[PD] a question about pidip, and a comment about programming and art

[Pall Thayer]

A few times, some very interesting discussions have risen on Rhizome
concerning code and programming as it relates to the digital arts. Access to
Rhizome is free on fridays.

Pall

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "derek holzer" <derek at x-i.net>
To: <pd-list at iem.kug.ac.at>
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 7:46 PM
Subject: Re: [PD] a question about pidip, and a comment about programming
and art


> There is a fairly interesting interview called "Code as Creative
> Writing: An Interview with John Simon" on Rhizome, which addresses some
> of these issues.
>
> Unfortunately, access to Rhizome is not free, but somehow you can access
> their content via Google ;-) so here is the link:
>
>
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=+%22Code+as+Creative+Writing%3A+An+Interview+with+John+Simon%22&btnG=Google+Search
>
> Paying Rhzome members can see it here:
> http://www.rhizome.org/thread.rhiz?thread=1918&text=3312#3312
>
> best,
> D.
>
>
> Pall Thayer wrote:
> > You can't argue against the fact that the material has a very large
> > impact on the outcome of a work of art. But no, code is not art. No
> > more so than paint or canvas. The importance of the material varies. In
> > some cases it is very important, in others not so. I wouldn't go so far
> > as to say that code is THE next material. It's definitely not going to
> > replace other materials but it is a new material with very new
> > properties.
> >
> > best reg.
> > Pall Thayer
> >
> >
> >
> >>Is code the next art, or the next material?
> >>
> >>I think the argument that the material is what is most important in
> >
> > art has
> >
> >>had its time.
> >>
> >>B.
> >>
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: "thewade" <pdman at aproximation.org>
> >>To: "the list" <pd-list at iem.kug.ac.at>
> >>Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 7:55 PM
> >>Subject: [PD] a question about pidip, and a comment about programming
> >
> > and
> >
> >>art
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Hello,
> >>>
> >>>As was stated earlier, a pandoras box was opened on the topic of
> >>
> >>programming and art.
> >>
> >>>This topic is of special concern as I have a bafa and a minor in
> >
> > comp-sci.
> >
> >>>THere is also a forum for code-art at runme.org.
> >>>
> >>>Code is the next art, as it has the power of text and the power of
> >
> > touch.
> >
> >>
> >>
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