Jan. 23, 2013, 7:27 a.m.
Generative Art Definition
http://www.soban-art.com/definitions.asp
Generative Art: Process by which a computer creates unique works from fixed parameters defined by the artist. The result can range from an engaging screensaver to a jazz solo to a lush virtual world. The visual application of generative art is newer, however. In the mid-1970s British abstract painter Harold Cohen plugged in his palette and designed AARON, a computer artist that produces original work. Since then, generative techniques have been used to grow artificial life based on genetic algorithms and massively complex virtual worlds that take infinitely longer than seven days to create by hand. But whatever the output, there is always a human behind the high tech curtain. "The computer is actually generating the art in partnership with the artist/programmer, who defines the fields of possibilities," says Holtzman, who has been experimenting with generative music for more than 20 years. "People live with this romantic notion that an artist gets struck with a thunderbolt of inspiration and runs to the piano or canvas and expresses an idea. The reality is that art has a formal underpinning, and computers are a perfect tool because they're perfect for manipulating formal structure."
<< Back
