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Huge Harry's

Lectures on Human Facial Expression

The Department of ArtiFacial Expression develops new technologies for computer-controlled dance and theatre. In his ongoing series of "Lectures on Human Facial Expression", our principal investigator Huge Harry reports on his observations, and demonstrates our face-interface-technology by controlling the facial muscles of a live human subject.

Human Support Staff: Arthur Elsenaar (Face-Interface Technology, Hardware Design, Display Device), Josephine Jasperse (Photography, Video Recording), Remko Scha (MIDI Software, Word Processing).

Lectures

Publications

Television

Reviews



Lectures
 
"On the Mechanism of Human Facial Expression." Onder-Stroom, Theater De Fabriek, Zaandam. November 10, 1994.
"On the Mechanisms of Human Facial Expression." Dutch Electronic Art Festival (DEAF), Lantaren/Venster, Rotterdam, November 12, 1994.
"On the Mechanism of Human Facial Expression." X-Human Manifestation, De Melkfabriek, Den Bosch. February 4, 1995.
"On the Mechanism of Human Facial Expression." Babbage Dreams, Centrum Beeldende Kunst Groningen, May 14, 1995.
"Towards a Digital Computer with a Human Face." Instituut voor Betaalbare Waanzin. Popular, Rotterdam. September 22, 1995.

"Towards a Digital Computer with a Human Face." Cyborg Panel. American Anthropological Association. 94th Annual Meeting. Washington, D.C., November 15-19, 1995.

"Towards a Digital Computer with a Human Face." Understanding Interactivity. International Interdisciplinary Conference on Computer Mediated Communication and Interactivity. National Library, Tallinn, Estonia. November 23-25, 1995.

"Towards a Digital Computer with a Human Face." PONG Festival, Brown University / RISDE, Providence, RI, USA. March 8, 1996.
"Towards a Digital Computer with a Human Face." M.I.T. Media Lab, Research Colloquium. Cambridge, Mass., USA. March 1996.
"Towards a Digital Computer with a Human Face." Video Lecture. Virtueel Platform. De Balie, Amsterdam, April 22, 1996.
"Towards a Digital Computer with a Human Face." Video Lecture. STEIM, Amsterdam, May 22, 1996.
"Ein menschliches Antlitz für digitale Rechenmaschinen." Städtisches Museum Gelsenkirchen, Germany, June 30, 1996.
"Towards equal rights for machines." Robot Rights Rally. Waagplein, Groningen, September 19, 1996. With Joop van Brakel as The Face; algorithmic music by The Solenoids and computer-controlled pianos.
"On the Future of Performance Art." Perish. Duende, Rotterdam. May 25, 1997.
"Towards a Digital Computer with a Human Face." De fantastische machine. Perdu, Amsterdam. June 6, 1997.
"On the Mechanism of Human Facial Expression as a Medium for Interactive Art." Design Center, Linz, Austria. Ars Electronica Festival, Symposium. September 9, 1997.
Opening Address, JETAI '97. "New Ways of Communicating." November 13, 1997, Glasgow, UK.
"Towards digitally controlled human actors for film and theatre." Digital Days. Danish Film Institute, Copenhagen, April 23-26, 1998.
"Towards a Digital Computer with a Human Face." Opening lecture, exhibition Neuro-Artonomy (about Art and Neurology), Faculty of Medicine, Erasmus University Rotterdam, August 26, 1998.
"The Human Interface System. Theory and Applications." With a performance by Arthur & the Solenoids. (Algorithmic Facial Choreography and Algorithmic Piano Music). Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis. Conference "Come to Your Senses!" Felix Meritis,  Amsterdam, May 29, 1998.
"Un Visage Humain pour les Ordinateurs Electroniques." CyberTheatre, Brussels, October 17, 1998.

"Employing the Human Face as a Display Device for Artificial Expression." Second International Conference on the (Non-)Expression of Emotions in Health and Disease. Psychology Department, Tilburg University (KUB), June 9, 1999. [In conjunction with a lecture by Prof. Charles V. Ford on "Lying, self-deception and health", and a theatre performance by Ground Control.]
"Towards a Digital Computer with a Human Face." Salto TV, Amsterdam. July, 1999. (Video lecture, first broadcast on November 6, 1999.)
"Employing the Human Face as a Display Device in Computer-Controlled Theatre." FIM Festival, Lux Fragil, Lisbon, Portugal. (Organised by Akademya Lusoh-Galaktika.) July 8, 1999.
"A New Perspective on the Cooperation between Humans and Digital Computers." Symposium "De volgende eeuw van de psychologie", organized by Psychologie Magazine. With contributions by Peter Hagoort, Jaap van Heerden, Huge Harry, and many others. Chair: Ronald van Gelder. Felix Meritis, Amsterdam, September 29, 1999.
  "Alien Intelligence with a Human Face." Seminar Alien Intelligence, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma. Helsinki. March 5, 2000.
  Lecture on Human Facial Expression, with live demo of computer-controlled human face. 6th International Computer Arts Festival. Maribor, Slovenia. May 23, 2000.
  Lecture on Human Facial Expression, with live demo of computer-controlled human face. 6th International Computer Arts Festival. Ljubljana, Slovenia. May 24, 2000.
  June 3, 2001: Universiteitsmuseum Utrecht (Lange Nieuwstraat 106, Utrecht). Opening of the exhibition "Het hoofd ten voeten uit". Symposium with lectures by Patrick Allegaert, Nico Frijda and Huge Harry.
  March 31, 2005, 12 noon. Chicago Art Institute. Huge Harry: "Towards a Digital Computer with a Human Face." Arthur Elsenaar and Remko Scha: "Electric Body Stimulation as Performance Art: A Historical Perspective."

April 1, 2005, 5 p.m. San Francisco Art Institute. Huge Harry: "Towards a Digital Computer with a Human Face." Arthur Elsenaar and Remko Scha: "On Electric Performance Art and its History." Award Ceremony for the "Leonardo Award for Excellence" 2003, won by Arthur Elsenaar and Remko Scha for their article
"Electric body manipulation as performance art" which appeared in: Nicolas Collins (ed.): Leonardo Music Journal, Vol. 12 (2002), pp. 17-28.
  September 29, 2005, 8 p.m. Tyler School of Art, Presidents Hall Auditorium, Philadelphia. Lecture on Human Facial Expression by Huge Harry. Introduction and discussion by Arthur Elsenaar and Remko Scha.


Publications based on the
"Lectures on Human Facial Expression"

Arthur Elsenaar and Remko Scha: "Electric Body Manipulation as Performance Art: A Historical Perspective." In: Nicolas Collins (ed.): Leonardo Music Journal, Vol. 12 (2002), pp. 17-28. [Special issue on Pleasure.] Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press. [This paper received the 2003 Leonardo Award for Excellence.]

Arthur Elsenaar and Remko Scha: "Towards a Digital Computer with a Human Face." Abstracts. American Anthropological Association, 94th Annual Meeting. Washington, D.C., November 15-19, 1995, p. 139.
 
Arthur Elsenaar, Huge Harry and Remko Scha: "On the Expressive Potential of the Computer Controlled Human Face." In: Hannes Leopoldseder & Christine Schoepf (eds.): Cyber Arts. International Compendium Prix Ars Electronica. Vienna / New York: Springer, 1997, pp. 134-135.
Huge Harry: "On the Mechanism of Human Facial Expression as a Medium for Interactive Art." / "Über den Mechanismus des menschlichen Gesichtsausdrucks als Medium für interaktive Kunst". In: Gerfried Stocker & Christine Schoepf (eds.): Fleshfactor. Informationsmachine Mensch. (Ars Electronica.) Vienna / New York: Springer, 1997, pp. 110-120.
 
Huge Harry: "Artificial Expression." Stills from a lecture/demonstration. In Karin Voogd (ed.): Neuro-Artonomy. Een tentoonstelling van kunstenaars en hersenwetenschappers. Rotterdam: Neuro-Artonomy, 1998, pp. 30-31.


Television Broadcasts
November 6, 1995. "Towards a Digital Computer with a Human Face." Lecture by Huge Harry with live demo of Artificial Facial Expressions. Salto TV, Amsterdam.
July, 1999. "Towards a Digital Computer with a Human Face." Lecture by Huge Harry with live demo of Artificial Facial Expressions. Salto TV, Amsterdam.


Reviews
 
Anon.: "Electable Electrodes." The Scotsman, November 14, 1997, p. 18.
 
Stan Arnaud: "Why Big Harry is the face of things to come in computers." Daily Mail, November 14, 1997, p. 27.
 

Fernando Magelhães: "Para sair, prima 'exit'. Festival do Fim celebra no Lux-Frágil fusão do homem com a máquina." Público. Edição Lisboa. July 7, 1999.

  Jim McBeth: "Eyeing the world where machines take over." The Scotsman, November 14, 1997, p. 9.

 

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