Harold Cohen, a painter who had represented Great Britain in the
Venice Biennale in 1968, began code generated art just afterwards,
when he took a sabbatical at UC San Diego (where he actually spent
the rest of his teaching career). His program, AARON, is still
producing. I have works from about 1983, to a piece I bought two
years ago. I published a book about his work in 1990, called "Aaron's
Code," which is now out of print.
People in computing seem to be more ahistorical than people in other
fields, is my impression. If so, perhaps it's because the means of
production (sorry to sound so Marxist there) have changed so
radically so quickly. But Cohen's work was sophisticated as art even
when the tools were not. The work was seriously reviewed in the NY
Times and he had many solo shows in distinguished galleries. These
days, AARON can certainly do things it couldn't do originally. But
it's still code-generated, and that code has been written, line by
line, by Cohen himself.
On Aug 22, 2009, at 10:13 PM, Victoria Hughes wrote:
45 Amazing Examples of Code Generated and 3D CG Artworks |
Inspiration | Smashing Magazine
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