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A more accurate title for this essay would be “The Aesthetics of Intelligent Systems-Them and Us,” since the term “intelligent systems” refers not only to ourselves but also, or more precisely, to our computer environments. Although the art of the future could take any one of a number of directions, it seems to me that, with the steady evolution of information-processing techniques in our society, an increasing amount of thought will be given to the aesthetic relationship between our-selves and our computer environments-whether or not this relationship will eventually fall into the scope of the fine arts.
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The Aesthetics of Intelligent Systems (1969), by Jack W. Burnham

aesthetics, art history, computer, metaworks, theory
Friday, April 8th, 2011