COMPUTER – COMPUTER – GENERATED ARTGENERATED ART

Background: Copyright Karin Kuhlmann

AREAS OF KNOWLEDGEAREAS OF KNOWLEDGE

• Art and history of art

• Mathematics

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A NEW DEVELOPMENT IN A NEW DEVELOPMENT IN KNOWLEDGEKNOWLEDGE

• Generated by computer software without further human intervention.

• Uses math formulas – aesthetic ability of mathematics

• Algorithms – set of rules

• Difference between image manipulation software and computer-generated art

ART AND MATHART AND MATH

• "Without mathematics there is no art “ – L. Pacioli

• Not something new - Golden section, renaissance art and use of Euclidian geometry (perspecive)

Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens

‘The School of Athens’ by Raphael (1518), a fine example of architectural perspective with a central vanishing point

Piero della Francesca, Baptism of Christ (1450)

Mondrian’s rectangles (1st half of the 20th cent)

ART REDUCED TO AN ART REDUCED TO AN EQUATIONEQUATION

FOR AND AGAINSTFOR AND AGAINST

• New media (technique) → new possibilities of expression →more freedom for creativity

• Can this be considered art? What defines an art work? How can we evaluate a work of art? → WAYS OF KNOWING

WAYS OF KNOWINGWAYS OF KNOWING

• ReasonReason – art often isn’t subject to reason, but certain criteria do exist

• EmotionEmotion – a good piece of art evokes emotional response

• PerceptionPerception – is different if you know the work was done by a machine

ANALOGY TO READYMADEANALOGY TO READYMADE

Marcel Duchamp, Fountain (1917) and Bicycle Wheel (1913)

EXAMPLES OF GENERATIVE ARTEXAMPLES OF GENERATIVE ART

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IN CONCLUSIONIN CONCLUSION

• New technologies are inevitable, so why shouldn’t artists use them as well?

• Everything what makes us less restricted should be given chance to develop further.

• Art reflects society!

DISCUSSIONDISCUSSION

• How do you know something is a good piece of art? What is your definition of it?

• Do you think generative art can be considered alongside the ‘traditional’ works of art? Is it equaly valuable?

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_art

• http://britton.disted.camosun.bc.ca/goldslide/jbgoldslide.htm

• www.aisb.org.uk/aibites

• http://www.doc.gold.ac.uk/~mas01whl/themes/art.htm

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchamp