Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 21:44:57 -0400
Subject: Re: Aesthetics?


way cool,
how much does it cost?


>
>
> The advent of virtuality undermines the anti-retinal tendency of any
> 'art of ideas'. Soon it it will be possible to scribe in the text
> describing the decontruction of any conceptual construct, and have the
> software automatically put the visual realisation onscreen in seconds.
> Of course in the 'pro' or 'developers' version there will be a variety
> of manual and pre-set 'aesthetic modes', allowing 'levels of beauty' to
> be fine-tuned according to the cultural prejudices of the practitioner.
>
> Imagine if Van Gogh had had a 'perspectivecheck' facility sitting up
> there on his toolbar.....
>
> Gerald O'Connell
>
> http://www.gacoc.demon.co.uk/
>
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