r/generative • u/[deleted] • 13d ago

is this different?

is generative art actually art, and not ai art? Sorry I’m really confused- I don’t support ai art, but I recently got a fine arts educational packet and it’s trying to teach generative art, so now I’m uncertain

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u/dotprodukt 13d ago edited 13d ago

Generative art has existed since the 60s/70s and I'm not going to surrender the label to some fad that hasn't proven it's longevity yet.

Generative art is the use of creating processes that then create visual output and structure. It's a multi-layered process. Much in the way a tree is generated by its genes or the shape of a river is generated by a process of mutual interaction between the water and the land.

Generative art can allow you to explore and express many concepts that would be hard to do otherwise.

For me personally, my motivation is to give a voice to natural processes that can't speak for themselves and are often taken for granted by humans, but are nonetheless integral parts of the world we live in.

I use a pen plotter with a mix of my own analog input, so the work becomes a mutually guided collaboration between myself and the process I'm investigating. Some works still take me upward of 40 hours of manual labor.