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Annotation In Aesthetic Computing, key scholars and practitioners from art, design, computerscience, and mathematics lay the foundations for a discipline that applies the theory and practiceof art to computing. Aesthetic computing explores the way art and aesthetics can play a role indifferent areas of computer science. One of its goals is to modify computer science by theapplication of the wide range of definitions and categories normally associated with making art. Forexample, structures in computing might be represented using the style of Gaudi or the Bauhausschool. This goes beyond the usual definition of aesthetics in computing, which most often refers tothe formal, abstract qualities of such structures--a beautiful proof, or an elegant diagram. Thecontributors to this book discuss the broader spectrum of aesthetics--from abstract qualities ofsymmetry and form to ideas of creative expression and pleasure--in the context of computer science.The assumption behind aesthetic computing is that the field of computing will be enriched if itembraces all of aesthetics. Human-computer interaction will benefit--"usability," for example, couldrefer to improving a user's emotional state--and new models of learning will emerge.AestheticComputing approaches its subject from a variety of perspectives. After defining the field andplacing it in its historical context, the book looks at art and design, mathematics and computing,and interface and interaction. Contributions range from essays on the art of visualization and "thepoesy of programming" to discussions of the aesthetics of mathematics throughout history andtransparency and reflectivity in interface design.Contributors:James Alty, Olav W. Bertelsen, JayDavid Bolter, Donna Cox, Stephan Diehl, Mark d'Inverno, Michele Emmer, Paul Fishwick, MonicaFleischmann, Ben Fry, Carsten Görg, Susanne Grabowski, Diane Gromala, Kenneth A. Huff, John Lee,Frederic Fol Leymarie, Michael Leyton, Jonas Löwgren, Roger F. Malina, Laurent Mignonneau, FriederNake, Ray Paton, Jane Prophet, Aaron Quigley, Casey Reas, Christa Sommerer, Wolfgang Strauss, NoamTractinksy, Paul Vickers, Dror Zmiri |
