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It definitely sounds like hype not reproducibility! And although I'm a giant fan of Eno I really think the current cutting-edge is in the demoscene in terms of

It definitely sounds like hype not reproducibility! And although I'm a giant fan of Eno I really think the current cutting-edge is in the demoscene in terms of generative art..

defrost 3y ago
I'd have to see it to make any coherent comment .. but there is that word "Documentary". Demoscene generative art is not often mistaken or confused with documentary. Cutting edge is always interesting, this though is (or should be) a homage to what was once cutting edge .. literal tape loops and razors and the evolution forward. I'm imagining there's a lot of audio and or text and or video that relates to Eno's life (biography) and artistic output (some structured, some generative). To describe this experience as a generative documentary would imply cutting together pre existing "truthful" material along with some generated for the first time material with a healthy dash of reordering fragments while (ideally) preserving some notion of chronological tagging ( material from later in his life can appear first but ideally (IMHO) this is made apparent to the viewer ). Speculation aside I'm in the dark, of course, I can't dash off to the Sundance Festival to actually experience whatever this creation is .. several times in fact if I'm to get a sense of what is meant by "never the same experience twice".
- arketyp 3y ago
  One can expect minimal generative content for reasons already mentioned in the article. It wouldn't be too surprising if in practice they only have the one reel playing at these festivals. I don't think experiencing the generative or the stochastic in a concrete comparative sense is necessarily the point. It's there to keep you cognizant of and become immersed in a creative process in line with Eno's philosophy. Kind of gimmicky, but passable as a conceptual art move.
sleepybrett 3y ago
it isn't. There are tons of artists that have been, for many years, working outside of the demoscene producing breathtaking work. Demoscene is more focused on realitime optimization.

It definitely sounds like hype not reproducibility! And although I'm a giant fan of Eno I really think the current cutting-edge is in the demoscene in terms of generative art..

defrost 3y ago

I'd have to see it to make any coherent comment .. but there is that word "Documentary". Demoscene generative art is not often mistaken or confused with documentary. Cutting edge is always interesting, this though is (or should be) a homage to what was once cutting edge .. literal tape loops and razors and the evolution forward. I'm imagining there's a lot of audio and or text and or video that relates to Eno's life (biography) and artistic output (some structured, some generative). To describe this experience as a generative documentary would imply cutting together pre existing "truthful" material along with some generated for the first time material with a healthy dash of reordering fragments while (ideally) preserving some notion of chronological tagging ( material from later in his life can appear first but ideally (IMHO) this is made apparent to the viewer ). Speculation aside I'm in the dark, of course, I can't dash off to the Sundance Festival to actually experience whatever this creation is .. several times in fact if I'm to get a sense of what is meant by "never the same experience twice".

arketyp 3y ago
One can expect minimal generative content for reasons already mentioned in the article. It wouldn't be too surprising if in practice they only have the one reel playing at these festivals. I don't think experiencing the generative or the stochastic in a concrete comparative sense is necessarily the point. It's there to keep you cognizant of and become immersed in a creative process in line with Eno's philosophy. Kind of gimmicky, but passable as a conceptual art move.

sleepybrett 3y ago

it isn't. There are tons of artists that have been, for many years, working outside of the demoscene producing breathtaking work. Demoscene is more focused on realitime optimization.