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Generative art

Generative art is post-conceptual art that has been created (in whole or in part) with the use of an autonomous system. An autonomous system in this context is generally one that is non-human and can independently determine features of an artwork that would otherwise require decisions made directly by the artist. In some cases the human creator may claim…

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related to Further reading · 41
Generative art → Art, Brian Eno, Bruce, Cambridge, Computer Art, Computers, Data, Digital Age, Electronic Art, Epigenetic Painting, From Illusion, Generative, Genotype, History, Hudson, Humanity Documentary, III, Immersion, International Symposium, ISBN
related to Visual art · 27
Generative art → Algorists, Artists, Autopoiesis, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Ellsworth Kelly, François Morellet, Hans Haacke, Harold Cohen's AARON, He, In, Inc, Jean-Pierre Hebert, Joseph Nechvatal, Karl Sims, Ken Rinaldo, Michael Noll, Moiré, Roman Verostko, Scott Draves, Software
related to history · 20
Generative art → Artificial DNA, Bell Julesz, Ernest Edmonds, February, French, Frieder Nake, Generative, Generative Computergrafik, Georg Nees, Hungarian, Ken Knowlton, Manfred Mohr, Margaret Boden, Michael Noll, Molnar, Nees, The, This, Vera Molnár, While Nees
related to Margaret Boden and Ernest Edmonds · 15
Generative art → C-art, CA-art, CG-art, CI-art, D-art, Ele-art, Ernest Edmonds, Evo-art, G-art, I-art, In, Margaret Boden, R-art, They, VR-art
related to Philip Galanter · 13
Generative art → Abraham Moles, For, Galanter, He, Highly, In, Max Bense, Maximally, Murray Gell-Mann, Philip Galanter, Seth Lloyd's, Such, This
related to Questions · 10
Generative art → Can, For, How, If, In, Many, McCormack, Related, The, What
related to Blockchain · 9
Generative art → Art Blocks, Calderon, Erick, Ethereum, In, NFTs, One, Only, Snowfro
related to Live coding · 9
Generative art → As, Csound, Fluxus, Generative, Max/MSP, Pure Data, SuperCollider, This, TidalCycles
is a · 2
Generative art → idea realized as genetic code of artificial events, term given to work which stems from concentrating on the processes involved in producing an artwork

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Generative artis aidea realized as genetic code of artificial events0.90text
Generative artis aterm given to work which stems from concentrating on the processes involved in producing an artwork0.90text
Stable Diffusion is able to model the stylistic characteristics of an artist like Pablo Picassoinstance ofa generative image model0.80text
John Cageinstance ofcan be set up to generate entire compositions with limited human intervention.Composers0.80text
Farmers Manualinstance ofcan be set up to generate entire compositions with limited human intervention.Composers0.80text
and Brian Eno have used generative systems in their works.Visual artThe artist Ellsworth Kelly created paintings by using chance operations to assign colors in a gridinstance ofcan be set up to generate entire compositions with limited human intervention.Composers0.80text
Hans Haacke have explored processes of physicalinstance ofHe also created works on paper that he then cut into strips or squares and reassembled using chance operations to determine placement.Artists0.80text
social systems in artistic contextinstance ofHe also created works on paper that he then cut into strips or squares and reassembled using chance operations to determine placement.Artists0.80text
Tristan Tzarainstance ofEndless permutations could be considered a hallmark of generative design.LiteratureWriters0.80text
Brion Gysininstance ofEndless permutations could be considered a hallmark of generative design.LiteratureWriters0.80text
and William Burroughs used the cut-up technique to introduce randomization to literature as a generative systeminstance ofEndless permutations could be considered a hallmark of generative design.LiteratureWriters0.80text
Csoundinstance offor example by using interactive programming environments0.80text

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