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I think it's a little silly to ask "but is it _really_ art?" To me, it feels like it's no less art than photography. Photographers don't create the world they'r
by scyclow 5y ago
I think it's a little silly to ask "but is it _really_ art?" To me, it feels like it's no less art than photography. Photographers don't create the world they're photographing, but they engage in an incredibly high level of curation to show the viewer something unique.
At the end of the day, anyone who looks at this and enjoys it doesn't really care if it's _really_ art. But they'll get bored with it eventually as they start to notice little similarities. That is, until they find a set of pieces generated by someone else's prompts which, for some reason, feel fundamentally different. At that point I think the "it's not art" argument starts breaking down.
- hypertele-Xii 5y agoI've made generative art and it involves studying the algorithms, guessing what inputs might produce good output, and generating hundreds of tests and samples, almost all of which are discarded without value. It takes time and skill to predict what'll work, and touch up the result to something presentable. It's funny the linked article mentions "planet ruled by little castles" specifically because I've also made those [1] using generative methods, though in this case style transfer rather than language visualization. [1] https://hypertele.fi/32c6f4c835b5e790 https://hypertele.fi/32c6f4c835b5e790
- scyclow 5y agoInteresting! I've also been doing a bunch of generative art recently. That description almost reminds me of this artblocks project https://artblocks.io/project/31 https://artblocks.io/project/31