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Re:Code is not Art

Posted by: Anonymous Coward on December 03, 2003 01:24 AM
What about a free screensaver? It contributes nothing to GNP, no-ones lives and fortunes depend apon it, and is not exactly interactive.

I think not all code is art, but if the code is written to produce artistic effect, then that code could be defined: 'art' as in 'artifice'.

Effect plugins for audio sequencers, fractal exploration programs, games etc are also art.

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