BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:Linklings LLC BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260417T190158Z LOCATION:West Building\, Rooms 208-209 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250812T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250812T140000 UID:siggraph_SIGGRAPH 2025_sess334_thea_110@linklings.com SUMMARY:Digital Arts: SPARKS 2025 in Review: Sensing the Body, AI and Art, Cultural Heritage and more... DESCRIPTION:Bonnie Mitchell (ACM SIGGRAPH, Bowling Green State University) ; Bonnie Mitchell (ACM SIGGRAPH); Rebecca Xu (Syracuse University, ACM SIG GRAPH Digital Arts Community); and Victoria Szabo (Duke University)\n\nThi s session will present the highlights from four SPARKS (Short Presentation s for the Kindred Spirit) Sessions. The "Sensing the Body to Expand Possi bilities in Art and Performance" session moderated by Elizabeth Jochum, Al an Macy and Bonnie Mitchell explored how artists push creative boundaries utilizing computational tools to augment the body in artistically expressi ve ways. "AI and Artistic Autonomy", moderated by Mauro Martino, Rebecca R uige Xu and Gustavo Alfonso Rincon investigated how the dependency on mode ls and algorithms developed by others influences creative practice. "Artis tic Interpretation of Digital Cultural Heritage" moderated by Fan Xiang an d Victoria Szabo, explores how the choices visual artists make in sourcing , composing, and styling historical imagery affects our understanding of t he past. And lastly the "First Nations’ Futures" SPARKS session, moderated by Rewa Wright and Clarissa Ribeiro, discusses how digital art is used as a gateway to share stories about culture, community, and identity.\n\nInt erest Area: Arts & Design\n\nRecording: Not Livestreamed, Not Recorded\n\n Keyword: Animation, Art, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, Compute r Vision, Ethics and Society, Generative AI, Haptics, Hardware, Image Proc essing, Performance, Physical AI, Robotics, Virtual Reality\n\nRegistratio n Category: Full Conference, Experience\n\n END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR