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Re:There Should Be No Computer Art (1971) [pdf] by swayvil on Saturday March 13, 2021 @06:23PM (#26451132)
A computer works with symbols.

A brush works with marks.

The latter is a larger infinity.

It's like the difference between digital and analog. Or raster and vector. Or map and territory.

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Re:There Should Be No Computer Art (1971) [pdf] by anaerobicover on Sunday March 14, 2021 @02:35PM (#26457596)
Surely maps are a larger infinity than territories? I can easily draw maps of territories that do not, have not, and even cannot exist.

Likewise symbols and brushmarks. I can describe brushmarks that could never be physically realized.

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Re:There Should Be No Computer Art (1971) [pdf] by swayvil on Sunday March 14, 2021 @11:28PM (#26462338)
But those map-artifacts are not real things. They are just symbols.
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