I believe that successful #generativeArt collectors will be the ones who understand the history of computer art 🤓 Here are some good reads / coffee table conversation starters to get you started. A thread 🧵 Image
When the Machine Made Art "The Troubled History of Computer Art", by Grant D. Taylor. This one in particular is a must read! No pretty pictures but tons of fascinating historical context. Image
Code as Creative Medium, by @tegabrain and @golan is meant for teachers and students but will be a great reference to the savvy collector too 🧐 ImageImageImage
Generative Design, by Benedikt Groß (@bndktgrs), Hartmut Bohnacker (@sinuit), and Julia Laub is a classic for creative coders and a great way to understand the techniques used by your favorite artists 👩‍💻🌈 ImageImageImageImage
Holo (@HOLO_mg), by @dassagenhaben and collaborators, is a beautifully edited magazine dedicated to ‘Emerging trajectories in art, science, and technology’ ImageImageImage
A Touch of Code, by R. Klanten, S. Ehmann, V. Hanschke is a time capsule of the digital installation scene of the late 2000. Great to understand the intersection of digital and physical 👋 ImageImageImage
It's safe to say that, without John Maeda (@johnmaeda) creative coding and generative art would not be what they are today🌱

I'm putting this catalog here as a placeholder for his more famous books. Do yourself a favor and read Creative Code: Aesthetics + Computation ImageImageImageImage
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7 Sep
I see many of you were surprised by the results of this poll. I’m more surprised by your surprise 🙃 #generativeRenaissance
What this poll tells us is profound. I wouldn’t even be surprised if there are more people who caught an interest in #generativeArt in the last six months than there were people in the entire scene even a year ago.
Generative art has a long history but it has remained confidential until now.
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As we urgently need a way to identify who is and isn't actually an ✨ OG generative artist ✨ I made this badge:

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Please only purchase the badge if you *are* indeed an OG generative artist otherwise it kinda defeats the purpose of the badge 😶
People ask me how I define an “OG generative artist”. Simple: it is someone who is allowed to purchase the badge 👐

This is what I call “circle shaped reasoning”, inspired by the circle, the most perfect of all shapes 😌
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Hic is back (thanks @marchingsquare) and I managed to mint the four new gif loops of today's Aesthoplasm drop 🙌

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I'll be swapping from my phone so please bear with me if it takes a little longer than usual 😌 t - 3 hours
⚫ Aesthoplasm s150529 myGif_006
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Independent tool makers appreciation thread 💜🛠💻🧵

Let's send some love to the individuals (or tiny teams) who tirelessly create and maintain the tools that enable our #creativeCoding 🥰

This will be far from a complete list so please add your favorite indie tool makers! 🙏🏻
Olivia Jack (@_ojack_) makes Hydra, a livecoding visual synthesizer that runs in the browser.

🔗 hydra.ojack.xyz
Patricio Gonzalez Vivo @patriciogv is the creator of GlslEditor, a "Friendly GLSL Shader editor"

🔗 github.com/patriciogonzal…
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