6th International Conference on Digital Arts TeresaChambel,AlbertoGarcíaAriza,GavinPerin MírianTavares,JoséBidarra,MauroFigueiredo(Eds.) November7–9,2012 Faro,Portugal Copyrigth c2012byGrupoPortuguêsdeComputaçãoGráficaandARTECHInternational (cid:13) All rigths reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any means, elec- tronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and re- trievalsystem,withoutpermissioninwritingfromthepublisher. PublishedbyGrupoPortuguêsdeComputaçãoGráficaandARTECHInternational. Proceedingsof6thInternationalConferenceonDigitalArts Editors: Teresa Chambel, Alberto García Ariza, Gavin Perin, Mírian Tavares, José Bidarra, MauroFigueiredo ISBN:978-972-98464-7-2 PrintedinPortugalbyLITOGRÁFIS–ArtesGráficas,Lda. CoverdesignbyIdeiasFrescas 6thInternationalConferenceonDigitalArts–ARTECH2012 T.Chambel,A.Ariza,G.Perin,M.Tavares,J.Bidarra,M.Figueiredo(Editors) iii Preface It is our great pleasure to welcome you to ARTECH 2012, the 6th International Conference on DigitalArts,heldinFaro,Portugal,onNovember7-9,2012. ARTECH aims at bringing the scientific, technological and artistic community together, while promoting the interest in the digital culture and its intersection with art and technology as an important research field, a common space for discussion and exchange of experiences. During three days, researchers, artists and multidisciplinary teams from around the world have the opportunitytoshareideasandtheirworkatARTECH2012. Only two decades ago, interactive digital media seemed like a brand new research field and an emerging new industry. Today, a decade into the new millennium, the digital arts field has comeofageandiscloselyconnectedwithnewdigitalmedia.Acriticalaspectofthedigitalmedia revolutionistheformationofthenewmediaindustrycomprisedofinformation,communication, entertainment, and global social networks. The ARTECH 2012 conference provides in-depth coverage of the important concepts, issues and technology trends in the field of digital arts and media technologies, techniques, and applications. Crossing Digital Boundaries, and seeking to foster greater understanding about digital arts and culture across a wide spectrum of cultural, disciplinary,andprofessionalpractices,isthepurposeofthis6theditionoftheconference. BeinginchargeoforganizingaConferencelikethismeansbothagreathonorandanenormous responsibility for us of matching, at least, the success of previous editions of ARTECH. And we can express nothing more than gratitude for the high acceptance that the call for contributions has produced in the community. We have received 134 submissions from 20 countries (signifi- cantlymorethananypreviousARTECHeditions)thatwerepeerreviewedbytheScientificand ArtCommittee,andresultedin87contributionspresentedattheconference,showingthegreat interestofthecommunityintheARTECHConferenceSeries.Authors’contributionsinclude35 full papers, 29 short papers, 16 posters, and 7 art installations, a key component in ARTECH Conferences,tofosterinteractionwithdigitalarttechnologyandamongparticipants.Moreover, wehavetwohighlyremarkableinvitedkeynotespeakersfromacademiaandindustry.Andthis year,forthefirsttime,theconferencealsofeaturestutorialsandworkshops,inapre-conference day, contributing to provide more opportunities for sharing knowledge and experiences in the field. The ARTECH 2012 book of proceedings is a comprehensive collection of papers that present current research and perspectives, and future trends, in digital arts, encompassing the founda- tions, technologies, applications, and emerging elements of this exciting field, from researchers and experts in the field, corresponding to the authors’ contributions to the conference. These are organized in the categories of: invited keynote talks, full papers, short papers, posters, art installations,andtutorials.Paperscoverawiderangeoftopicsreflectedinthesessionstheyare presented at the conference: Art and Science Theory; Sound and Music Computing; Technology Mediated Dance; Multiple Media and Synesthetic Perceptions; Media Art and Creativity; Visu- alization and New Perspectives; New Experiences and Narratives in Interactive Art; Enabling Technologies; Web Art and Digital Culture; Augmented Reality and Immersive Art; Learning, ArtandDigitalCulture;andGenerativeandAlgorithmicArtandDesign. Traditionally,theARTECHintendedaudienceistechnicallydiverseandwide;itincludesanyone concernedwithdigitalartsandtheirapplications.Webelievethatthisbookofproceedingsmay serveasavaluablereferenceforresearchers,artists,designers,teachers,andprofessionalswho areinvolvedinnewdigitalartsandmedia. 6thInternationalConferenceonDigitalArts–ARTECH2012 TheorganizationofARTECH2012isateameffort.Weareverygratefultothemembersofthe organization and secretariat for all the help in managing the different aspects of the confer- ence. We would like to thank the authors for their individual contributions, and the members of the International Scientific and Art Committee for their help in the review process, keynote speakers and Steering Committee of ARTECH, all helping to make the conference a credible success. We are also thankful to the sponsors of the conference for their kind support, and to all other supporting and endorsing institutions. The University of Algarve, the three research centers that backed this initiative (CIAC, CIEO and CIMA), ARTECH International, and the Portuguese Graphic Computation Group (GPCG), all deserve our sincere recognition for their supportthroughoutthislongventure. We wish you have a great time at ARTECH 2012, and that you enjoy and be inspired by the authors’contributionspresentedintheseproceedings. InternationalScientificandArtCommitteeChairs TeresaChambel AlbertoGarcíaAriza GavinPerin MírianTavares OrganizingCommitteeChairs JoséBidarra MauroFigueiredo 6th International Conference on Digital Arts November7–9,2012 Faro,Portugal InternationalScientificandArtCommitteeChairs TeresaChambel,PresidentandProgramCommitteeChair,LaSIGE,Univ.ofLisbon(PT) AlbertoAriza,Vice-presidentandProgramCommitteeCo-chair,Univ.ofVigo(ES) GavinPerin,Vice-presidentandArtInstallationsCo-chair,Univ.ofTechnologySidney(AU) MírianTavares,Vice-presidentandArtInstallationsCo-chair,Univ.Algarve(PT) SteeringCommittee AdéritoMarcos,Chairman,DCeT-Univ.Aberta(PT) ÁlvaroBarbosa,EA-Univ.CatólicaPorto(PT) ChristaSommerer,K.U.Linz(AT) HenriqueSilva,BienaldeCerveira(PT) LeonelValbom,ESGalllaecia(PT) LolaDopico,FBA-Univ.Vigo(ES) NunoCorreia,DIFCT-Univ.NovaLisboa(PT) SeamusRoss,Univ.Toronto(CA) OrganizingCommitteeChairs JoséBidarra,Chairman,Univ.Algarve(PT) MauroFigueiredo,Co-chairman,Univ.Algarve(PT) LocalOrganizingCommittee BrunoSilva,Univ.Algarve(PT) CarlaVilhena,Univ.Algarve(PT) FernandoAmaro,Univ.Algarve(PT) FranciscoGil,Univ.Algarve(PT) JoãoRodrigues,Univ.Algarve(PT) JoséRodrigues,Univ.Algarve(PT) RobertoLam,Univ.Algarve(PT) SandraValadas,Univ.Algarve(PT) TiagoBatista,Univ.Algarve(PT) Secretariat IsaMestre,Univ.Algarve(PT) JulietaRosa,Univ.Algarve(PT) MarleneFernandes,Univ.Algarve(PT) SandraBoto,Univ.Algarve(PT) InternationalProgramCommitteeMembers AdéritoMarcos,Univ.Aberta(PT) AlexandreBarata,Univ.Algarve(PT) ÁlvaroBarbosa,EA-UCP(PT) AmílcarMartins,Univ.Aberta(PT) AnaPaulaCláudio,Univ.Lisboa(PT) AnaSolerBaena,Univ.Pontevedra(ES) AntónioSousaDias,CICMParis8(FR) BeatrizCarmo,Univ.Lisboa(PT) BenCoorey,Univ.ofTechnologySidney(AU) BertBongers,Univ.ofTechnologySidney(AU) BrunoSilva,Univ.Algarve(PT) CarlaVilhena,Univ.Algarve(PT) CarlosGuedes,FE,Univ.Porto(PT) ChristaSommerer,KU-Linz(AT) DanielTércio,FMH-UTL(PT) DavePigram,Univ.ofTechnologySidney(AU) DavidDarts,NewYorkUniv.(USA) ElizabethCarvalho,Univ.Atlântica(PT) GilberttoPrado,Univ.S.Paulo(BR) HeitorAlvelos,FBA-UP(PT) HenriqueSilva,EscolaSuperiorGallaecia(PT) IanOakley,Univ.Madeira(PT) IdoIurgel,CCG(PT) IsabelSoveral,UA(PT) JamesFaure-Walker,Univ.ofArtsCamberwell(UK) JonMcCormack,MonashUniv.(AU) JoséCoelho,Univ.Aberta(PT) JoséPaiva,FBA-Univ.Porto(PT) KarlaSchuchBrunet,UFBA(BR) LauraBaigorri,FBA-UB(ES) LeonelValbom,ESGalllaecia(PT) MarcCavazza,SC-TU(UK) MarceloWanderley,Univ.McGill(CA) MarcosDopicoCastro,Univ.Vigo(ES) NéBarros,Balleteatro,GrupoAesthetics,Politics&Arts/IF/ULP(PT) NelsonZagalo,ICS-Univ.Minho(PT) NunoCorreia,DI-FCT-Univ.NovaLisboa(PT) PatríciaGouveia,ULHT(PT) PaulaEscudeiro,ISEP,Porto(PT) PauloBernardinoBastos,DCA-Univ.Aveiro(PT) PauloFerreiraLopes,EA-UCP(PT) PauloUrbano,Univ.Lisboa(PT) PavelSedlák,CIANT(CZ) PedroBranco,DSI-Univ.Minho(PT) PedroFariaLopes,ISCTE(PT) PenousalMachado,DEI-Univ.Coimbra(PT) PerlaInnocenti,HATII-Univ.Glasgow,(UK) PeterGouzouasis,Univ.ofBritishColumbia(CA) PilarPerez,Univ.AutónomadeMadrid(ES) RafaelBidarra,Univ.ofDelft(NL) RobertW.Sweeny,IndianaUniv.ofPennsylvania(USA) RosangellaLeote,UNESP-SP(BR) SandraPauleto,Univ.York(UK) SolAlonsoRomera,UV(ES) SudhirMudur,ConcordiaUniv.(CA) TeresaEça,Univ.Évora(PT) ValentinaNisi,Univ.daMadeira(PT) VerónicaOrvalho,FC,Univ.Porto(PT) VicenteGosciola,Univ.AnehmbiMorumbi(BR) VitorCardoso,Univ.Aberta(PT) Vitor-ReiaBaptista,Univ.Algarve(PT) AdditionalReviewers AndréBrandão BrunoRodriguesdeAraújo MartaSousa PauloPombinho PhilLopes RosaReis RubenSmelik Organizedby UniversidadeAlgarve FaculdadedeCiênciasSociaiseHumanas InstitutoSuperiordeEngenharia CentrodeInvestigaçãoMarinhaeAmbiental CentrodeInvestigaçãoemArteseComunicação CentrodeInvestigaçãosobreoEspaçoeasOrganizações InCooperationwith GrupoPortuguêsdeComputaçãoGráfica ARTECHInternational