Center for Research in Computing and the Arts

The Center for Research in Computing and the Arts (CRCA) was an interdisciplinary organized research unit of UCSD in San Diego, California. CRCA provided support for numerous projects that intersect with the fields of New Media Art, Software Studies, Game studies, Art/Science collaborations, Mixed Reality, Experimental Music, Digital Audio, Immersive Art and Networked Performance over its 40 year history.{{cite web | url=https://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/news-ticker/2012/jul/18/the-center-for-research-in-computing-and-the-arts-/ | title=The Center for Research in Computing and the Arts gets Cut at UCSD | first=Bobby | last=Bray | date=18 July 2012 | accessdate=13 January 2019 | work=San Diego Reader }} CRCA was originally founded by composer Roger Reynolds as the Center for Music Experiment (CME) in 1972, and was directed for many years by F. Richard Moore. The center was renamed and the scope widened when artist and artificial intelligence pioneer Harold Cohen became Director in 1993.

Projects emerging from CRCA have been seen at venues including SIGGRAPH,UCSD News, 'Calit2 and CRCA to Host SIGGRAPH Art Performances and Installations at University of California, San Diego', "[http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/newsrel/science/07-07SIGGRAPHDR-.asp]" Ars Electronica,Ars Electronica, "{{cite web|url=http://www.aec.at/bilderclient_en.php?iAreaID%3D365 |title=ARS Electronica | |accessdate=2010-09-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807042052/http://www.aec.at/bilderclient_en.php?iAreaID=365 |archivedate=2011-08-07 }}" ISEA CRCA News, "[https://web.archive.org/web/20100227051149/http://www-crca.ucsd.edu/view_event.php?id=152]" and the Whitney Museum of Art SVEN, "[http://deprogramming.us/sven/]" as well as numerous museums, galleries and scientific contexts.

CRCA, as an Organized Research Unit (ORU) at UCSD, ended on July 1, 2012. The functions, support and facilities that CRCA managed were folded into Calit2.

Institutional Collaborations

CRCA worked closely in collaboration with art and science institutions including Calit2, UCLA,Center for Performance Studies, Transreal Bodies, "{{cite web |url=http://www.performancestudies.ucla.edu/transreal.html |title=Transreal.HTML |accessdate=2011-03-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720072941/http://www.performancestudies.ucla.edu/transreal.html |archivedate=2011-07-20 }}" UCSD Visual Arts Department, UCSD Music Department, UC DARNet, the Sanford Burnham Medical Research Institute,Atlas in Silico, "{{cite web |url=http://www.atlasinsilico.net/collaboration.html |title=COLLABORATION - ATLAS in silico |accessdate=2010-09-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101128155457/http://www.atlasinsilico.net/collaboration.html |archivedate=2010-11-28 }}" the San Diego Supercomputer Center and the UCSD School of Medicine.

Art and Science Research

Artists and researchers at CRCA have been involved in numerous technoscience research projects, such as Sheldon Brown's work on Game Design focusing on algorithmic generation of 3D game environments in Scalable City,Scalable City by Sheldon Brown, "[http://scalablecity.net/process.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724054734/http://scalablecity.net/process.html |date=2011-07-24 }}" the Software Studies Initiative's work developing data visualizations of large sets of cultural dataSoftware Studies Initiative, 'new Software Studies vizualizations @ Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego', "[http://lab.softwarestudies.com/2010/06/new-software-studies-visualizations.html]" and Micha Cárdenas' 365 hour Becoming Dragon project, about which Katherine sweetman of San Diego City Beat said "nobody has ever 'lived' in virtual reality continuously for so long".Sweetman, Katherine, The Gender Dragon, "[http://www.sdcitybeat.com/sandiego/article-6036-the-gender-dragon.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111206080100/http://www.sdcitybeat.com/sandiego/article-6036-the-gender-dragon.html |date=2011-12-06 }}"

Highlights

People

CRCA was home to artists, scientists and theorists. Some of the people involved include:CRCA, CRCA - People, "{{cite web|url=http://crca.ucsd.edu/view_people.php |title=CRCA - People |accessdate=2010-09-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616152649/http://crca.ucsd.edu/view_people.php |archivedate=2010-06-16 }}"

References

External links

[http://crca.ucsd.edu Center for Research in Computing and the Arts Website]
[http://scalablecity.net/ Scalable City]
[http://lab.softwarestudies.com/ Software Studies Initiative]
[http://version.org/ Version Journal]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20100828132353/http://bang.calit2.net/ b.a.n.g. lab]
[http://www.atlasinsilico.net/ ATLAS in Silico]

Category:Organizations based in San Diego