[eu-gene] "There must be no generative, procedural or computational art"

[isjtar]

Hi,

Thanks for the link. I replied on your website.
To note though is that my reply comes from a European point of view, so there are obvious differences in funding etc.

All the best,

Isjtar


On 02 Jan 2012, at 00:26, Jane Barnard-Smith wrote:

> Alex
> This is actually part of a wider problem of financing Art, which is either by capital or by the state. Both in fact seek to exert control over artistic production for their own ends. In a sense it is all propaganda.
> That said, generative art, being at an inaugural stage, is still largely formalist. This is to be expected, I think, right now. The problem for us all is to to move on. One way is to explore and contest  the relationship between artwork and viewer, whereby the onlooker is in a position of passivity. An essential requirement for all propaganda.
> 
> With best wishes
> 
> Jane
> 
> Jane Barnard-Smith
> 
> 
> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I thought some here might be interested in "There must be no
>> generative, procedural or computational art" and maybe have some
>> interesting responses:
>> http://yaxu.org/there-must-be-no-generative-procedural-or-computational-art/
>> 
>> cheers
>> 
>> alex
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