[kalonis]

Judging generative art on how complicated the code is that it is generated by misses the point. For the "art" aspect the code is just a tool. It can get quite complicated but it does not have to. Other aspects as "controlled randomness" are far more important.

Concerning the "I could have done that in an hour" objection: Most photos are taken in less than 1/250 seconds but no one would use this as an argument against the artistic status of a picture.

This essay by Tyler Hobbs contains some thoughts on generative that I found insightful concerning the relationship of art and code: https://tylerxhobbs.com/essays/2019/code-goes-in-art-comes-o...