The whole idea of generative art forms brings to mind Eric Drexler's book about molecular engineering in nanotechnology where you can "grow" matter and assign them to be specific objects. You define the parameters and then cultivate the soil and water the seeds.
[As I recall, biology was a popular metaphor in the late 90s, and people were using it to describe what the internet was--it was the seed of a new way of looking at the world.]
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3/29/2000
The web and TV should be integrated and superimposed so that it's not TV or web. [This is YouTube essentially] 3/29/2010 Female suicide bombers attack Moscow subway. Apparently, they often do it in honor not of deity but in deference to their martyred Chechen husbands. The bloodiest battles arise from tribal loyalties against the subjugators. Source entry:
3/24/2003 Watching the war has become so tiring, and you become very suspicious that you're being lied to. Just the rhythm of the words: 3/21/1817, Friday (Halifax)
Anne Lister diary: A cold frosty day. Played flute for a half hour. 3/21/2001 Piece on NPR about Paul Horn's new solo flute disc recorded in the Taj Mahal. 3/21/2014, Friday Frosty Lite: 3/20/2003
Worldwide war protests—China, Tokyo, Australia, Paris, London. "An imposed democracy is a dictatorship". 3/20/2006 Bush: "The media is being too negative about progress in Iraq". Images from the 3/2003 rally: Here is an experiment using just the diary entries from a particular day--in this case, today, March 16. First I go through the entries sequentially and extract words and phrases that are musical and begin to form verses and choruses. The "from time to time" line became a repeating phrase, perhaps sung as a background voice, or sung antiphonally. Then I choose other lines based on the established groove. You can play around with the order, and eventually, it begins to gather meaning. Once you have the song structure, you can swap out lines with other words; you don't ultimately have to use the original text at all. You can also use ChatGPT to find other words and phrases to complete the lyric. In essence what you're doing is using your own algorithm for writing lyrics and songs, which to me is more interesting and satisfying.
From Time To Time Sometimes I try To map out the sequence of the on-screen portrayal of reality We are suffused in the space of the past Cloud travel encourages discovery Original order of extracted lines with the same rhythms in the words: i t was designed to map out the sequence of the on-screen portrayal of reality encourages discovery To Garfield Park The boundary of the tropical and a Chicago March critical mass and begins to decline we are also suffused in the space of the past from time to time A generative treatment run against the loop sometimes I try Cloud Travel Japanese Emperor makes a rare appearance. The world must be ending the power of nature always wins settle the score Stadium Tower in New Orleans zipping past the windows 3/14/2001
Reading Serious Play by Michael Schrage. It was cheap and ubiquitous spreadsheet software that led to the notion that you can play and model endlessly. 20 years later, we are drowning in those sentiments, i.e. too many options and not enough real life impact of any import. Amateur CAD signifies a growing democratization of design. "Design experiences" are more important than the actual design objects. I 3/14/2006 Article in New York Times about the "black hole" of digital art. If the object itself and its intended context (print, recording, installation) are not preserved, cataloged, and kept active in future generations [it is lost forever]. It also talked about the "3D" effect of art, i.e. its ability to be experienced beyond its digital nature. |
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