Introduction
Verostko connects the Algorists’ emergence to SIGGRAPH in Los Angeles in 1995 and discussion around Art and Algorithms. Artists writing their own generative programs formed an informal association rather than a uniform membership organisation.
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The Algorists: artists writing their own algorithms
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Work and historical context
This entry for Jean-Pierre Hébert; Roman Verostko; Ken Musgrave; Manfred Mohr; Mark Wilson is dated 1995, under the original title The Algorists. Read the PDF’s origin and definition passages, not an exhaustive exhibition history or membership list.
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Process and material
Verostko connects the Algorists’ emergence to SIGGRAPH in Los Angeles in 1995 and discussion around Art and Algorithms. Artists writing their own generative programs formed an informal association rather than a uniform membership organisation.
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Viewing the work and its documentation
Approach the Algorists through differences in tools and practices among participants. Verostko’s account documents naming and association without establishing a shared algorithm, aesthetic or formal institutional structure.
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Art-historical significance and comparison
Editorial interpretation: The entry records self-naming, exchange and recognition. Technical continuities are formed through communities as well as changing equipment.
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The entry records self-naming, exchange and recognition. Technical continuities are formed through communities as well as changing equipment.
Dates & version record
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The Algorists
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