Abstract
There is something frustrating in the concept of algorithm that can even worry: its limitations. An algorithm does not need the time to define itself, it possesses in its structure everything that defines it and can work exclusively in a site, such as a computer, which is itself another finite system. Whenever a particular algorithm will be executed it will always be inexorably equal to itself because the number of possible states is finite. A logicalmathematical algorithm is essentially very different from a living being that reveals its being only in the passage of time, in the relationship with the environment, in the happening of events. On the contrary there is a strong relationship between living things and the art, since art essentially needs time to express itself. The art has a time dimension, if for no other reason, because the purpose of art is reaching human beings. But art, through technology, can also broaden its horizons. Art can make use of the technology and can do exactly as the man whose expression is, to grow, to expand, to discover new identities, to conduct an investigation in those distant places, on the border with the irrational.
DOI
10.1386/tear.12.2-3.423_1
Publication Date
2014-12-01
Publication Title
Technoetic Arts
Volume
12
Issue
2
Publisher
Intellect
ISSN
1758-9533
Embargo Period
2024-11-19
First Page
423
Last Page
428
Recommended Citation
Lopreiato, P. (2014) 'Reflections on art, nature and technology: The role of technology, algorithm, nature, psyche and imagination in the aspiration of an aesthetic experience', Technoetic Arts, 12(2), pp. 423-428. Intellect: Available at: https://doi.org/10.1386/tear.12.2-3.423_1
