POSTMODERNISM: AESTHETICS AND THE ART OF VIRTUALITY

Bowerbirds, art and aesthetics

Male bowerbirds create and decorate a structure called a bower which serves only to attract females for mating, and females visit and choose one among many bower owners before deciding which male to mate with. Is what they do art, and do they have an aesthetic sense? I propose operational definitions of art, judgement, and an aesthetic sense which depend upon communication theory which allow on...

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Generative Art and The Aesthetics of Emergence

Humans operate successfully using assumptions, preconceptions and generalizations. Only when problems arise is their existence exposed and their value questioned. This new awareness presents one possible avenue for successful art. Either consciously, subconsciously or completely by chance, an affective artwork may entice us to seek alternatives, it may generate a world that does not operate acc...

The Art and Aesthetics of Food

Aesthetics, Art, Evolution

This paper discusses issues in evolutionary art related to Art Theory and Aesthetics with a view to better understanding how they might contribute to both research and practice. Aesthetics is a term often used in evolutionary art, but is regularly used with conflicting or näıve understandings. A selective history of evolutionary art as art is provided, with an examination of some art theories f...