Reading 2

Broad, Terence, Frederic Fol Leymarie, and Mick Grierson. 2020. “Amplifying the Uncanny.” xCoAx, 8^th Conference on Computation, Communication, Aesthetics & X. Porto: 33-43.

Write your reflections in a short essay, around 250 words.
Make a spontaneous but thoughtful response about the text’s themes, relevance, style and other aspects you find interesting.
No images, links or other references are required, but are welcome.
Use this experience as a warm-up for the main reading assignment.

Post it to the OSS Research category by Week 6 (17 Sep).

Reading 3

Select one of these texts:

Boden, Margaret and Ernest Edmonds. 2009. “What is Generative Art.” Digital Creativity, 20, No. 1-2: 21-46.

Dorin, Alan, Jonathan McCabe, Jon McCormack, Gordon Monro and Mitchell Whitelaw. 2012. “A Framework for Understanding Generative Art.” Digital Creativity, 23, No. 3-4: 239–259.

Galanter, Philip. 2016. “Generative Art Theory.” In A Companion to Digital Art, edited by Christiane Paul. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: 146-180.

Whitelaw, Mitchell. 2006. “System Stories and Model Worlds: A Critical Approach to Generative Art.” in Readme 100: Temporary Software Art Factory. Norderstedt: BoD.

Read it and do the research about its topics and broader context it addresses.
Relate the themes to generative art sketch you are developing, and to your creative work and interests.
Wrap it all up in a two-page essay, about 1000 words.
Include images, videos, links and other references.

Post it to the OSS Research category, and prepare for live presentation to the class by Week 11 (29 Oct).