[eu-gene] Re: Generative or not?

[aslemeur]

ahhh ! I have been waiting for this answer or controverse !
shortly, and because I wouldn't have the time to answer better until sunday
or monday

You don't explain me the difference between Savant and Sheep
I just would like to appreciate them as you do...

but no, you - sorry I can look at a nude figure/naked body for hours
or even at an abstract painting for hours

How long do you look at the spore images ?

best
anne sarah
(any other girls here ?)
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Hart" <dahart at gmail.com>
To: "generative art" <eu-gene at generative.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 12:30 AM
Subject: Re: [eu-gene] Re: Generative or not?


> > > interesting choice, why imagesavant?
> > > what about the electric sheep ?
> > good point !...
> >
> > aren't they the same ?
> > same process ?
> > same result ?
>
> This is a bit of a tangent, but no, electric sheep and imagesavant are
> not the same.  They have some similarities, but they are also quite
> distinctly different, both in process and result.  It might help to
> learn a bit about those differences before asserting that they are not
> employing artistic choices.
>
>
> > using flock of bird (particle)
> > transparency and light (spiritual ?)
> > most of the time symetrical shapes (spiritual too ?)
> > same colors ?
> > same precision of detail
> > same black background ?
>
> These are quite trivial and symptomatic 'similarities' of two
> different people who make art.  Lots of people using lots of different
> media have used 'transparency and light' with symmetry and color on a
> black background.
>
>
> > Where/what are the artistic choices ? where is the freedom of the artist
?
> > What does an image express that the other one wouldn't have expressed ?
>
> What if we compared Ansel Adams and Frederick Ferdinand Schafer?  They
> have the same grey rocks, the same red trees with green leaves.  The
> same blue skies and white clouds.  Where are the artistic freedoms
> there?  Are they also the same, and too systematic in your view?  What
> about Degas and Manet?  Rembrandt and da Vinci?  If you've seen one
> nude figure drawing you've seen them all.
>
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