (PDFs with text extractions) — up from 58 as of 2026-04-06 +- **109 reports** (internal markdown) +- **162 plans** (internal markdown) - **8 studies** (internal markdown) - **70+ reference items** - **94-project software history** @@ -177,3 +178,84 @@ The research platter (`papers.aesthetic.computer/platter`) contains: - **API & data source documentation** This corpus is the scholarly foundation. Every paper revision should draw from it. + +--- + +## TODO: SoSoft Readings Acquisition + +Casey Reas' "Software Art References (2000+)" on `sosoft.arts.ucla.edu/docs` lists 77 texts. +As of 2026-04-06, we have acquired 18 (14 full-text + 4 SoSoft doc digests). ~55 remain. + +### Acquired (14 full-text conversions from open-access PDFs) + +| # | Author | Title | Lines | Source | +|---|--------|-------|-------|--------| +| 1 | Galloway | *Protocol* (2004) | 10,498 | asounder.org | +| 2 | Manovich | *Software Takes Command* (2013) | 13,804 | Monoskop | +| 3 | Fuller | *Behind the Blip* (2003) | 384 | Monoskop (rough OCR) | +| 4 | Flusser | *Into the Universe of Technical Images* (2011) | 6,910 | readings.teaching-documents.org | +| 5 | Wark | *A Hacker Manifesto* (2004) | 6,402 | Monoskop | +| 6 | Kelty | *Two Bits* (2008) | 15,808 | twobits.net (CC BY-NC-SA) | +| 7 | Chun | "On Software" essay (2005) | 1,133 | Monoskop | +| 8 | McHugh | *Post Internet* (2019) | 11,839 | Link Editions (CC) | +| 9 | Quaranta | *Beyond New Media Art* (2013) | 11,337 | Link Editions (CC) | +| 10 | Quaranta | *In Your Computer* (2011) | 8,511 | Link Editions (CC) | +| 11 | Galanter | "What Is Generative Art?" (2003) | 894 | philipgalanter.com | +| 12 | Raymond | *Cathedral and the Bazaar* (rev. ed.) | 11,446 | Monoskop (OPL) | +| 13 | Goriunova | *Readme 100* (2006) | 5,366 | Monoskop | +| 14 | Wagenknecht | *Deep Lab* (2014) | 5,482 | Frank-Ratchye STUDIO | + +### Pending (known open-access, need different extraction) + +- [ ] Manovich — *The Language of New Media* (2001) — scanned PDF on Monoskop, needs OCR (`tesseract` or similar) +- [ ] Chun — *Programmed Visions* (2011) — MIT Press OA at `direct.mit.edu`, 403'd on direct fetch; try browser download +- [ ] Fuller (ed.) — *Software Studies: A Lexicon* (2008) — Monoskop blocked; try alternate mirror or manual download +- [ ] Mansoux & de Valk — *FLOSS+Art* (2008) — Monoskop blocked; try alternate mirror or manual download +- [ ] Paglen — "Invisible Images" (2016) — full text at `thenewinquiry.com`, needs manual copy (WebFetch refused copyright) + +### Not yet searched (remaining ~55 from Casey's 77) + +Many are commercially published books without known open-access editions. Priority tiers: + +**Tier 1 — most likely findable (exhibition catalogs, institutional publications)** +- [ ] *010101: Art in Technological Times* (SFMOMA, 2001) +- [ ] *Abstraction Now* (Künstlerhaus, 2003) +- [ ] Respini — *Art in the Age of the Internet* (Yale UP, 2018) +- [ ] Archey & Peckham — *Art Post-Internet* (UCCA, 2014) +- [ ] Stocker & Schöpf — *Ars Electronica 2003: Code* (Hatje Cantz) +- [ ] *Coder le monde* (Centre Pompidou, 2018) +- [ ] Paul & Rellie — *Feedback* (LABoral, 2007) +- [ ] Bernard & Quaranta — *Holy Fire: Art of the Digital Age* (iMAL, 2008) +- [ ] Sonic Acts volumes (multiple, 2001–2008) +- [ ] Schmalstieg — *Manifestos for the Internet Age* (Greyscale Press) — GitHub repo exists + +**Tier 2 — commercially published, check Archive.org lending library** +- [ ] Bourriaud — *Relational Aesthetics* (Les presses du réel, 2002) — Monoskop may have +- [ ] Bratton — *The Stack* (MIT Press, 2015) +- [ ] Cubitt — *Practice of Light* (MIT Press, 2014) +- [ ] Cornell & Halter — *Mass Effect* (MIT Press, 2015) +- [ ] Harrell — *Phantasmal Media* (MIT Press, 2013) +- [ ] Hoy — *From Point to Pixel* (Dartmouth, 2017) +- [ ] Shanken — *Art and Electronic Media* (Phaidon, 2009) +- [ ] Wilson — *Information Arts* (MIT Press, 2002) +- [ ] Vesna — *Database Aesthetics* (U Minnesota Press, 2002) +- [ ] Rinehart & Ippolito — *Re-Collections* (MIT Press, 2014) +- [ ] Raley — *Tactical Media* (U Minnesota Press, 2009) +- [ ] Whitelaw — *Metacreation* (MIT Press, 2004) +- [ ] Anderson — *Technologies of Vision* (MIT Press, 2017) + +**Tier 3 — artist monographs, harder to find digitally** +- [ ] Arcangel — *The Source Digest* (2017) +- [ ] Cheng — *Emissaries Guide to Worlding* (2018) +- [ ] Hershman Leeson — *Civic Radar* (2016) +- [ ] Lozano-Hemmer — *Pseudomatisms* (2016) +- [ ] Maeda — *Maeda@Media* (2000) and *Creative Code* (2004) +- [ ] Simon Jr. — *Outside In* (2009) +- [ ] Sollfrank — *net.art generator* (2004) + +### Strategy for remaining texts +1. **Manual Monoskop download** — several blocked texts exist on Monoskop but need browser-based download +2. **Archive.org lending library** — many MIT Press titles available via controlled digital lending +3. **Institutional access** — UCLA library access may cover many MIT Press, Phaidon, Verso titles +4. **OCR pipeline** — install `tesseract-ocr` for scanned PDFs (Manovich *Language of New Media*) +5. **Exhibition catalog PDFs** — many institutions post catalog PDFs; search museum websites directly diff --git a/papers/SCORE.md b/papers/SCORE.md index a54e8c9850..e97f6a2425 100644 --- a/papers/SCORE.md +++ b/papers/SCORE.md @@ -40,9 +40,17 @@ Sorted by most recently edited/added. | Paper | Format | PDF | Source | |-------|--------|-----|--------| +| The Potter and the Prompt | arXiv (LaTeX) | `arxiv-holden/holden.pdf` | `arxiv-holden/holden.tex` | +| Two Departments, One Building | arXiv (LaTeX) | `arxiv-ucla-arts/ucla-arts.pdf` | `arxiv-ucla-arts/ucla-arts.tex` | +| Handle Identity on the AT Protocol | arXiv (LaTeX) | `arxiv-identity/identity.pdf` | `arxiv-identity/identity.tex` | | Five Years from Now: What Aesthetic Computer Probably Becomes | arXiv (LaTeX) | `arxiv-futures/futures.pdf` | `arxiv-futures/futures.tex` | +| Get Closed Source Out of Schools | arXiv (LaTeX) | `arxiv-open-schools/open-schools.pdf` | `arxiv-open-schools/open-schools.tex` | +| CalArts, Callouts, and Papers | arXiv (LaTeX) | `arxiv-calarts/calarts.pdf` | `arxiv-calarts/calarts.tex` | | Reading the Score: A Critical Analysis of SCORE.md | arXiv (LaTeX) | `arxiv-score-analysis/score-analysis.pdf` | `arxiv-score-analysis/score-analysis.tex` | | KidLisp Cards: Programs That Fit on a Card | arXiv (LaTeX) | `arxiv-kidlisp-cards/kidlisp-cards.pdf` | `arxiv-kidlisp-cards/kidlisp-cards.tex` | +| Sucking on the Complex | arXiv (LaTeX) | `arxiv-complex/complex.pdf` | `arxiv-complex/complex.tex` | +| Playable Folk Songs | arXiv (LaTeX) | `arxiv-folk-songs/folk-songs.pdf` | `arxiv-folk-songs/folk-songs.tex` | +| Every Sound is a Painting: Sampling as Visual-Auditory Practice | arXiv (LaTeX) | `arxiv-sampling/sampling.pdf` | `arxiv-sampling/sampling.tex` | | PLORKing the Planet: From Laptop Orchestra to Planetary Organ | arXiv (LaTeX, 8pp) | `arxiv-plork/plork.pdf` | `arxiv-plork/plork.tex` | | From setup() to boot(): Processing at the Core of the Piece API | arXiv (LaTeX, 7pp) | `arxiv-api/api.pdf` | `arxiv-api/api.tex` | | Network Audit: Who Uses Aesthetic Computer and What Do They Make? | arXiv (LaTeX, 4pp) | `arxiv-network-audit/network-audit.pdf` | `arxiv-network-audit/network-audit.tex` | diff --git a/papers/sync-platter.mjs b/papers/sync-platter.mjs index 93b4c099ce..b4b5c2ed73 100644 --- a/papers/sync-platter.mjs +++ b/papers/sync-platter.mjs @@ -119,12 +119,16 @@ function main() { ? (readFileSync(INDEX_PATH, "utf8").match(/class="p"\s+data-paper-id=/g) || []) .length : 0; + const readingsCount = countFiles( + join(REPO_ROOT, "system/public/assets/papers/readings/text"), + ".txt", + ); html = replaceOrThrow( html, /
[\s\S]*?<\/div>/, `
- ${piecesTotal} pieces · ${libModules} lib modules · ${functionCount} functions · ${plans.count} plans · ${reports.count} reports · ${studies.count} studies · 30+ readings · ${papersCount} papers + ${piecesTotal} pieces · ${libModules} lib modules · ${functionCount} functions · ${plans.count} plans · ${reports.count} reports · ${studies.count} studies · ${readingsCount}+ readings · ${papersCount} papers
`, "stats block", ); diff --git a/system/public/papers.aesthetic.computer/platter.html b/system/public/papers.aesthetic.computer/platter.html index 0096b9a36e..91edfe287e 100644 --- a/system/public/papers.aesthetic.computer/platter.html +++ b/system/public/papers.aesthetic.computer/platter.html @@ -276,7 +276,7 @@

Research Platter

Full knowledge base for Aesthetic Computer papers and research.
- 362 pieces · 76 lib modules · 95 functions · 162 plans · 109 reports · 8 studies · 30+ readings · 27 papers + 362 pieces · 76 lib modules · 95 functions · 162 plans · 109 reports · 8 studies · 87+ readings · 28 papers
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@
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Papers

- 27 publications + 28 publications
Aesthetic Computer '26 — A Mobile-First Runtime for Creative Computing (arXiv, 5pp) @@ -558,7 +558,7 @@
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Readings Library

- 30+ texts with full-text extracts + 48+ texts with full-text extracts
@@ -608,6 +608,35 @@ Thomas Lawson — "Last Exit: Painting" (Artforum, 1981) txt Goodiepal / Sami Sänpäkkilä — The Goodiepal Equation documentary transcript (2017, auto-generated English from YouTube) txt · 1505 lines
+
+
Social Software (UCLA SoSoft)
+ Casey Reas — Software Art References (2000+) txt · curated index + Casey Reas — Nam June Paik's Social Software (Smithsonian research, Mar 2026) txt + Casey Reas — Social Software Reading List #001 (Winter 2026, 16 texts) txt + Digital Art Enters the Museum Age — 8 institutional exhibitions 2018–2025 txt + Carlos Sanchez — Conversation (May 2025) no content available at source +
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Software Art & New Media Theory (from SoSoft list)
+ Alexander R. Galloway — Protocol: How Control Exists after Decentralization (MIT Press, 2004) txt · 10498 lines + Lev Manovich — Software Takes Command (Bloomsbury, 2013) txt · 13804 lines + Matthew Fuller — Behind the Blip: Essays on the Culture of Software (Autonomedia, 2003) txt · rough OCR + Vilém Flusser — Into the Universe of Technical Images (U Minnesota Press, 2011) txt · 6910 lines + McKenzie Wark — A Hacker Manifesto (Harvard UP, 2004) txt · 6402 lines + Christopher M. Kelty — Two Bits: The Cultural Significance of Free Software (Duke UP, 2008, CC BY-NC-SA) txt · 15808 lines + Wendy Hui Kyong Chun — "On Software, or the Persistence of Visual Knowledge" (2005) txt · 1133 lines + Gene McHugh — Post Internet (Link Editions, 2nd ed. 2019, CC BY-NC-SA) txt · 11839 lines + Domenico Quaranta — Beyond New Media Art (Link Editions, 2013, CC) txt · 11337 lines + Domenico Quaranta — In Your Computer (Link Editions, 2011, CC) txt · 8511 lines + Philip Galanter — "What Is Generative Art? Complexity Theory as a Context for Art Theory" (2003) txt · 894 lines + Eric S. Raymond — The Cathedral and the Bazaar (O'Reilly, rev. ed., OPL) txt · 11446 lines + Olga Goriunova (ed.) — Readme 100: Temporary Software Art Factory (2006) txt · 5366 lines + Addie Wagenknecht (ed.) — Deep Lab (Frank-Ratchye STUDIO, CMU, 2014) txt · 5482 lines + Lev Manovich — The Language of New Media (MIT Press, 2001) scanned PDF · needs OCR + Wendy Hui Kyong Chun — Programmed Visions: Software and Memory (MIT Press, 2011) MIT OA · needs extraction + Matthew Fuller (ed.) — Software Studies: A Lexicon (MIT Press, 2008) Monoskop · blocked + Mansoux & de Valk (eds.) — FLOSS+Art (GOTO10, 2008) Monoskop · blocked +
Games & Play
Ben Robbins — Microscope RPG (2011) txt