Dr Lance Putnam
Staff details
Lance Putnam is a composer and researcher with interest in generative art, audiovisual synthesis, digital sound synthesis and media signal processing.
His work explores questions concerning the relationships between sound and graphics, symmetry in art and science, and motion as a spatiotemporal concept. He holds a BSc in Electrical & Computer Engineering from the University of Wisconsin, and an MA in Electronic Music & Sound Design and a PhD in Media Arts and Technology from the University of California.
As a Research Associate in Goldsmiths' Digital Creativity Labs, Lance is currently investigating new approaches to procedural art, working primarily with Professor William Latham and Visiting Professor Stephen Todd.
Publications
Article
Flow Fields and Agents for Immersive Interaction in Mutator VR: Vortex
Putnam, Lance; Latham, William and Todd, Stephen. 2016. Flow Fields and Agents for Immersive Interaction in Mutator VR: Vortex. Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, ISSN 1054-7460
Conference or Workshop Item
Audiovisual Art in VR Workshop
Putnam, Lance. 2016. 'Audiovisual Art in VR Workshop'. In: Virtual Worlds Symposium. East Gallery.
Professional Activity
Research Trip to Media Arts and Technology Program and AlloSphere and talk "On Space Curves as a Substrate for Audiovisual Synthesis and Composition"
Putnam, Lance. Research Trip to Media Arts and Technology Program and AlloSphere and talk "On Space Curves as a Substrate for Audiovisual Synthesis and Composition".
VR Workshop with Art and Technology, AAU
Putnam, Lance. VR Workshop with Art and Technology, AAU.
Show/Exhibition
Mutator VR
Latham, William; Todd, Stephen and Putnam, Lance. 2017. Mutator VR. In: "Cyfest 17", St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, Jan. 25, 2017 - Jan. 29, 2017.
Mutator VR
Putnam, Lance; Latham, William and Todd, Stephen. 2016. Mutator VR. In: "Mutator VR", East Gallery, Nov. 15, 2016 - Jan. 14, 2017.
Mutator VR
Putnam, Lance; Latham, William and Todd, Stephen. 2016. Mutator VR. In: "Mutator VR", New Scientist Live, United Kingdom.