The computers are integral part of our
lives in practically all facets. And now, when more and more imagery
is being produced by them, should we consider them as Art? I am an
artist, who aims to work mainly by using nature's contrasting forces
(yin and yang) to create a balanced and harmonious work,
through my sumi-e paintings or drawings. I often wonder if the
computers can produce images with the intricate aesthetic
expression, that it is expected from a fine artwork . Could a
computer create....... a sumi-e painting?
It brings us back to trying to define
Art, something that I don't believe can be truly done. Maybe it is
possible to give some description, or a thoughts towards a way of
understanding it, but truly defining it?...
One would need to understand what
contributes to creating art maybe. We have to realize that if there
were no humans, then there would be no art. It is the humans
that consider/label anything as Art, no matter how, or by whom it is
created, including the computer generated images. That sense of
aesthetics is unique only to us, humans.
I think that the computer is another
tool for an artist's expression, like a brush or a canvas. There is
always a human/programmer behind the computer, feeding it with some
parameters, to comply with human sensibilities. Besides, computers
are made by using the brain as a model. There is more to being human
though, than the brain, don't you agree?
I believe that art appreciation comes
from somewhere beyond the mind. The more we try to use our logic in
understanding it, the more we lose it. There is an ingredient in
being human that is beyond rational, therefore beyond the computers,
and it is that ingredient that decides what Art and for that
matter... Love is...
Can Love be programmed?....
Well, this is one way of looking at it.
In my next post, I will try to see from the opposite side...After all, I
must have learned something from Tao Te Ching :)
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