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Re:Generative art using C++ printer commands and a receipt p... by beanders on Friday May 20, 2022 @11:56AM (#31449177)
Hmm, I’m pretty sure the most general definition of art is exactly the opposite: subjective, immediate, and representing a private communication between the artist and their context/environment.

If anyone external to that communication gets some value from it as well, that’s a nice side benefit!

Re:Generative art using C++ printer commands and a receipt p... by Agingcoder on Friday May 20, 2022 @12:38PM (#31449739)
I don't know about the immediate part. Some works of art I saw didn't trigger anything, until I realized the next day that I kept thinking about them (films or contemporary art usually). It also seems like these specific works tend to have had a more profound effect on me than the immediate ones.

In the end, they maybe triggered some kind of immediate subconscious reaction, but the actual communication was delayed.

Still, I like your definition very much.