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Patrick Tresset

Position held:
Research Student

Phone:
+44 (0)20 7078 5060

Email:
p.tresset (@gold.ac.uk)

Website:
http://www.patricktresset.com

8, 29 St James's
Department of Computing
Goldsmiths, University of London
New Cross
London SE14 6NW
United Kingdom

Role

PhD/Mphil Candidate

Patrick Tresset, a French artist/scientist currently based in London, uses what he calls “clumsy robotics” to create autonomous cybernetic entities that are playful projections of the artist. He co-directs the Aikon-II project with Frederic Fol Leymarie at Goldsmiths College, University of London. The Aikon-II project investigates the observational sketching activity through computational modeling and robotics.

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Presentations and exhibitions

2012      
  Feb. 9-12 Kinetica Art Fair, Alan Turing Exhibition London, U.K.
  Jan. 18-22 The London Art Fair, Tenderpixel Gallery London, U.K.
       
2011      
  Dec. 12 Paul exhibited, NABA for the "Magic Objects" exhibition Milan, Italy
  Dec. 6-7 Paul exhibited, TQG-Glyndwr University Wrexham, U.K.
  Nov. 22 Invited speaker, The Hospital Club London, U.K.
  Nov. 18-28 Paul exhibited, Bond House Open2011 London, U.K.
  Oct. 28-29 Paul exhibited, The Macy Gallery, Columbia University New York, U.S.A.
  Oct. 28-29 Invited speaker, Thinking Through Drawing Symposium, Columbia University New York, U.S.A.
  Oct. 25 Invited speakers, Robotic Department, Brown University Providence, U.S.A.
  Oct. 25 Invited speakers, Perry and Marty Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, Brown University Providence, U.S.A.
  Oct. 19-22 Invited speaker, Pop!Tech 2011 Conference Camden, U.S.A.
  Oct. 19-22 Paul exhibited, The Opera House Camden, U.S.A.
  Sep. 15 Presentation, Skediomata: Guinea Pig and Performer, ISEA2011 Istanbul, Turkey
  Sep. 14-21 Paul exhibited, Uncontainable: Untitled, ISEA2011, 12th Istanbul Biennal Parallel program  Istanbul, Turkey
  Sep. 3  Paul exhibited, Maker Faire, Dome theater Brighton, U.K.
  Aug. 26-27 Paul & Peter exhibited, Victoria & Albert Museum London, U.K.
  Aug. 24 Invited speaker, Patrick Tresset in conversation with Paul Squire, Victoria & Albert Museum London, U.K.
  Jun-Jul 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.
  Apr. 27 Invited speaker, Portrait de Robot, Séminaire Cognition et Création : les Arts Robotiques, Quai Branly Museum Paris, France
       
2010      
  Oct. 13 Presentation with Nanda Khaorapapong, Computer Art Society London, U.K.
  Sep. 30 Presentation with Nanda Khaorapapong, The Thursday Club, Goldsmiths London, U.K.
  Sep. 11 Presentation with Nanda Khaorapapong, Dorkboat, Watermans Center  London, U.K,
  Sep-Oct. Ladies & Gents installation, Unleashed Devices, Watermans Centre, a Collaboration with Nanda Khaorapapong London, U.K.
  Jun. 25 AIkon exhibited, Science Museum London, U.K.
  Feb. 4-7 AIkon exhibited, Kinetica 2010 Art fair London, U.K.
       
2009      
  Nov. 10 Invited lecture, Master Art et technologie de l'image, Paris VIII Paris, France
  Oct. 28 Invited speaker, Digital Arts Media & Technology Symposium, Metropolitan University London, U.K.
  Sep. 16 Invited speaker, Information Technology and Telecommunication Department of the Universitat Pompeu Barcelona, Spain
  Jul. 12-17 Presentation, The symposium “Art & Science: Exploring the limits of human perception” Benasque, Spain
  Jun. 6 Presentation, EVA2009 London, BCS London, U.K.
  May 30-31 Presentation, PyCon.FR, Cyber-base de la Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie Paris, France
       

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Professional activities

Co-Principal Investigator, Aikon-II project, Goldsmiths College, Jan. 2009 - Present.
* Co-PI and main researcher on Aikon-II an Art-Sciences research project mixing art, cognitive computing and robotics to investigate the sketching activity. Funded by The Leverhulme Trust (3.5 year research grant).
Lecturer, Creative Robotics , Goldsmiths College, March 2011 and March 2012.
* Established and run lectures and workshops on robotics for post-graduate art students.
Artist, Roboticist/new media, London, 2004-present
* Solo and group exhibitions, exhibited Internationally, Please consult [http://www.aikon-gold.com||http://www.aikon-gold.com] for details.
* Received the VIDA13.0, Artistic production incentives award, for the LUZ robotic project, a collaboration with María Teresa dos Santos Cardoso, Mohammad Majid al-Rifaie, Rui Filipe Antunes.
Web architect, Leonardo Electronic Almanac, Dec. 2009- Present.
* 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. 
Co-PI and main researcher on Aikon-II an Art-Sciences research project mixing art, cognitive computing and robotics to investigate the sketching activity. Funded by The Leverhulme Trust (3.5 year research grant).
Lecturer, Creative Robotics , Goldsmiths College, March 2011 and March 2012.
 Established and run lectures and workshops on robotics for post-graduate art students.
Artist, Roboticist/new media, London, 2004-present
Solo and group exhibitions, exhibited Internationally. Presented by tenderpixel Gallery, London.
Received the VIDA13.0, Artistic production incentives award, for the LUZ robotic project, a collaboration with María Teresa dos Santos Cardoso, Mohammad Majid al-Rifaie, Rui Filipe Antunes.
Web architect, Leonardo Electronic Almanac, Dec. 2009- Present.
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. 

Papers presented

"Skediomata: Guinea Pig and Performer", P. Tresset, F. F. Leymarie, N. Khaorapapong, ISEA2011, Istanbul, Turkey

"AIKON: the Artistic/Automated IKONograph," P. Tresset & F. F. Leymarie, SIGGRAPH, Aug. 2006.

"Generative Portrait Sketching," P. Tresset & F. F. Leymarie, 11th Int. Conf. on Virtual Sytems and MultiMedia (VSMM'05), pp. 739-748, Ghent, Belgium, Oct. 2005.

Professional development

* ROS-CoTeSys, Fall School on Cognition-enabled Robotics. Munich, Germany, 1-6 November 2010.
* Gostai, Urbi robotics training, Paris, France, 27-29 October 2010.
* OpenFramework, Computer vision for Artists workshop, Goldsmiths College, London, Uk, 2-7 November 2009.
* Barcelona Cognition, Brain and Technology Summer School (BCBT09), Spain. 7-18 September 2009.

ROS-CoTeSys, Fall School on Cognition-enabled Robotics. Munich, Germany, 1-6 November 2010.

Gostai, Urbi robotics training, Paris, France, 27-29 October 2010.

OpenFramework, Computer vision for Artists workshop, Goldsmiths College, London, Uk, 2-7 November 2009.

Barcelona Cognition, Brain and Technology Summer School (BCBT09), Spain. 7-18 September 2009.

Research interests

Current research

AIKON-2
www.aikon-gold.com

Selected publications

"Skediomata: Guinea Pig and Performer", P. Tresset, F. F. Leymarie, N. Khaorapapong, ISEA2011, Istanbul, Turkey

"AIKON: the Artistic/Automated IKONograph," P. Tresset & F. F. Leymarie, SIGGRAPH, Aug. 2006.

"Generative Portrait Sketching," P. Tresset & F. F. Leymarie, 11th Int. Conf. on Virtual Sytems and MultiMedia (VSMM'05), pp. 739-748, Ghent, Belgium, Oct. 2005.