What is art? - Page 6

xoxoxoBruce · 09-26-2016, 08:00 PM

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What a horrible, tasteless, insensitive and soulless travesty of all that is creative in human nature. What a vile product of our strange time when the best brains dedicate themselves to the stupidest “challenges”, when technology is used for things it should never be used for and everybody feels obliged to applaud the heartless results because we so revere everything digital.

I have to agree with this, don't the whiz kids have something better to do?

Carruthers · 09-27-2016, 05:29 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

I have to agree with this, don't the whiz kids have something better to do?

It was an interesting, and perhaps ultimately useful, experiment in computing, ING got some publicity and brought art to a wider audience and J Walter Thompson were awarded a couple of baubles at a prestigious advertising shindig. There doesn't seem to be much of a downside to the whole project.

Incidentally, JWT and ING produced a new take on Rembrandt's 'The Night Watch' when Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum re-opened in 2013 after refurbishment.

The original...

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Clodfobble · 09-26-2016, 09:25 PM

[Devil's Advocate]This all falls under the larger umbrella of AI, which has technological uses beyond recreation of art styles. When we explore relatively useless things, we often find answers to completely different problems.[/Devil's Advocate.] That being said, yeah, we don't need the art. We need the information about how the computer came up with the art so we can get it to come up with other stuff.

lumberjim · 09-27-2016, 07:54 PM

I doubt the AI was slick enough to use texture the way he did.

http://www.naturalpigments.com/art-s...sto-technique/

Carruthers · 09-28-2016, 06:18 AM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

I doubt the AI was slick enough to use texture the way he did.

http://www.naturalpigments.com/art-s...sto-technique/

The IT bods made a commendable effort to replicate the technique, so I think they deserve full marks for that.

Griff · 09-29-2016, 06:45 AM

There are machine planets all over the galaxy which think they have art.

henry quirk · 09-29-2016, 08:38 AM

...meat loaf (both lower and upper case).

henry quirk · 10-10-2016, 09:04 AM

...the bloody 'thing' the cats left on the stoop, the 'thing' I bare-foot stepped on as I stumbled out of the house at 4 for the day's first smoke.

Gravdigr · 10-10-2016, 02:18 PM

Is it better to step in 'thing', or to step in 'stuff'?

Which would you rather?

Discuss.

Happy Monkey · 10-28-2016, 11:57 AM

"Carl" should be "Coral"

henry quirk · 10-28-2016, 12:13 PM

Yeah, it should be, but, sure as shit, if I'd used 'Coral' some other numb nuts woulda corrected me, illustratin' 'you just can't win'.

Happy Monkey · 10-29-2016, 12:46 PM

Walking Dead spoilers:
[Glenn was a character on Walking Dead who was hit on the head with a baseball bat so his eye popped out.]

"Coral" is how Rick pronounces "Carl" when agitated.

It became a meme.

Griff · 10-29-2016, 02:24 PM

Ah, hence Popeyes. ty

Gravdigr · 10-29-2016, 02:27 PM

Just prior to the screen grab used in those meme's, Carl had to kill his own mother.

Which, I think, makes the meme jokes even funnier.

Carruthers · 12-05-2016, 02:54 PM

The winner of the Turner Prize is to be announced a little later this evening.
It's worth £25,000 and is awarded to a British artist, under the age of 50, considered to have put on the best exhibition of the last 12 months.

Here's one entry. So to speak.

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I think it represents a chopped candidate from the RAF Navigation School.
He couldn't find his own arse with both hands and a map.
Don't ask where the map is.

Turner Prize winner to be announced

09-26-2016, 09:25 PM	#3
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	[Devil's Advocate]This all falls under the larger umbrella of AI, which has technological uses beyond recreation of art styles. When we explore relatively useless things, we often find answers to completely different problems.[/Devil's Advocate.] That being said, yeah, we don't need the art. We need the information about how the computer came up with the art so we can get it to come up with other stuff. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

09-27-2016, 07:54 PM	#4
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	I doubt the AI was slick enough to use texture the way he did. http://www.naturalpigments.com/art-s...sto-technique/ __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

09-29-2016, 06:45 AM	#6
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	There are machine planets all over the galaxy which think they have art. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

09-29-2016, 08:38 AM	#7
henry quirk maskless: yesterday, today, tomorrow Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 2,162	art is... ...meat loaf (both lower and upper case).

10-10-2016, 09:04 AM	#8
henry quirk maskless: yesterday, today, tomorrow Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 2,162	art is... ...the bloody 'thing' the cats left on the stoop, the 'thing' I bare-foot stepped on as I stumbled out of the house at 4 for the day's first smoke.

10-10-2016, 02:18 PM	#9
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Is it better to step in 'thing', or to step in 'stuff'? Which would you rather? Discuss. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

10-28-2016, 11:57 AM	#10
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	"Carl" should be "Coral" __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

10-28-2016, 12:13 PM	#11
henry quirk maskless: yesterday, today, tomorrow Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 2,162	Yeah, it should be, but, sure as shit, if I'd used 'Coral' some other numb nuts woulda corrected me, illustratin' 'you just can't win'.

10-29-2016, 12:46 PM	#12
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Walking Dead spoilers: [Glenn was a character on Walking Dead who was hit on the head with a baseball bat so his eye popped out.] "Coral" is how Rick pronounces "Carl" when agitated. It became a meme. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

10-29-2016, 02:24 PM	#13
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Ah, hence Popeyes. ty __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

10-29-2016, 02:27 PM	#14
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Just prior to the screen grab used in those meme's, Carl had to kill his own mother. Which, I think, makes the meme jokes even funnier. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

12-05-2016, 02:54 PM	#15
Carruthers Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Buckinghamshire UK Posts: 4,059	The winner of the Turner Prize is to be announced a little later this evening. It's worth £25,000 and is awarded to a British artist, under the age of 50, considered to have put on the best exhibition of the last 12 months. Here's one entry. So to speak. I think it represents a chopped candidate from the RAF Navigation School. He couldn't find his own arse with both hands and a map. Don't ask where the map is. Turner Prize winner to be announced __________________

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