Knowra Generative art Generative art Generative art is art produced partly through systems that generate forms according to rules or procedures. The artist defines or selects a system whose outputs may vary or emerge beyond direct control.
Algorithmic art : Art made by executing explicit procedures that determine some or all of its form. Algorithms provide a precise way to specify the procedures behind generative works.
Computer art : Art made with computers as tools, media, or components of its production. Generative art is one approach within the broader practice of computer art.
Georg Nees : A German artist and mathematician who pioneered computer-generated visual art in the 1960s. His plotter drawings helped establish rule-based computer art as an exhibition practice.
Digital art : Art created, presented, or experienced using digital technologies. Generative art is a distinctive practice within the wider field of digital art.
Procedural modeling : A computer graphics technique for creating models through rules, parameters, or algorithms. It can generate visual assets without making the generated model itself an artwork.
Procedural generation : The creation of content through rules and algorithms rather than direct, item-by-item construction. It describes the rule-based production of forms that generative artists use.
Computer programming : The writing and organization of instructions that computers execute to perform tasks. Programs can encode the rules that generate an artwork's forms.
Frieder Nake : A German mathematician and artist known for early computer-generated drawings and writing on computer art. His work explored how algorithms and chance could shape visual composition.
Generative music : Music produced through systems that create or vary musical material according to rules. It applies generative procedures to sound, composition, and performance.
Artificial intelligence art : Art made with machine-learning systems that generate or transform images, text, sound, or other media. It overlaps with generative art but often relies on learned models rather than hand-authored rules.
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