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die Forelle (1997)
pen and white ink on slate paper, detail 5x3in. within 12.5x9in.

algorist's statement

algorist versus abacists; donald knuth's xdefinitions from the art of computer programming, my favorite read at the time.

the algorist group story: i created it in 1995 with roman verostko and i coined the term algorist to define our art movement and to identify the specificity of our works.

i also wrote the algorists manifesto to help sort out who was an algorist and who was not: if (creation && object of art && algorithm && one's own algorithm) { include * an algorist * } elseif (!creation || !object of art || !algorithm || !one's own algorithm) { exclude * not an algorist * } so artists who create an object of art with a process that includes their own algorithms are identified as algorists.

my 1995 historic, original algorists page is off line for now. i have to locate it, and post it again, if someone would help.

(it used to be: http://hebert.kitp.ucsb.edu/studio/algorists.html)

i have made several talks on algorithms in art, that can be traced years before the digital era. i should also post my slides.

but there is a wikipedia page about algorithmic art: schools, styles, techniques, systems, methods, concepts.

roman verostko also has a well documented algorists page.