[zmitri]

I think anything you decide to be call art, can be called art, but the issue of good vs bad art is much more open to interpretation :)

I take generative art semi-seriously and have some cube like sketches https://www.instagram.com/p/B_Ix1yOH_2S/ and other simple line based sketches https://www.instagram.com/p/B9VsDrgHBQE/ but I think they are aesthetically nice either way and treat them as art.

For some context here is my "artist statement" as a generative artist:

From the outside, art is regarded as highbrow, intellectual, and “human”. Automation, however, is often perceived as rote, boring, and “robotic” by those who are non-technical.

As an engineer by trade, I see the act of automation as a much more creative process than the public gives it credit for.

In my artistic practice I try to bridge that gap by using software to automate the generation of unique art pieces in less than a fraction of a second. My hope is to elicit the same kind of emotions and reactions that viewers feel when viewing art that has been “generated” by hand, and help them consider automation as an art form and an act of creativity.

Whether acting as an artist, or engineer, I like to think of automation as my artistic medium.