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This session offers a preview of SIGGRAPH 2025’s creative programming. Chairs and Directors from various conference programs will share highlights of their featured projects, upcoming events, and curatorial visions. Attendees will get an early look at how this year’s conference explores new directions in digital art, encourages cross-disciplinary collaboration, and invites creative experimentation across media and technology.
The session also introduces the ACM SIGGRAPH Digital Arts Community (DAC), which supports global dialogue among artists, designers, and technologists. Through programs like SPARKS Lightning Talks, digital exhibitions, and student competitions, DAC fosters connections between art, computer graphics, and interactive media. Learn more at dac.siggraph.org.
SIGGRAPH 2025 website: https://s2025.conference-schedule.org/presentation/?id=thea_104&sess=sess325
Rebecca Ruige Xu currently teaches computer art and animation at Syracuse University. Her artwork and research interests include experimental animation, visual music, artistic data visualization, interactive installations, digital performance, and virtual reality. Her recent work has been shown at: ISEA; Ars Electronica; SIGGRAPH Art Gallery; IEEE VIS Arts Program, Museum of Contemporary Art, Italy; Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, USA; FILE– Electronic Language International Festival, Brazil; International Digital Art Exhibition, China; Boston Cyberarts Festival, USA. Xu is the co-founder of the ChinaVIS Arts Program, Co-Chair of the IEEE VIS 2023 and 2024 Arts Program, and currently serves as Chair of the ACM SIGGRAPH Digital Arts Committee.