Editing Generative art (section)

=== Questions ===

The discourse around generative art can be characterized by the theoretical questions which motivate its development. McCormack et al. propose the following questions, shown with paraphrased summaries, as the most important:<ref name=McC>{{cite journal |last=McCormack |first=Jon |author2=Oliver Bown |author3=Alan Dorin |author4=Jonathan McCabe |author5=Gordon Monro |author6=Mitchell Whitelaw |title=Ten Questions Concerning Generative Computer Art |journal=Leonardo |url=http://diotima.infotech.monash.edu.au/~jonmc/sa/news/ten-questions-concerning-generative-computer-art/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121129225520/http://diotima.infotech.monash.edu.au/~jonmc/sa/news/ten-questions-concerning-generative-computer-art/ |archive-date=2012-11-29 |date=2012 }}</ref>

# Can a machine originate anything?  ''Related to [[machine intelligence]] - can a machine generate something new, meaningful, surprising and of value: a poem, an artwork, a useful idea, a solution to a long-standing problem?''<ref name=McC/>
# What is it like to be a computer that makes art?  ''If a computer could originate art, what would it be like from the computer's perspective?''<ref name=McC/>
# Can human aesthetics be formalized?<ref name=McC/>
# What new kinds of art does the computer enable?  ''Many generative artworks do not involve digital computers, but what does generative computer art bring that is new?''<ref name=McC/>
# In what sense is generative art representational, and what is it representing?<ref name=McC/>
# What is the role of randomness in generative art? ''For example, what does the use of randomness say about the place of intentionality in the making of art?''<ref name=McC/>
# What can computational generative art tell us about creativity? ''How could generative art give rise to artifacts and ideas that are new, surprising and valuable?''<ref name=McC/>
# What characterizes good generative art? ''How can we form a more critical understanding of generative art?''<ref name=McC/>
# What can we learn about art from generative art? ''For example, can the art world be considered a complex generative system involving many processes outside the direct control of artists, who are agents of production within a stratified global art market?''<ref name=McC/>
# What future developments would force us to rethink our answers?<ref name=McC/>

Another question is of postmodernism—are generative art systems the ultimate expression of the postmodern condition, or do they point to a new synthesis based on a complexity-inspired world-view?<ref>Galanter, Philip. [http://philipgalanter.com/downloads/complexism_chapter.pdf ''Complexism and the role of evolutionary art''] in "The art of artificial evolution : a handbook on evolutionary art and music", Springer</ref>