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The SIGGRAPH Digital Arts Committee (DAC) presents SPARKS: Short Presentations of Artworks & Research for the Kindred Spirit. The SPARKS presentations and discussions are held monthly and consist of 5- to 10-minute lightning talks followed by a discussion based on the topic of the month. The discussions are moderated by DAC committee members along with invited guest moderators.   

SPARKS presenters are sometimes curated and sometimes selected from an open call. Submissions for the monthly SPARKS presentations are reviewed by the DAC committee along with the guest moderator.

<- Upcoming SPARKS (December 12, 2024)

2025 June:
SIGGRAPH 2025 Creative Content Sneak Peak

2025 May:
First Nations’ Futures

2025 April:
Artistic Interpretation of Digital Cultural Heritage

2025 March:
AI and Artistic Autonomy

2025 February:
SIGGRAPH Asia Art Papers Revisited

2025 January:
Sensing the Body to Expand Possibilities in Art and Performance

2024 December:
New Media Architectures

2024 November:
ISEA Everywhen Revisited

2024 October:
Expanded Animation at Ars Electronica Talks Revisited

2024 September:
Future of Reality Artist Talks

2024 June:
SIGGRAPH 2024 Sneak Preview

2024 April:
Anticipating the Architecture(s) of The Future – Speculative Arts & Design Research: Theory & Practice

2024 March:
Queer Digital Art Now

2024 February:
Pioneering Interactive Art and Artists from the 1960s to 2000

2024 January:
Recap of Art Papers at SIGGRAPH Asia 2023 in Sydney

2023 December:
Robotic Art: Social and Aesthetic Dimensions, Session II: Performativity and Otherness

2023 December:
Robotic Art: Social and Aesthetic Dimensions, Session I: Social Interaction

2023 October:
Creative Graphic Design using New Technology for the Future

2023 September:
SIGGRAPH 2023 Art Gallery Artist Talks

2023 July:
Ricardo Dominguez and Amy Sara Carroll: TransBorder New Media Art

2023 June:
The Phantasmagoric Dispositif: Collapsing Time and Space

2023 May:
SIGGRAPH 2023 Sneak Preview

2023 April:
The Art of Scientific Visualization: Perceiving the Imperceptible

2023 March:
Mixing it Up

2023 February:
Sound Art: Acoustic Space, Noise, and Articulated Silence

2023 January:
Spatiality in Virtual Reality: Representation, Interpretation & Experience

2022 December:
New Media Architecture(s): A Speculative Vision of Change in the Arts, Design, & Sciences

2022 October:
Pioneers of Digital Art and Animation

2022 September:
NFTs and the Non-fungible Experience

2022 June:
Rediscovering and Reimagining Culture: Digital Art Practice in Asia

2022 May:
Experimental and Expanded Animation: Exploring Artistic Possibilities

2022 April:
Decolonial Media Art Beyond 530 Years: the future-past vs. coloniality

2022 March:
Artists’ Games: Critical and Creative Approaches in New Media Art

2022 February:
Melentie Pandilovski in Conversation with Stelarc

2022 January:
The Earth, Our Home: Exhibition Opening and Artist Talks

2021 December:
Within the Frame: Continuum of the Still Image

2021 October:
Data: Visual Perception, Interpretation, and Truth

2021 September:
Creative Coding: Generative / Algorithmic Art and the Exploration of Authorship and Authenticity

2021 July:
Music in Social VR: Education, Installation, Conferences, and Performance

2021 May:
Art, Science and the Invisible World We Live In

2021 April:
Robotics, Electronics and Artificial Intelligence

2021 March:
Environmental Issues, Sustainability, Climate Change

2021 February:
Immersion, Interactivity and Altered Realities

2021 January:
Screen Worlds: Net Art and Online Communities