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... Herb Jellinek (:-) SDC (a Burroughs Company) R&D burdvax!hdj 215-648-7456