Algorithmic Revolution
we make money not art posted a series of reports on the exhibition Algorithmic Revolution: On the History of Interactive Art being held at ZKM. Reading the introduction in the first report I thought I read the writer took interactive art pieces as festivals. That was probably my perception: new, exciting and playful. Usually not more, not provocative or meaningful besides being just "interesting". Every art form just needs time to evolve... is 50 years enough? A retro may give a more just review as the curator(s) claim:
A revolution normally lies ahead of us and is heralded with sound and fury. The algorithmic revolution lies behind us and nobody noticed it.In fact there are so many unfamiliar names to me... but in the second report I am able to rediscover Jim Campbell whose work I watched once and appreciated a couple of years ago in Taipei.
I also learnt about algorithm via answer.com:
Computer Desktop Encyclopedia:
A set of ordered steps for solving a problem, such as a mathematical formula or the instructions in a program. The terms algorithm and logic are synonymous. Both refer to a sequence of steps to solve a problem. However, an algorithm implies an expression that solves a complex problem rather than the overall input-process-output logic of typical business programs.Wikipedia (extract):
Algorithms are essential to the way computers process information, because a computer program is essentially an algorithm that tells the computer what specific steps to perform (in what specific order) in order to carry out a specified task.
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