patrick tresset - goldsmiths, university of...
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Patrick Tresset [email protected]
http://www.patricktresset.com
Residence: Konstanz, Germany and London, UK
Birth: 19th November, 1967, France
Research
My main research interests are focused on the modelling and development of artistic skills for robotic agents.
This research relies on one hand on research into perception and cognition and on the other hand on the novel
use and combination of current research in computer vision, robotics, computational creativity and aesthetics. I
believe that artistic skills offer interesting trans-disciplinary research challenges. From experience I know this
research area offers a wide range of dissemination/communication opportunities. I see artistic abilities as a
mean to increase robots' social acceptance, and increasing affective bounds with humans. Furthermore in the
context of domestic/companion robotics it is foreseeable that artistic talents will be high-value luxury skills for
robot owners to purchase.
A child and a future Nao draw interactively on a single sheet of paper placed on the floor. The child stops drawing and ask "Nao, please draw me a sheep."
Referees
Prof. Frederic Fol Leymarie, Goldsmiths, London, UK, Doctoral supervisor: [email protected]
Prof. Oliver Deussen, Computing, Konstanz University, Germany: [email protected]
Prof. Atau Tanaka, Computing, Goldsmiths, London, UK: [email protected]
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RESUME
Education Goldsmiths College, Department of Computing, University of London, United kingdom
PhD, Art and Computational Technologies, 2009-present (to be submitted end September 2013) .
Master of Sciences in Arts Computing, Oct. 2004-2006.
Ecole de la Haute Couture Parisienne, Paris, France.
Professional Diploma in Fashion Design, 1987-1989.
Institut Universitaire Technologique, Amiens, France.
DUT in Computer Sciences, 1984-1986. (BSc. equivalent)
Lycee Edouard Gand, Amiens, France.
Baccalaureat H, specialised in business computing, 1982-1984.
Professional Experience Senior Fellow, Zukunftskolleg, University of Konstanz, Germany. Feb. 2013- Oct. 2013.
Research focused on the development of painting skills based on 17th century painting for an industrial robot.
Visiting Research Fellow, Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK. Feb. 2013- Oct. 2014.
Research investigating the drawing activity as a skill for robotic agents.
Artist, Roboticist/new media, London, 2004-present
Solo and group exhibitions, exhibited Internationally, Please consult the dissemination section for details
Co-Principal Investigator, Aikon-II project, Goldsmiths, University of London, U.K. Jan. 2009 - Jun 2012
Co-PI with Prof. Fol Leymarie of Aikon-II an Art-Sciences research project mixing art, computing and robotics to investigate the sketching activity. Funded by The Leverhulme Trust (3.5 year research grant)
Lecturer, Creative Robotics, Goldsmiths, University of London, U.K. Mar. 2011- Jan. 2013
Conceived and run lectures and workshops on robotics using urbiscript for post-graduate art students
Web architect, Leonardo Electronic Almanac, Dec. 2009-2012
Web Architect for Leonardo Electronic Almanac (LEA), published by MIT Press, is an electronic journal dedicated to providing a forum for those who are interested in the realm where art, science and technology converge
Craftsman/Designer, London, United kingdom, 1993-2005.
Transforming/Converting early to mid XXth century utilitarian furniture, Sold in Europe, Japan, USA, self-employed, employed between 0-8 people
Artist, Painter, Paris, London, 1991- 2003
Solo and group exhibitions, Paris and London. Shortlisted for various awards in France
Publications P. Tresset, F. F. Leymarie, Portrait drawing by Paul the robot, Computers & Graphics , Forthcoming ,2013
P. Tresset & F. F. Leymarie, Human Robot Interaction and Drawing, Workshop on Robot Feedback in Human-Robot Interaction, part of RoMan, the 21st IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, Paris, France, September 2012 .
P. Tresset, F. F. Leymarie, Sketches by Paul the Robot, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Computational Aesthetics in Graphics, Visualization, and Imaging, D. Cunningham and D. House, ed., pp. 17-24, Annecy, France, June 2012, (Best paper award)
P. Tresset, F. F. Leymarie, Paul the Robot as a Naive Drawer, Thinking through drawing: Practice into knowledge, A. Kantrowitz, A. Brew and M. Fava, ed., pp. 103-108, New York, NY, USA, October 2011
P. Tresset, F. F. Leymarie and N. Khaorapapong, Skediomata: Guinea Pig and Performer, Proceedings of ISEA 2011, Istanbul, Turkey, September 2011
P. Tresset and F. F. Leymarie, AIKON: the Artistic/automatic IKONograph, ACM SIGGRAPH 2006 Research posters, SIGGRAPH’06, Boston, MA, USA, August 2006
P. Tresset and F. F. Leymarie, Generative Portrait Sketching, Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia (VSSM), H. Thwaites, ed., pp. 739-748, Ghent, Belgium, October 2005
Professional Development ROS-CoTeSys, Fall School on Cognition-enabled Robotics. Munich, Germany, 1-6 Nov. 2010
Gostai, Urbi robotics training, Paris, France, 27-29 Oct. 2010
OpenFramework, Computer vision for Artists workshop, Goldsmiths College, London, UK, 2-7 Nov. 2009
Barcelona Cognition, Brain and Technology Summer School (BCBT09), Spain. 7-18 Sep. 2009
Skills
Computing:
Fluent in Python, Java and use of OpenCV, working knowledge of ROS, Yarp, superficial knowledge of
urbiscript
Languages:
Fluent in French and English (oral & written)
Dissemination
Table of content
On-line presence
Videos
Radio, TV
Books and Catalogs
Press 2010-2013
Exhibitions
Talks
On-line presence
Tresset has an important online presence, his most popular youtube video “Paul drawing Patrick” exceeds the
million views. Most of Patrick's exhibitions have inspired articles from important websites such as Slate.com,
BBC.co.uk, Dailymail.co.uk, Slate.fr, wired.co.uk, fastcompany.com , thecreatorsproject.com, engadget.com,
gizmodo.com, emperica.com and many others. Each of these original articles being then extensively syndicated
all over the web.
VideosPaul drawing Patrick: http://youtu.be/bbdQbyff_Sk
Patrick Tresset introducing Paul the sketching Robot: http://youtu.be/4u0D57kqA1A
5 Robots Named Paul drawing Nino: http://youtu.be/EH0WFkcZNDg
Radio, TV
Patrick and his work have appeared in the news and other programs on TV and radio, including on BBC radio 1,
BBC2, BBC Brazil, Channel4, ITV, BFMTV, Canal Plus.
Books and Catalogues“Beyond Contemporary Art”, Etan Ilfeld, Vivays Publishing. pp.212-213. ISBN-10: 1908126221
“Uncontainable”, Leonardo Electronic Almanac, Volume 18, Issue 5, ISBN: 978-1-906897-19-2.
Bloomsbury Art Fair, London Art Fair, Kinetica Art Fair 2012, Kinetica Art Fair 2010.
Press 2010-2013
Le Monde, France, Catherine Mary, December 1, 2012:
Patrick Tresset, L’artiste et son double.
El Economista, Mexico, Manuel Lino, November 10, 2012:
Simpatía por los robots
Time Out, United Kingdom, Sonia Barber, October 16, 2012:
Close encounters: have your portrait drawn by ’6 Robots Named Paul’
The Times, United Kingdom, Daisy Greenwell, October 11, 2012:
Scientist builds portrait-sketching robot
The Financial Times, How to spend it, United Kingdom, Vicki Reeve, July 01, 2012:
http://howtospendit.ft.com/art/7595-a-bloomin-good-art-event-in-london
The Independent, United Kingdom, Nick Clark, January 26, 2012:
Is it art – or science? The robotic Rubens that redefines portraiture.
Telegraph, United Kingdom, John O’Ceallaigh, February 9, 2012:
Robot artist can draw human likeness using ball-point pen.
El Pais, Spain, Roberta Bosco and Stefano Caldana, March 21, 2012:
Paul, el pintor inagotable
Financial Times, United Kingdom , Rachel Spence, September 23, 2011:
Seriously Contemporary
Times of Malta, Malta, Rachel Agius, July 24 , 2011:
Sketching the future
El Mundo’s scientific magazine “Eureka”, Spain,April 18, 2010:
Asi nos retrata un robot
New Scientist, United Kingdom, Sandrine Ceurstemont, April 2, 2010:
Life-drawing robot could teach us about art
Exhibitions 2009-2013
Since 2009, Paul and his predecessors have been extensively exhibited around the world. To date, Paul has drawn well over 2000 portraits, sold more than 400. Paul has touched, intrigued and charmed a wide range of audiences, the public at large, contemporary art traditional and new media connoisseurs, scientists and technologists depending in which context he was exhibited. Since 2009 Paul has been seen live by over 60000 people. A portrait by Paul is in the Victoria and Albert Museum's collections in London.
2013
Nov. 10-12 Paul, Intuition Ingenuity, Bletchey Park, National Codes Center Milton Keynes, U.K
Nov. 1-12 Paul, Pompidou center (to be confirmed) Paris, France
Oct. 1-27 Title to be confirmed, curated by A. Kummel-Schnur, Bildungsturm Konstanz, Germany
Jun. 1-2 Parizone@Dream, La Gaite Lyrique Paris, France
2012Oct. 3-21 6 Robots Named Paul, NEO Bankside, Supported by Tate Modern London, U.K
Sep. 6-30 Paul, Galerie H+ Lyon, France
Sep. 21-22 Paul, Victoria and Albert Museum, Intuition and Ingenuity London, U.K.
Jul. 4-8 Paul and Co, Bloomsbury Art Fair London, U.K.
Mar. 22-24 Paul, Lovebytes, Intuition and Ingenuity Sheffield, U.K.
Feb. 17-26 Paul, The Lighthouse, Intuition and Ingenuity Brighton, U.K.
Feb. 9-12 Paul, Kinetica Art Fair, Intuition and Ingenuity London, U.K.
Jan. 18-22 Paul, The London Art Fair, Tenderpixel Gallery London, U.K.
2011Dec. 12 Paul, NABA, for the “Magic Objects” exhibition Milan, Italy
Dec. 6-7 Paul, TQG-Glyndwr University Wrexham, U.K.
Nov. 18-28 Paul, Bond House Open2011 London, U.K.
Oct. 28-29 Paul, The Macy Gallery, Columbia University New York, U.S.A.
Oct. 19-22 Paul, The Opera House Camden, U.S.A.
Sep. 14-21 Paul, Uncontainable: Untitled, ISEA2011, 12th Istanbul Biennial Istanbul, Turkey
Sep. 3 Paul, Maker Faire, Dome theater Brighton, U.K.
Aug. 26-27 Paul & Peter, Victoria & Albert Museum London, U.K.
Jun- 17-9 Solo Exhibition, Tenderpixel Gallery London, U.K.
Jan-Jun Artist residency, JWT London Innovation Lab London, U.K.
May-Jun JWTSketch installation, JWT Offices London, U.K.
2010Sep-Oct. Ladies & Gents, Unleashed Devices, Watermans Centre,. London, U.K.
Jun. 25 Skediomata and AIkon-I, Science Museum London, U.K.
Feb. 4-7 Skediomata and Aikon-I, Kinetica 2010 Art fair London, U.K.
The following curators can be contacted for references:
Sue Gollifer, ISEA and Siggraph curator, [email protected] Ilfeld, Owner, Tender Pixel Gallery, [email protected] Papadimitriou, Watermans Center and Victoria & Albert Museum, [email protected] Dodds, Head curator Digital Collections, Victoria & Albert Museum. [email protected] Jones, Illuminate productions. [email protected] Aceti, Leonardo Electronic Almanac, [email protected]
Talks given 2009-2012
2012Nov. 8-10 Invited speaker, La Ciudad De Las Ideas Mexico, U.M.S.
Sep. 22 Invited speaker, Victoria and Albert Museum London, U.K.
Mar. 23 Invited speaker, Lovebytes, Megadork Sheffield, U.K.
2011Nov. 22 Invited speaker, The Hospital Club London, U.K.
Oct. 28-29 Invited speaker, Thinking Through Drawing Symposium, Columbia University New York, U.S.A.
Oct. 25 Invited speaker,Robotic Department, Brown University Providence, U.S.A.
Oct. 25Invited speaker,Perry and Marty Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, Brown University
Providence, U.S.A.
Oct.19-22 Invited speaker, PopTech! 2011 Camden, U.S.A.
Sep. 15 Presentation, Skediomata: guinea pig and performer ISEA2011 Istanbul, Turkey
Aug. 25 Patrick Tresset in conversation with Paul Squires, Victoria and Albert Museum London, UK.
Apr. 25 Invited speaker, Seminar on robotics and anthropology, Quay Branly Museum Paris, France
2010Oct. 13 Invited speaker, Computer Arts Society, Watermans Center London, UK.
Sep. 30 Invited speaker, The Thursday Club, Goldsmiths College London, UK
Sep. 11 Invited speaker, Dorkboat2010 London, UK
Apr. 25 Invited speaker, Seminar on robotics and anthropology, Quay Branly Museum Paris, France
2009Nov. 10 Invited speaker, Master Art et technologie de l’image, Paris VIII Paris, France
Oct. 28Invited speaker, Digital Arts Media & Technology Symposium, Metropolitan University
London, U.K.
Sep. 16Invited speaker, Information Technology and Telecommunication Department of the Universitat Pompeu
Barcelona, Spain
Jul. 12-17Invited speaker, The symposium “Art & Science: Exploring the limits of human perception”
Benasque, Spain
Jun. 6 Invited speaker, EVA2009 London, BCS London, U.K.
May 30-31 Invited speaker, PyCon.FR, Cyber-base de la Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie Paris, France
Presentations have been given to a variety of audience from 10 to 4000 spectators, scientists, technologists, artists and the public at large. Example of public presentations are available on-line: At Pop!tech2011: http://poptech.org/blog/patrick_tressett_and_frederic_fol_leymarie_the_human_touch_of_a_robots_handAt La Ciudad De Las Ideas 2012:http://www.azteca.com/videos/laciudaddelasideas/136475/patrick-tresset:-rob%F3tica-para-el-mundo
