H.Om.E計畫：電腦和傳統之間有關「家」概念的跨文化對話
H.Om.E Project: An intercultural dialog between Computers and traditions around the concepts of Home
摘要：用於創作和生產的新運算技術提供了值得探索的美學和創造性可能性，特別是在與傳統工藝（紡織品、手工藝）的對話中。 在這個計劃中，「家」或「家譜」的概念被作為一個共同點，從其不同的含義中進行自由的創造性解釋和探索：作為我們生活的地方（房子），作為社會交往的文本（憲法 ），作為我們頭頂的天空（天文數據），等等。H.Om.E 計畫旨在建立南美洲和亞洲文化之間的橋樑，探索科技與傳統、方法論和規模之間相遇的潛力：從地方傳統到全球數位文化；從手工藝到電腦生成的藝術品等等 。來自智利、台灣和日本的藝術家將開發不同類型的作品；紡織品中的數據物理化；參數和生成設計的數據；基於法律文本的視覺圖案創作；以及其他探索。本文試圖簡要介紹 H.Om.E 專案、使用的主要概念、方法、複雜性和過程中的問題，並關注在與傳統和手工藝的接觸中對運算和技術中介工具可能性的自由探索。 此外，也對該專案的現階段、下一步工作和可能取得的成果進行了說明。
Abstract. New computational technologies for creation and production offer interesting aesthetic and creative possibilities to be explored, particularly in its respectful dialogue with traditional crafts (textiles, crafts). For this project, the concept of “home” or “genealogy” is taken as a common ground, for free creative interpretation and exploration, from on its different meanings: as a place where we live (house), as a text for social interactions (constitutions), as the sky over us (astronomical data), among others. H.Om.E project aims to create bridges between cultures from South America and Asia, exploring the potential of the encounter between technologies and traditions, methodologies, and scales: from local traditions to global digital culture; from handcraft to computer-generated artwork; among others. Artists from Chile, Taiwan, and Japan will develop different kinds of pieces; data physicalization in textiles; data for parametric and generative design; and visual pattern creation based on legal texts; among other explorations. This paper seeks to briefly describe the H.Om.E Project, the main concepts used, its methods, complexities, and troubles of the process, with attention to the free exploration of the possibilities of computational and technologically mediated tools in its encounter with traditions and crafts. Also, some description of the current stage, next steps, and possible outcomes of the project are commented on.
生成系統和延展心靈做為抽象轉換模型連結兩種文化
Generative Systems and Extended Mind as Transformation Similarity Models Connecting Two Cultures
摘要：H.Om.E 計畫旨為新運算技術以及傳統文化建立跨文化橋粱，為了使兩種文化產生有意義的連結，本文收集了認知神經科學中基於相似性來類比生成式AI和感知的解釋理論模型，並將這種模型應用在文化遺產、新運算技術來推測一種更大的複雜感知系統，即便這可能只是一種詩意的泛心靈行動──本文創新式的將人類居民和非人類居民皆視為由流動的線生成的網絡，在延展心靈理論（Extended Mind Theory EMT）框架下將文化遺產視為具有思維的智能體，提出利用生成AI工具（如變分自動編碼器 VAEs）對文化遺產與自然提取壓縮表徵的過程，與認知神經科學中將生成AI類比感知的過程進行比較，討論使用這些壓縮表徵支持這種流動的物的思維網絡的可能性。此外，在跨領域哲學的層面上，討論使用生成工具取得抽象化的表徵成為較高層的抽象概念以涵蓋研究團隊中來自各領域專家較底層的技術術語的可能性，這可能緩解科學與人文學科之間的兩種文化問題。
Abstract: The H.Om.E project aims to build cross-cultural bridges between new computational technologies and traditional cultures. To create meaningful connections between the two cultures, this paper collects cognitive science theoretical models that explain generative AI and perception based on the similarity analogy, and applies these models to cultural heritage and new computational technologies to speculate on a larger and more complex perception system, even though this may be a poetic act of panpsychism. This paper innovatively regards both human and non-human residents as networks generated by flowing lines and views cultural heritage as thinking agents within the framework of Extended Mind Theory (EMT). It proposes using generative AI tools (such as Variational Autoencoders, VAEs) to extract compressed representations from cultural heritage and nature, comparing this process to how cognitive science analogizes generative AI to perception. The discussion includes the possibility of using these compressed representations to support this network of thinking objects. Additionally, on the interdisciplinary philosophical level, the paper discusses the possibility of using generative tools to obtain abstract representations that become higher-level abstract concepts to encompass the lower-level technical terms of experts from various fields within the research team. This approach may alleviate the two-culture problem between the sciences and the humanities.
H.Om.E 家計劃中以抽象轉換模型做為人工藝品設計的迭代
The Iterations of Designing Artifacts Using Abstract Transformation Models in H.Om.E Project
摘要：本文獻紀錄了H.Om.E 家計劃中基於染料敏化太陽能技術（dye sensitized solar cell DSSC）的藝術品的製造過程與策略。染料敏化太陽能是一種相對成本低廉且製作容易的第三代太陽能技術，它是玻璃基底且具半透明性質，能夠被自然染色或化學染色，能透過網版印刷技術客製圖案化。本文提出了使用DSSC做為生成記憶概念的載體的方法，以及利用其光電特性和變分自編碼器（variational auto-encoder）做為聲音藝術裝置的構想。最後討論了將其織品化的可能性，以及介紹染敏太陽能織品與憶阻器矩陣在材料和概念上的關聯。
Abstract: This document records the manufacturing processes and strategies for artworks in the H.Om.E Project, based on dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) technology. Dye-sensitized solar cells are a relatively low-cost and easy-to-produce third-generation solar technology. They are glass-based and semi-transparent, capable of being naturally or chemically dyed, and can be customized with patterns through screen printing techniques. This paper proposes using DSSC as a carrier for the concept of generative memory and explores the idea of utilizing its photoelectric properties and variational auto-encoder (VAE) for sound art installations. Finally, it discusses the potential of integrating these cells into textiles and introduces the material and conceptual connections between dye-sensitized solar textiles and memristor matrices.
圍繞在「家」的資料視覺化探索
Data Visualizations Exploration around Home
摘要：H.Om.E 計畫旨在在南美洲和亞洲文化之間架起橋樑，探索科技與傳統、方法論和規模之間相遇的潛力。本文簡要介紹了智利藝術家 María José Ríos 和 Ricardo Vega 的概念框架和一些發展。我們自由地探索計算和技術介導的工具在與傳統和工藝相遇時的可能性。我們探索了不同類型的作品，例如紡織品中的數據物理化、基於法律文本的視覺圖案創建的生成設計等等。
H.Om.E project aims to create bridges between cultures from South America and Asia, exploring the potential of the encounter between technologies and traditions, methodologies, and scale. This paper briefly describes the conceptual framework and some developments made by María José Ríos and Ricardo Vega, artists from Chile. We freely explore the possibilities of computational and technologically mediated tools in their encounter with traditions and crafts. We explored different kinds of pieces, such as data physicalization in textiles, generative design for visual pattern creation based on legal texts, among others.
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從演算法追求文化品質的顯現
Pursuit of Emergence of Cultural Qualities from Algorithms
摘要：當我們嘗試以系統化的方式思考設計時，有兩種主要方法可以採用。一是收集許多現有的設計，進行分析並分類。另一種方法是從關於生成設計的機製或規則的想法開始，將其擴展為更成熟的規則，並考慮可以用這些規則產生的變化。然後，第一個可以透過選擇類別及其組合來建立設計系統。第一種方法是歸納法，第二種方法是演繹法。第一個系統生成的結果往往是像徵性的，而第二個系統產生的結果往往是抽象的。第一種方法可以被視為人文主義的，第二種方法可以被視為科學的。第一種方法可以處理語意問題，第二種方法則傾向於處理句法問題。第一個結果的變化往往是離散的，因為它們是透過離散選擇的組合產生的。第二個結果的變化往往是連續的，因為它們是透過應用參數連續變化的規則集而產生的。第一個可以稱為類型學，第二個可以稱為生成學。兩個系統的對比是顯而易見的。但這兩者之間是什麼關係呢？類型系統所基於的現有設計從何而來？人類世界現有的設計，是過去或現在的人們因為某些原因而做出的。自然界中存在的事物是大自然透過物理和化學過程創造出來的。最終，人類是由自然創造的，而自然是由原子透過科學已經發現的一些過程和科學尚未發現的其他過程而形成的。根據這種科學觀點，類型學系統最終可能成為生成系統。當生成系統中的規則足夠複雜時，連續變化可能開始表現出明顯的多樣性。一些結果可能會開始表現出不同的品質。這就是所謂的湧現。隨著出現，語法可以處理語義，可能就像深度學習神經網路中的節點開始透過訓練顯示含義，例如貓的可能性。追求這些高度複雜的規則來產生具有新興類型學品質的設計是我們這個時代的設計師可以承擔的最具挑戰性和最有意義的承諾之一。這項生成藝術研究著重於生成系統與文化模式的特徵和品質之間的這種新興關係。作者以泰雅族和馬普切族紡織品的編織圖案為例，尋求數學和幾何規則，即在處理編碼環境中生成的二維幾何圖形和圖形圖像中呈現文化特徵和品質的演算法。
Abstract: When we try to have a systematic way to think about designs, there are two major ways to take. One is to collect many existing designs, analyze them and categorize them into categories. Another is to start with an idea about a mechanism or a rule to generate design, expand it into more developed rules, and think about variations which can be generated with the rules. The first one then can build a design system through choices of categories and combinations of them. The first approach is inductive and the second is deductive. Generated results of the first system tend to be figurative and results of the second tend to be abstract. The first approach can be seen as humanistic and the second scientific. The first approach can deal with semantic issues and the second tends to deal with syntactic issues. Variations of results of the first tend to be discrete because they are generated through combinations of discrete choices. Variation of results of the second tend to be continuous because they are generated by applying the set of rules with continuous variations of parameters.
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