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A lecture by Bruce Sterling on generative art. Or, to put it better, processual art...

See his explanation of the process:

"Ernst Heinrich Haeckel's Artforms in Nature ("Kunstformen der Natur," 1904) is a legendary favorite of generative artists. Why? Because the "art" forms here have no human origin. They were all generated by processes -- in this case, by biological activities. By picking them out, curating them, and arranging them on the page, Haeckel framed them as "art."

Also, Haeckel's work has long been in the public domain, so it's free for use for any purpose. Generative artwork, for instance.

We'll design a simple "process" for creating graphic elements from Haeckel"

If you want to access the book of Ernst Heinrich Haeckel you can go HERE.

READ 0809:

(PDF) Encouraging Witting Participation and Performance in Digital Live Art | © Jennifer G. Sheridan, Nick Bryan-Kinns, Alice Bayliss, 2007 Published by the British Computer Society People and Computers XXI – HCI… but not as we know it: Proceedings of HCI 2007 Linden J. Ball, M. Angela Sasse, Corina Sas, Thomas C. Ormerod, Alan Dix, Peter Bagnall, and Tom McEwan (Editors) | "We describe a framework for characterizing people’s behavior with Digital Live Art. Our framework considers people’s wittingness, technical skill, and interpretive abilities in relation to the performance frame. Three key categories of behavior with respect to the performance frame are proposed: performing, participating, and spectating. We exemplify the use of our framework by characterizing people’s interaction with a DLA - iPoi. This DLA is based on the ancient Maori art form of poi and employs a wireless, peer-to-peer exertion interface. The design goal of iPoi is to draw people into the performance frame and support transitions from audience to participant and on to performer. We reflect on iPoi in a public performance and outline its key design features."