From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!hou5f!ariel!houti!lime!burdvax!hdj
Newsgroups: net.graphics
Title: computer art and aesthetics
Article-I.D.: burdvax.518
Posted: Tue Feb  1 09:05:45 1983
Received: Wed Feb  2 04:49:25 1983


I would like to start a discussion of computer graphics as visual
art.  There is great potential in the use of CG for creating
art - why then is so much CG "art" crap?

I recommend checking out the 1982 Siggraph Art Show catalog.
Many of the images are impressive technically - some are not.
But little of it has any aesthetic sensibility - Joel Slayton's
work is an exception, as is Francis Olschafskie's.

My objective here is not to condemn, but to stimulate thought
and discussion.

About myself: I am a computer scientist, with strong interests
in computer graphics, user-interface design, logic programming,
and visual art.  I think a discussion on this topic is long overdue,
and I think the net is a great place (the only place?) to discuss it.

Let's get it on...


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