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Simple thoughts

Title
Simple thoughts / Peter Beyls ; editor Peter Beyls ; contributing authors, Joel Chadabe [and 6 others].
Author
Beyls, P. (Peter), 1950-
Publication
  • Gent : AsaMER, [2014]
  • ©2014

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Additional Authors
  • Chadabe, Joel
  • Kunz, Sahra
  • Nake, F.
  • Preester, Helena de
  • Steels, Luc
  • Taylor, Grant D.
  • iMal, host institution.
Description
239 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 26 cm
Summary
Peter Beyls is a Belgian pioneering interdisciplinary artist who has been exploring computer programming for nearly four decades. His work extends into the visual arts, music and hybrid experimental formats. In light of the publication of a monograph by MER Paperkunsthalle, IMAL organises the first major survey exhibition of Peter Beyls in Belgium featuring a significant selection of works from 1974 until today.A comprehensive selection of machine drawings is shown reflecting the wide range of algorithmic approaches explored by the artist. Initial experiments focus on uncertainty and conditional randomness, typically organised as grid structures. Further grid-based work employs cellular automata; a kind of virtual machines growing complexity from simple beginnings. Inspired on Chomsky's writings, much work explores linguistic principles. At some point, abstract generative thinking gave way to the notion on creative intelligence, the delegation of aspects of human creativity to machines. This work is based on principles of the discipline of artificial intelligence. A major transition gradually evolved starting in the late 1980s; a conceptual swing from knowledge-based systems to self-organisation. The latter approach is characterized as speculative, simple components interact locally to give rise to emergent overall complexity. Since the genesis of intricate structures is captured in a series of drawings, the notion of time is implicit. The exhibition will thus provide an overview of the various computational paradigms implemented by the artist. In addition, a wide range of media and presentation formats are employed such as over 100 machine drawings and unique photographic prints. A few large-scale interactive audio-visual installations provide a dynamic interface between the onlooker and a virtual world inside the computer. Exhibition: iMal, Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, Belgium (14.11-15.12.2014).
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Note
  • Catalog of an exhibition held at iMal, Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, Belgium, November 14-December 15, 2014.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Call Number
JQF 15-125
ISBN
  • 9789491775604
  • 949177560X
OCLC
894202281
Author
Beyls, P. (Peter), 1950- artist, author.
Title
Simple thoughts / Peter Beyls ; editor Peter Beyls ; contributing authors, Joel Chadabe [and 6 others].
Publisher
Gent : AsaMER, [2014]
Copyright Date
©2014
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Added Author
Chadabe, Joel, author.
Kunz, Sahra, author.
Nake, F., author.
Preester, Helena de, author.
Steels, Luc, author.
Taylor, Grant D., author.
iMal, host institution.
Research Call Number
JQF 15-125
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