http://grandtextauto.org/2008/11/06/creativity-cognition-computers-in-mexico-city/ A group blog about computer narrative, games, poetry, and art. Thu, 30 Sep 2010 22:43:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://grandtextauto.org/2008/11/06/creativity-cognition-computers-in-mexico-city/comment-page-1/#comment-341029 Erik Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:21:50 +0000 http://grandtextauto.org/?p=2225#comment-341029 It sounds like a fascinating conference. I am tempted to question, however, how improvisation is defined, (if seen as "the creation of a performance (not an artifact) in real time"), because the on-air and in-studio real-time painting by Rolf Harris, for example, appears to be both improvised and creating a product. So perhaps rather than improvisation is creating a performance (but not creating a product), improvisation must always (here) involve creating a performance. I'd also question whether improvisation (especially by computer) must be in real-time as conventionally understood, but that is a more minor point. It sounds like a fascinating conference. I am tempted to question, however, how improvisation is defined, (if seen as “the creation of a performance (not an artifact) in real time”), because the on-air and in-studio real-time painting by Rolf Harris, for example, appears to be both improvised and creating a product. So perhaps rather than improvisation is creating a performance (but not creating a product), improvisation must always (here) involve creating a performance. I’d also question whether improvisation (especially by computer) must be in real-time as conventionally understood, but that is a more minor point.

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