Computer/Art/Photography

An essay on the relationship between the Computer, Art and
Photography. The author discusses photography's historical
relation to 'Reality', and the challenge to Art photography
posed by the ideology of individual expression. The author tries
to answer the question 'Can the computer play a more interesting
role in the future of art photography?' by pointing to the
relation with so-called 'Chance Art'. The author discusses the
views held by Panamarenko, Jeff Koons, Duchamp and Winogrand.
Concluding: 'The computer must be used not for more control over
the outcome of the photographic process but for less control,
for a sort of "automatic photography". ... One of the most
important artistic applications of the computer will be the
possibility to generate, completely automatically, random art
pieces.'


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