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This article is by a pioneer of algorithmic art who was born in 1929 in the coal fields of eastern United States. For over 40 years he worked with pure visual forms ranging from controlled constructions with highly studied colour behaviour to spontaneous brush strokes üand automatic drawing. With the advent of computers, he began composing algorithms for generating works that opened a vast array of pure form, an uncharted frontier of unseen worlds.
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Verostko, R. (2018). Algorithmic Fine Art: Composing a Visual Arts Score. In: Explorations in Art and Technology. Springer Series on Cultural Computing. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-7367-0_7
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