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Art, Chance and Algorithm

Remko Scha

Course at the University of Amsterdam, Department of Computational Linguistics, Fall 1992.


"Die künftige Welt ist das vernünftige Chaos."                       
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READINGS:


George Brecht: Chance-Imagery. New York: Something Else Press, 1957/1966.

John Cage: Extract from "A year from Monday". In: Jasia Reichardt (ed.): Cybernetic Serendipity. The Computer and the Arts. Special issue of Studio International, 1968.

John Cage and George Brecht: Variations III. 1963/1982.

François Morellet: "Pour une peinture expérimentale programmée." (1962) In Exhibition Catalogue François Morellet, Nationalgalerie Berlin, 1977.

François Morellet: "Du spectateur au spectateur ou l'art de déballer son pique-nique." (1971) In Exhibition Catalogue François Morellet, Nationalgalerie Berlin, 1977.

François Morellet: "Avertissement." (1972) In Exhibition Catalogue François Morellet, Nationalgalerie Berlin, 1977.

Gottfried Boehm: "Zur Analyse eines künstlerischen Prolems bei F. Morellet." In Exhibition Catalogue François Morellet, Nationalgalerie Berlin, 1977.

Herman de Vries: "Random Objectivations." In: Revue Nul=0, 2 (1963), pp. 34-35. [Reprinted in: Herman de Vries, Werken 1954 - 1980, Exhibition Catalogue Groninger Museum, 1980.]

Dick Higgins: Computers for the Arts. Somerville, Mass.: Abyss Publications, 1968/1970. [Including "Hank and Mary" by Dick Higgins, and "Proposition No. 2 for Emmett Williams" by Alison Knowles.]

Harold Cohen: "What is an Image?" Proceedings International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Tokyo, 1979, pp. 1028 - 1057.

Harold Cohen: "How to Draw Three People in a Botanical Garden."

Harold Cohen: "The Computability of Art." Ms., 1991.

Anton Eliëns: "Computational Art." Leonardo, Electronic Art Supplemental Issue, 1988, pp. 21–25.

Richard Wright: "Some Issues in the Development of Computer Art as a Mathematical Art Form." Leonardo, Electronic Art Supplemental Issue, 1988, pp. 103 - 110.

Remko Scha: "Artificial Art"
Informatie en Informatiebeleid 6, 4 (1988), pp. 73-80. [Reprinted in Zeezucht 4 (1991), pp. 29-34.]

Remko Scha: "Computer/Art/Photography." Perspektief 37 (1989), pp. 4-10.

Remko Scha: "Towards an Architecture of Chance." Ms., 1992. [Published in: Hans Konstapel, Gerard Rijntjes and Eric Vreedenburgh (eds.): De Onvermijdelijke Culturele Revolutie. (Den Haag: Stichting Maatschappij en Onderneming, 1998), pp. 105-114.]


Huge Harry: "On the Role of Machines and Human Persons in the Art of the Future." Pose 8 (September 1992), pp. 30-35.

Remko Scha: "The Artificial Artist." Natuur en Techniek 60, 7 (July 1992), pp. 526-539. [In Dutch.]