[eu-gene] Generative Art Book (& opportunity)

[alice]

darn.
sorry all.
its late !

alice

On 16 Mar 2010, at 10:17, matt zb wrote:

>
> Addendum: in case I didn't make it obvious - it's a book, so I can  
> only use
> STILL images.
>
> And it is the process behind the work that is the interesting bit  
> (in this
> context anyway) - not just the finished image.
>
> Cheers :)
>
>
> On 15/3/10 12:17, "matt zb" <bnm at zenbullets.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> This is something I should perhaps have announced on this list a  
>> while ago,
>> but it's difficult to be 100% sure when dealing with publishers - I  
>> have a
>> book on Generative Art in the works, due to be published this summer.
>>
>> I am using Processing as the tool, and the main thrust of the book,  
>> my
>> intention anyway, is to make Generative Art something that is both
>> accessible and fun. I believe that the artistic potential of  
>> creative coding
>> is barely off the ground yet. It is still stifled by being too  
>> exclusive a
>> skill, the main work being done by a rare subset of talented  
>> individuals who
>> have an aesthetic sensibility intersecting with hardcore coding  
>> skills.
>>
>> Generative Art is only really going to get interesting once it is  
>> more
>> widely practised, once the programming can become more intuitive and
>> naturalistic, and less of a barrier. If my book makes even a small  
>> step in
>> this direction I will consider it a success.
>>
>> There is more info on my blog if you want it:
>> http://zenbullets.com/blog/?cat=40
>>
>> Anyway, the reason for posting at this time is that it has struck  
>> me that
>> after 300 pages or so readers might be getting sick of the sound of  
>> my
>> voice/arrangement of my pixels. The publishers have allowed me a 16  
>> page
>> full colour "gallery" section, which was going to be filled with my  
>> work.
>> But I was toying with the idea of instead using it to feature the  
>> work of
>> other Generative Artists (of which I know there are many on this  
>> list).
>>
>> There are the obvious big names I would love to have involved, but  
>> I also
>> thought it might be interesting to put it out to the new talent  
>> too. The
>> work is intended to inspire, not make the reader despair that they  
>> could
>> never do anything worthwhile, so the main requirement is  
>> interestingness
>> rather than prowess. And open-sourced code of course.
>>
>> If anyone is interested in sharing their work in this way (at  
>> 300dpi),
>> please get in touch (offlist). I'll state up front that there is no  
>> money in
>> it - the amount I'll be earning per copy is a pittance, and that's  
>> for
>> writing a whole book. But the rewards are what you can make of them.
>>
>> Would be cool to hear from some of you.
>>
>> Cheers.
>>
>>
>> Matt Pearson
>> http://zenbullets.com
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> -- 
> '"generative" is where you lose control of a machine which does  
> exactly
> what you tell it.'
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