intro: two starting points
theories of beauty
Laszlo Moholy-Nagy: EM 2 (Telephone Picture), 1923.
![Laszlo Moholy-Nagy's "EM 2 (Telephone Picture)", 1923.](http://www.joostrekveld.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/100-494x331.jpg)
a brief survey of approaches and algorithms
composition systems
information theory
shape grammars
L-systems
special effects industry: boids (reynolds 1987), particle systems (reeves 1983)
artificial life
evolutionary algorithms
deep learning
![An example of an L-system.](http://www.joostrekveld.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/232-494x370.jpg)
![The first particle system as used in Star Trek.](http://www.joostrekveld.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/242-494x376.jpg)
![Evolutionary Algorithms by Karl Sims.](http://www.joostrekveld.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/252-494x383.jpg)
![An example of artificial life: Thomas Ray's "Tierra".](http://www.joostrekveld.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/254-494x382.jpg)
tools
processing, jitter, vvvv, etc.
a selection of generative art pioneers
Harold Cohen – Aaron
![Harold Cohen and Aaron.](http://www.joostrekveld.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/320-494x324.jpg)
Vera Molnar
![Vera Molnar](http://www.joostrekveld.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/330-494x370.jpg)
Manfred Mohr
![P-1632 by Manfred Mohr.](http://www.joostrekveld.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/367-494x301.jpg)
examples of recent approaches
LIA
Patrick Tresset – Paul
Driessens en Verstappen
![An early version of 'Evolver' by Driessens en Verstappen.](http://www.joostrekveld.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/423-494x395.jpg)
Jonas Lund – Fear of Missing Out
![A procedurally generated contemporary art work by Jonas Lund.](http://www.joostrekveld.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/450-494x328.jpg)
moral
more interested in process / series than in individual works
get rid of prejudices / taste / personal limits through procedures
make process more explicit and exterior: reflect on making
can machines be creative ? who cares ?