Jan. 23, 2013, 4:12 a.m.
Generative Art Definition
http://www.soban-art.com/definitions.asp
enerative art is a contested term but for my purposes refers to artwork that is broadly rule-based, a further understanding of which has been informed by the co-curation of touring exhibition Generator (with Spacex Gallery, UK). The exhibition title generator describes the person, operating system or things that generates the artwork, sh9ifting attention to the interaction not separation of these productive processes. Significantly, once the rules have been set, the process of production is unsupervised, and appears self-organising, though only if knowledge of other aspects is suspended. As a result, although generative art might appear autonomous and out of control, my argument is that control is exerted through a complex and collaborative interrelation of producer/s, hardware and software. The relations of production within generative artwork are thus seen to be decidedly complex (its operations not open-ended or closed, as complexity theory and dialectics would verify). Like the programmer, the code that lies behind a generative artwork remains relatively hidden and consequently difficult to interpret. (Geoff Cox)
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