University of North Texas

Research associate Cory Metcalf, left, and David Stout, right, professor of music, earned an honorable mention in the VIDA 13.0 International Art and Artificial LifeCompetition for NoiseFold 2.0, a three-screen interactive sound and cinema work, above.

The competition — sponsored by Fundación Telefónica in Madrid — has become a worldwide benchmark for artistic research into artificial life. A panel of international judges selected 10 works as winners, including NoiseFold 2.0, from 285 projects presented by artists from 39 countries.

Artificial life refers to study of life systems using computer models, robotics and biology.

The Initiative for the Advancement of Research in Technology and the Arts, or iARTA, is composed of faculty members across the arts, engineering and sciences who share expertise and create work based on new media applications and evolving technologies.