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TERDISCIPLINARYCOMPUTERGRAPHICS FORMPUTERARTISTS.

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movement

Two, computer art istakenfromdevices, and is an intermediatestep be-ntment in art media. Photography ishemeansby which computer art output isto silkscreening, etching, and litho-phicsexplorationsusing overlays,

hromeacetates, photographiccombinations,rebut afewnewexperiments.

erewill beother explorations-theytable. And thesenewexperiments,inThreewill hein heuristicprogramming that

msareinteresting, but generallytheavesvery much to bedesired.Artifi-intelligencemaygivewayto aestheticin-nceand output! Andthisnewart will be

hich wecomefull circle: mathematics,e, integrated with art.

ANNE DEFINE ART?

measurableelementsof art. Seey, 1974 Qgmgnterg and People,"Computer Art:

wardsaMeasurableAnalysis",by theeditor.ossessessomeof thesequalities:n, which may beengendered by new

m other worlds other than art.

medium is sufficiently learned so thatreely expressthemselvesin varieties

of theimagination"isthemost im-ment of art, in which themind and eyedsynthesizetools, materials, ideas,periences.

sart movesthe

such atotal experience.

y near future, computer art willommon, accepted art form that manyoy and practice. Computer art

beimplanted in many useful,yday functionsaswell. It isoftena

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art hasstretched thecontinuum from staticart object to dynamictivedisplays, ..Isthe work of artt,thegenerating program or both?"HETICIDEATHE MACHINE PROCESS ANDSEARCHFORANAESTEETIC

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ear that aestheticsystemsde-veleadthecritic tothe.point wherecriteriacan onlybeapplied in ase-nd that means-end criteriabecomeary touchstonefor analysisandevalua-hcriteriaasutility, economy, effi-strumentality, conservation,etc.areconceived of asextra-aesthetic.ver, thecontinued application of formalistshrinking formsappearsillogical.

el depictstheprogression of thebject from material object to, anddemonstratesthecorrespond-

ia, Essentially thissetsupawhich accommodatesat oneextremetheeval-thesystemsartistsidea or concept.

methodsof phenomenological art cri-hiswould beseen ascommittingthein-allacyr It isargued by proponentsofhod, that theartist'sidea or conceptr beknown,and that criticism shouldonlyf, However, thesystems

erpart. Asystemsdesign methodnelaborateplan - onein whichgoals,vesandanticipated outcomesareclearlyptionswithin the system areclearlyted, andthe interaction of componentsisThesyst emsartist leaves"tracks"ut theplanning processin theform of, computer programs, andtesting re-onsequentlythereisdata onwhichthen processcan bedeterminedand evaluated.

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TUURINGEXHIBITIONOF COMPUTERS ANDTHE

alargeexhibition of invitational,ational computer art, containingover l5Uysi>< artistsand groups.It isted in theUnited Statesin honor of theniversary of COMPUTERS ANDTHE HUMANITIES,ournal that reportson theentiremputer applicationsin thehumani-

hen,QueensCollege, Flushing,NewYork.

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of Southern Californiain LosApril of l9`/5. Additional c0ordina~eparation of theexhibition was byrschmann of USC,in conjunction with

n.orksarequite large, and reflectnewtrend in computer art: onein whichthean intermediatedevice,and the

ulpture, painting, etching.lithography,wexamples.

uniquecharacteristicsof computer art.

Spain,a, France, Canada,theUnitedzil, Austria, Italy. Israel,

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rst"in computer art will bethest showing of the Henry Christiansenn, entitieu "cmnputersfor Peoplewho

Read but Loveto Look at Pictures."Dr,ansen, Professor of Civil Engineering at

Young University, will exhibit thirty-ed color photographsof continuous co-mageswhich areshaded drawings(ratherwings) of finiteelement systems.

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