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--next--> algorist's statement abu abd-allah ibn musa al khwarizmi introduces al-jabr and algorithms (813-833). algorists versus abacists. alan turing formalizes the concept of algorithm and computation with his turing machine (1936). donald knuth's definitions. the algorist group story: hébert coins the term algorist to define their group practice of algorithmic art with roman verostko (1995). original algorists web page. algorithmic art: schools, styles, techniques, systems, methods, concepts. conceptual art / systems art / art and systems: a few algorists among many: michael noll, jean tinguely, vera molnar, manfred mohr, frieder nake, agnes martin, james sienna, francois morellet, max bill, mondrian, malevich, rheinhardt: anyone in fact who invents and uses consistently one or several procedures to compose, construct, produce, create art or to solve art problems. Art, Time and Technology, by Charlie Gere

" steel ball and sand trace (document) " (1999)
sand installation,
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art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. (pablo picasso) |
jean-pierre hébert
contact. (03 Apr 2007)