UvA, Department of Computational Linguistics         IAAA          Remko Scha





Remko Scha
Incidental Courses and Research Seminars

on Formal Esthetics, Algorithmic Art,
Gestalt Perception and Automatic Visualization


   Remko Scha:"Aesthetics, Chance and Music."

San Francisco State University, Center for Experimental and Interdisciplinary Arts. Spring 1985.

  1. Aesthetics: Marcel Duchamp, John Dewey, Gregory Bateson, Walter de Maria, Herman de Vries.
  2. Systems and Chance: Ernst Haeckel, George Brecht, Harold Cohen, Stephen Wolfram.
  3. Rhythm and Sound: P.G. Adrian, Roland Barthes, Glenn Branca, Guy Murchie, Dane Rudhyar, La Monte Young.


   Remko Scha: "Formal Esthetics and Psychology of Perception."

University of Amsterdam, Department of Computational Linguistics, Fall 1991.

  1. Esthetics and Reality: Immanuel Kant, Marcel Duchamp, Walter de Maria, Herman de Vries.
  2. The Linguistic Paradigm: Noam Chomsky, Max Clowes, Fred Lerdahl & Ray Jackendoff.
  3. Gestalt Perception: Max Wertheimer, Emanuel Leeuwenberg.
  4. Complexity: G. Birkhoff, R. Gunzenhäuser, Emanuel Leeuwenberg.
  5. Interpretation: Ferdinand de Saussure, Roland Barthes, F. Thürlemann.
  6. Analogy: Bipin Indurkhya.
  7. Artificial Art: J. Pierce, François Morellet, Harold Cohen.


   Remko Scha: "Art, Chance and Algorithm."

University of Amsterdam, Department of Computational Linguistics, Fall 1992.

George Brecht, John Cage, Harold Cohen, Anton Eliëns, Huge Harry, Dick Higgins, Alison Knowles, François Morellet, Novalis, Peter Struycken, Zdenek Sykora, Herman de Vries, Richard Wright.


   Remko Scha and Alcedo Coenen: "Process Music."

University of Amsterdam, Department of Computational Linguistics, Fall 1993.

  1. Processes, Concepts, Events. George Brecht, John Cage, Marcel Duchamp, Henry A. Flynt, Dick Higgins, Sol LeWitt, Walter de Maria, Michael Nyman, Steve Reich, Ben Vautier, La Monte Young.

  2. Physics and Technology. Glenn Branca, Harold Budd, Dick Higgins, Joe Jones, Mauricio Kagel, Alvin Lucier, the New Percussion Quartet, Dick Raaijmakers, Takis, Jean Tinguely, La Monte Young.

  3. Algorithmic Processes. Marcel Duchamp, Lejaren Hiller, Leonard Isaacson, Tom Johnson, György Ligeti, Conlon Nancarrow, Larry Polansky, Frederic Rzewski, James Tenney.


   Remko Scha and Mehdi Dastani: "Formal Models of Gestalt Perception."

University of Amsterdam, Department of Computational Linguistics, Spring 1995.

  1. Gestalt Perception: Max Wertheimer, D.W. Hamlyn, Cees van Leeuwen & John Stins.
  2. Coding Languages: Emanuel Leeuwenberg, Yann Orlarey.
  3. Formal Models: Peter van der Helm, Cees van Leeuwen.


   Mehdi Dastani, Yuri Engelhardt and Remko Scha: "Formal Perspectives on Visual Representation."

University of Amsterdam, Department of Computational Linguistics, Spring 1996.

  1. The Visual Presentation of Information. Barbara Tversky, Michael Twyman, Marian Petre, Joseph Marks & Ehud Reiter, Rens Bod & Remko Scha, Jock Mackinlay.
  2. Visual (Programming) Languages and Visual Reasoning. Peter A. van der Helm, Zenon Kulpa, J. Rekers & A. Schürr, Susan Üsküdarli, Dejuan Wang.


   Jos de Bruin, Mehdi Dastani, Yuri Engelhardt and Remko Scha: "Automatic Visualization."

University of Amsterdam, Department of Computational Linguistics, Spring 1997.

  1. Visualization. Jacques Bertin, Michael Twyman, Zenon Kulpa, Jock Mackinlay, Eduard Hovy, Klaus Reichenberger, Steven Roth, Michelle Zhou.
  2. Perception. Max Wertheimer, Peter van der Helm, Joseph Marks & Ehud Reiter, Rens Bod & Remko Scha, Steven Pinker.


   Mehdi Dastani and Remko Scha: "Automatic Visualization."

University of Amsterdam, Department of Computational Linguistics, 1999.

  1. Visual Representation and Automatic Visualization. M. Averbuch, Jos de Bruin & Remko Scha, C.M. Lewis, Klaus Reichenberger, Steven F. Roth, W. Winn, Michelle Zhou.
  2. Multimedia Communication and Interactivity. Yigal Arens, Mei Chuah, Eduard Hovy, Steven Roth, Lisa Tweedle.
  3. Cognition and Perception. Barbara Tversky, Marian Petre, Joseph Marks & Ehud Reiter, Peter van der Helm, Rens Bod & Remko Scha.
  4. Visual Programming and Specification Languages. Kim Marriott et al., Jan Rekers, Susan Üsküdarli.
  5. Visual Reasoning. Jon Barwise, Corin Gurr, Zenon Kulpa, John Lee, N. Hari Narayanan, Keith Stenning, Dejuan Wang.


   Remko Scha: "Algorithmic Art and Artificial Intelligence."


Frank Mohr Institute, Groningen, Spring 2001 / Spring 2002. University of Amsterdam, Fall 2001 / Fall 2002. With contributions by Jos de Bruin and Jochem van der Spek.