Episode Synopsis
Computer Generated art – or Generative Art – is the use of code to instruct a computer to create something. Machines are constantly taking on more roles to make life easier or more enjoyable. MIT Professor, Nick Montfort has focused his research on a machine’s role in artistic expression. In this Podcast, Nick Montfort explores the role that computers could play in the future of our own creative expression, and asks the question, will computers one day replace the artist?
A Teaser of What We Discovered in this interview…
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About Professor Nick Montfort:
Nick Montfort is the Professor for Digital Media at the Massachussetts Institute of Technology. He is a leading contributer to the world of Computer Generated Art, with numerous Computer Generated books and works of poetry. He is the Director of The Trope Tank, aimed at facilitating collaborative research, teaching and artistic expression through computers.