What is generative art?
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Boden, M.A., Edmonds, E.A.: What is generative art? Digital Creativity 20(1-2), 21–46 (2009).
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14626260902867915
Abstract
There are various forms of what’s sometimes called generative art, or computer art. This paper distinguishes the major categories, and asks whether the appropriate aesthetic criteria--and the locus of creativity--are the same in each case.
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