Part One: Theory of Processing and Computational Art
Chapter 1: Code Artalgorithmic beauty
an apparant mathematical pattern
intuitive math
a common visual algorithmic literacy
randomization
Casey Reas
Ben Fry
John Maeda
computation; the procedure of calculating; determining something mathemetical or logical methods
The technical innocations of the day most often coincide with parallel developments in aesthetics. Early astrological and calendar systems, across many clultures, combined observed empirical data with richly expressive, mythological narratives as a way of interpreting and ultimately preserving and disseminating the data.
complex algorithmic patterns based upon mathemtatical principles
Qualitative notions of aesthetic beauty are combined with analytical systems for structuring visual data.
Giorgio Vasari
Filippo Brunelleschi
Piero della Francesca
Albert Du''rer
Leonardo da Vinci
Design by Numbers
The core expressive element of computing is at the lower level of computation, most accesible through direct programming.
Computer art history
Egyptian
Ahmes Papyrus
Babylonian Salamis tablet (counting board)
Roman hand abacus
suan pan (Chinese abacus)
John Napier - logarithms
Edmund Gunter - pickett circular slide rule
Charles BabbageAda LovelaceAnalytical Engine
Konrad Zuse -
Z1John Atanasoff - Mark 1
ENIAC
UNIVACGrace M. Hopper
The higher-level symbolic abstraction, nearer to our natural language, allows the coder to think more naturally and thus gain programming literacy more easily.
Jasia Reichardt
[The Computer in Art]There were times in history when scientists, artists, philosophers, engineers, and so forth were all seen as integrated creative practitioners - not divided solely by their perceived utilitarian value in the marketplace.
Admiral HopperMary Flanagan http://maryflanagan.comRAPUNSEL project http://mrl.nyu.edu/rapunselCode artists
Ben Laposky
www.dam.org/laposky/index.htmwww.atariarchives.org/artist/sec6.php William Fetter coined first the term “computer graphics”.
“oscillons” waveforms
analog computer
John Whitney Sr.
www.siggraph.org/artdesign/profile/whitney/nowhitney.htmlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Whitney_(animator) the title sequence for Hitchcock's Vertigo
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“harmonic progression”
Herbert W. Franke
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_W._Frankewww.dam.org/franke/index.htmwww.zi.biologie.uni-muenchen.de/~franke/ speleology (the scientific study of caves)
Ars Electronica Festival
[Animation with Mathematica]
Lillian Schwartz
www.lillian.com Proxina Centauri, a kinetic sculpture
1968 Machine Exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), New York
Computerworld Smithsonian awards
[The Computer Artist's Handbook]
Harold Cohen
www.kurzweilcyberart.com/aaron/hi_cohenbio.htmlwww.viewingspace.com/genetics_culture/pages_genetics_culture/gc_w05/cohen_h.htmhttp://grandtextauto.gatech.edu/2003/06/17/harold-cohen-on-artist-programmers/
artificial intelligence
AARON
Ray Kurzweil
www.kurzweilcyberart.comRoman Verostko
www.verostko.com Gyorgy Kepes Hodos
Jean-Pierre He'bert
Ken Musgrave
"Algorists"
George Legardy
www.georgelegrady.com Pockets Full of MemoriesMark Napier
http://potatoland.org Shredder Digital Landfall Feed riot
John F. Simon Jr.
http://numeral.com art appliances
Plexiglas
John Maeda
www.maedastudio.comwww.media.mit.edu/people/bio_maeda.htmlhttp://weblogs.media.mit.edu/SIMPLICITY/ E. Rudge
Nancy Allen
Aesthetics + Computation Group at MIT
Muriel Cooper
Ron MacNeil
Physical Language WorkshopMary Flanagan
www.tiltfactor.org The Adventures of Josie True The RAPUNSEL project: a multiuser 3D game to teach middle school girls computer programming
Art Journal Wide Angle Intelligent Agent Convergence Culture MachineCasey Reas
http://reas.com the relationship between conceptual art and software art
Jared Tarbell of Levitated
Robert Hodgin of
Flight 404 William Ngan of
Metaphorical.net {Software} StructuresJared Tarbell
http://levitated.nethttp://complexification.netBen Fry
http://benfry.com Altair 8800 Computational Information Design
ValenceCharles Csuri
http://old.siggraph.org/artdesign/profile/csuri/Joshua Davis
www.joshuadavis.comAndy Deck
http://artcontext.orgAmy Franceschini
www.futurefarmers.comKen Goldberg
http://ieor.berkeley.edu/~goldberg/index-flash.htmlJean-Pierre He'bert
http://hebert.kitp.ucsb.edu/http://jeanpierrehebert.com/John Klima
www.cityarts.com/Mario Klingemann
http://www.quasimondo.com/Ruth Leavitt
http://dam.org/leavitt/index.htmGolan Levin
www.flong.com/Manfred Mohr
www.emohr.com/Colin Moock
www.moock.org/Ken Musgrave
www.kenmusgrave.com/Yugo Nakamura
http://yugop.com/William Ngan
http://metaphorical.net/Josh Nimoy
www.jtnimoy.net/Josh On
www.futurefarmers.com/josh/Robert Penner
www.robertpenner.com/Ken Perlin
http://mrl.nyu.edu/~perlin/Keith Peters
http://bit-101.com/Amit Pitaru
http://pitaru.com/Paul Prudence
www.transphormetic.com/Daniel Rozin
http://smoothware.com/danny/Karsten Schmidt
http://toxi.co.uk/Manny Tan
www.uncontrol.com/Martin Wattenberg
www.bewitched.com/Marius Watz
http://unlekker.net/Mark Wilson
http://mgwilson.com/code-helper
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