On Hybrid Creativity

Lomas, Andy. 2018. On Hybrid Creativity. Arts, 7(3), ISSN 2076-0752 [Article]

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Abstract or Description

This article reviews the development of the author’s computational art practice, where the computer is used both as a device that provides the medium for generation of art (‘computer as art’) as well as acting actively as an assistant in the process of creating art (‘computer as artist’s assistant’), helping explore the space of possibilities afforded by generative systems. Drawing analogies with Kasparov’s Advanced Chess and the deliberate development of unstable aircraft using fly-by-wire technology, the article argues for a collaborative relationship with the computer that can free the artist to more fearlessly engage with the challenges of working with emergent systems that exhibit complex unpredictable behavior. The article also describes ‘Species Explorer’, the system the author has created in response to these challenges to assist exploration of the possibilities afforded by parametrically driven generative systems. This system provides a framework to allow the user to use a number of different techniques to explore new parameter combinations, including genetic algorithms, and machine learning methods. As the system learns the artist’s preferences the relationship with the computer can be considered to change from one of assistance to collaboration

Item Type:

Article

Identification Number (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.3390/arts7030025

Keywords:

art; computer; evolutionary design; machine learning; computationally assisted design

Departments, Centres and Research Units:

Computing

Dates:

DateEvent
2 May 2018Submitted
5 July 2018Accepted
9 July 2018Published

Item ID:

24888

Date Deposited:

31 Oct 2018 12:12

Last Modified:

29 Apr 2020 16:58

URI:

https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/24888

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