Ten Questions Concerning Generative Computer Art

Leonardo

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 135-141

  McCormack, Jon ^a   Bown, Oliver ^b   Dorin, Alan ^a   McCabe, Jonathan ^c   Monro, Gordon ^a   Whitelaw, Mitchell ^d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Clayton School of Information Technology Monash University ^*  (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

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EID: 84896466899     PISSN: 0024094X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/LEON_a_00533     Document Type: Article

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4. That is, generative art that uses a digital computer as the primary (but not necessarily solitary) mechanism for enacting the generative process specified by the artist.
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