[-empyre-] Julian Oliver: Resolution for Digital Futures

[yann le guennec]

 >> The question is whether we agree (or disagree) that
>> there is something particular about an art that employs computation as
>> fundamental to its raison d¹etre (by which I mean the process of computation
>> is the art ­ not any secondary artefact associated with it).

it makes me think of F.Morellet, using algorithms to compose some paintings:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Morellet
http://cf.hum.uva.nl/computerlinguistiek/scha/IAAA/rs/courses/art92.html

> i agree with this in essence. sadly though a huge proportion of audiences,
> archivists and curators have no idea how any of this stuff works: 

Do they have any idea about how stones, the sea and the wind are 
working? ;-)
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Goldsworthy )

Most of problematics arising from so called 'digital art' are also 
present in contemporary art (preservation for example), and often with a 
more acurate view from artists not necessarily involving computers.


Best regards,

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Yann Le Guennec
http://www.yannleguennec.com