This paper presents an algorithm and its applications for artistic rendering of recorded video data following ideas of non-photorealistic rendering. The proposed algorithm does not only work on a variety of artistic rendering styles for static photography but it can also be applied to the creation of artistic videos. Cartoon-like and comic-like styles are the two artistic styles considered in t...

A collage is a composite of a several different media elements combined to form an artistic creation. The media elements used in a collage vary by artistic preference and the message the collage is meant to convey. A very popular media to use is images or photographs. For the purposes of this proposal, I will refer to a collage, and photo collage interchangeably as I am not considering collages...

This work consists of integrating programming paradigms such as multi-agent systems and rule-based reasoning into a multimedia creation and display platform for interactive artistic creation. It has been developed in order to allow artists to build dynamic and interactive exhibitions based on pictures and sounds and featuring self-evolving and autonomous configurations.

Developed in the context of virtual environments linked to artistic creation, Egosound was conceived to visualize multiphonic sound space in an egocentric way. Ambisonic algorithms and a graphic editor for trajectories are implemented. An example of artistic project with Egosound is exposed. Parts of the software engine of Egosound are now available for download as external objects for Pure Dat...

Creation is an important part of many interventions in creative arts therapies (art, music, dance, and drama therapy). This active part of art-making in arts therapies has not yet been closely investigated. The present study commits to this field of research using a mixed-methods design to investigate the effects of active creation on health-related psychological outcomes. In an artistic inquir...