Generative: the art that makes itself.

Michael Hansmeyer, “Subdivided Column,” 2010. Photo ©2014 Aaron Muszalski. License: CC BY 2.0.

“With a generative piece, you set a machine going and it makes itself…the act of listening is the act of composing.” —Brian Eno, describing generative music.

Generative art is not so much an art movement as a creative approach.

RT @arch2O: Digital Grotesque | Michael Hansmeyer and Dylan Dillenburger pic.twitter.com/eqfcAZFg5h

— Desk of L. Riding (@leanneriding) May 27, 2014

The project that I just tweeted is a room designed by algorithms, then 3D printed using sand at a resolution of 1/10 of a millimetre 8-|

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“Generative art is as old as art” ~Philip Galanter http://t.co/ugtdFzLSgw

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When the algorithm interacts with us, do we become part of it?

Madeline Gannon, “Collar 1 – Front collar piece 3D printed via SLS out of nylon.” Photo ©2014 Jake Marsico. License: CC BY-NC 2.0.

“Chronomorphology—like its nineteenth-century counterpart chronophotography—is a composite recording of an object’s movement. Instead of a photograph, however, the recording medium here is a full three-dimensional model of the object—a virtual creature simulated within a digital environment.” —Madeline Gannon.

Some works allow human beings to generate art using their bodies.

Tomás Saraceno, “Cloud City, Metropolitan Museum of Art.” Photo ©2012 Garrett Ziegler. License: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

The adventure of allowing the process to determine the result.

Of course, generative art does not equal awesome 100% of the time.

WOW! “Fascinated by the endless oscillation of the mind.” Igraine Cosette, Dysplastic Incident of Innocence, 2014. pic.twitter.com/DS4NMnuPow

— Desk of L. Riding (@leanneriding) May 27, 2014

I’m kidding.

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Experimental curation by algorithm.

An Algorithm Is A Curator At The Sept. 11 Museum http://t.co/HmoK05quge #musetech #museums

— MuseumNext (@MuseumNext) July 27, 2014

Röyksopp & Robyn "Monument" (Music Video) via The Creator’s Project.