Defining Generative Art

liv·ing adj
1. alive, not dead
2. realistic or true to life
3. interesting in a way that is relevant and useful
4. designed for living in, especially for social and recreational activities
5. still used or in existence
6. in a natural condition or place

art n
1. the creation of beautiful or thought-provoking works, for example, in painting, music, or writing
2. beautiful or thought-provoking works produced through creative activity
3. a branch or category of art, especially one of the visual arts
4. the skill and technique involved in producing visual representations
5. the study of a branch of the visual arts
6. creation by human endeavor rather than by nature
7. the techniques used by somebody in a particular field, or the use of those techniques
8. the skill or ability to do something well
9. the ability to achieve things by deceitful or cunning methods (literary)

Since this genre of art is relatively new, some of the terms we discussed were emergence, pattern, unpredictable, complex system, weather, transducer (transition of one energy to another), set of rules.

Existing Artists

Tim Prentice
Ned Kahn
Andy Goldsworthy (Research Links: 01 | 02)