My thoughts on the negative influence of intellectualism (i.e. obsession with techniques and concepts) on generative artwork:http://www.tylerlhobbs.com/writings/intellectualism-and-generative-art …
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This neatly connects knowledge with beauty, and explains a curious fact: the average of 100 faces is strikingly beautiful. Yet evolution trained us to seek fitness (e.g. strong muscles or wide hips). Beauty magazines do not show average bodies. So why should average faces work?
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Understanding a generative algorithm means in some way being able to run it in your head, having an internal model of what is easy vs hard. This is why demosceners look at demos with different eyes. But demoparties are not about techniques, they are about watching the results.
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So the demosceners communicate with each other just fine. It's just not a language that artists of traditional mediums are at all proficient in, having convinced themselves that algorithmic models and beauty should never meet.
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