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What seems to be missed in the comments thus far, is that rather than use programming to generate art, it seems to me that programming itself is an artistic med
by Enginerrrd 5y ago
What seems to be missed in the comments thus far, is that rather than use programming to generate art, it seems to me that programming itself is an artistic media.
Think of that kind of old school hacker spirit of doing things like making koans or incredibly short but capable programs, or using and abusing some deep hardware or compiler details to turn a bug into something useful. Some of those things are mind-blowingly clever made by virtuosos of code. In those cases, the program itself is the art. It'd be cool to see an exhibit of such things.
- jonahbenton 5y agoYeah, +1, though tech is so parochial l, so much of this would require SO much context to communicate problem and solution domain clearly and concisely. But I always thought a great example for an exhibit would be Duff's Device- specifically Tom's email was a masterwork.
- raisedbyninjas 5y agoThe demo scene falls into this description.
- rep_movsd 5y agocome to dwitter.net
- nesarkvechnep 5y agoProgramming is a creative process but as opposed to art it’s goal is not to fuel emotions but to convey solutions to problems as clear as possible.
- thegrimmest 5y agoThere are many programs and programming languages designed primarily to elicit an emotional response, particularly from other programmers. I don't think this invalidates the thesis that programs themselves can be works of art.