CONTRIBUTOR	invited speaker speaker	refereed paper artist/tech. talk	panel chair panellist	artwork music	co-authors collaborators
Jon McCormack			1		Alan Dorin

Center for Electronic Media Art School of Computer Science and Software Engineering Monash University Australia
jonmc@csse.monash.edu.au	http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jonmc

TITLE: Art, Emergence, and the Computational Sublime

ABSTRACT: This paper looks at some critical and technical issues of relevance to generative art. In particular, it examines the concept of emergence, looking at its historical origins and salient issues surrounding its classification and meaning for developing generative art. These issues include the hierarchy of levels associated with emergence, recognition and ontology of patterns, prediction and determinism. Each of these are then related to attempts to create emergent phenomena with computers for artistic purposes. Several methodologies for developing emergent generative art are discussed including what is termed in the paper "the computational sublime". This definition is considered in relation to historical and contemporary definitions of the sublime and is posited as a way for artists to suggest their work is more than the sum of its parts.

ABOUT: Jon McCormack is an Australian researcher and electronic media artist. With a background in applied mathematics, computer science and filmmaking, he has pursued a career that seeks to explore the possibilities and dialogues of art and science. His artworks have received international acclaim, and have been extensively exhibited internationally over the last decade. He currently teaches at the School of Computer Science, Monash University.

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