Taking the New Aesthetic to the cleaners
Bruce Sterling just posted a new article about the hotly-debated topic of the New Aesthetic, somewhat flatteringly taking the text I wrote for Creators Project as a departure point (or angle of attack, depending on how you see it.) Go read it: Generation Generator (New Aesthetic).
I’d qualify it as only “somewhat” flattering, though, as his text does take the form of a serious critique of some of the positions I’ve argued over the last year or so regarding computational aesthetics. Notably, he refers to my Eyeo talk and the Algorithm Thought Police provocation. It’s nice to see that someone was paying attention.
But despite Sterling’s calling me a “generative apologist” I would tend to agree with several of his points. And even when I don’t it’s still a pleasure to see some real critical thinking on the subject for once.
I guess the only thing to do now is to write a response to the response to the response.
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