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> This is like someone having the scepter of an Egyptian king The point of a scepter is that you can wave it around in front of your subjects, not leave it in
by roywiggins 11y ago
> This is like someone having the scepter of an Egyptian king
The point of a scepter is that you can wave it around in front of your subjects, not leave it in a vault somewhere all the time. It's more like the actual grave goods the Egyptian kings were buried with, maybe.
> Sol LeWitt is an unusual artist in that he rarely painted, drew, or sculpted the art you see by him. Instead, he wrote out instructions for artwork, and then left it to “constructors”—often art students, museum curators, or others, to do the actual work of fabrication. LeWitt liked to be a recipe writer, not a chef.
So. Algorithmic art, except executed by humans instead of the traditional computer. "calculate z_{n+1} = z_n²+1 for each point repeatedly; color it black if it converges..."
- keithpeter 11y agoI think you would need some randomisation in there to simulate a Sol LeWitt. The Mandelbroit set is (very) complex but deterministic.
- dagw 11y agoWhat makes LeWitt interesting is the ambiguity in his instructions. Give the instructions to 100 different groups and you'll get 100 different works with no way of knowing which, if any, match what LeWitt had in mind. "calculate z_{n+1} = z_n²+1..." on the other hand will always give the same result no matter who implements it.