New Aesthetics: Cyber-Aesthetics and Degrees of Autonomy

New Aesthetics: Cyber-Aesthetics and Degrees of Autonomy. By Patrick Lichty

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Five Thousand Feet is the Best by Omer Fast.

http://www.furtherfield.org/features/articles/new-aesthetics-cyber-aesthetics-and-degrees-autonomy

"In perusing Honor Harger’s recent missive on drone aesthetics and James Bridle’s ongoing posts of drone images at Dronestagram, taken in context with the Glitch un-conference in Chicago, some new questions have come to mind. These questions have to do with conceptions of New Aesthetics in its various forms in terms of interaction with the program/device and its level of autonomy from the user. In my mind, there seems to be a NA continuum from generative programs that operate under the strict criteria of the programmer to the often-autonomous actions of drones and planetary rovers. As you can see, I am still chewing on the idea that The New Aesthetic as it seems to be defined, as encompassing all semi-autonomous aspects of ‘computer vision’. This includes Glitch, Algorism, Drone imagery, satellite photography and face recognition, and it’s sometimes a tough nugget to swallow that resonates with me on a number of levels." Lichty.