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The Methodology of Generative Art
icon: authorTjark Ihmels icon: authorJulia Riedel

This introductory text uses artistic standpoints from 1950s music history to show how different the aims can be, even though all the artists were using aleatory or serial methods. Leaving aside all considerations involving music theory, the only question to be addressed is what possibilities the use of such a method can offer in terms of form and content, and how this is reflected in current artistic practice. [more]more