Who are the algorists

30Sep09

At the August 1995 SIGGRAPH show, Hébert participated in a panel discussion on “Art and Algorithms” with fellow artists and SIGGRAPH veterans Ken Musgrave and Roman Verostko. After the panel was over, the three hit on the idea of forming a group of like-minded algorithm-oriented artists. Hébert proposed the name “algorist,” and even wrote an algorithm to define an algorist:

if (creation && object of art && algorithm && one’s own algorithm) {

include * an algorist *
} elseif (!creation || !object of art || !algorithm || !one’s own algorithm) {
exclude * not an algorist *
}

source: http://www.apple.com/science/profiles/hebert/

 

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