Code as Art

If code is art, what mediums are included in that definition? Is application code art? What about build scripts and config files? Let’s explore similarities between code and art, such as structure, training, sharing, and appreciation by the community.

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1. # info.yaml
   title: "Code as Art"
   speaker:
   name: "Jenn Strater"
   twitter: “@codeJENNerator"
   

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2. Hilma af Klint Evolution No. 15 public domain https://www.the-athenaeum.org/art/detail.php?ID=244183 @codeJENNerator
   

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3. Modified from: https://flic.kr/p/ed2sRL @codeJENNerator
   

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4. Westerwald Pottery Exhibit Rijks Museum Amsterdam 2015 @codeJENNerator
   

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5. Marcel Duchamp, Fontaine, 1917 https://flic.kr/p/8GKz7P @codeJENNerator
   

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6. Similarities
   @codeJENNerator
   

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7. @codeJENNerator
   Uniqueness
   https://flic.kr/p/7JbMzw
   

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8. @codeJENNerator
   https://flic.kr/p/R6ZZ1W
   Business
   Logic
   @codeJENNerator
   Internal
   Frameworks
   Data Centers
   modified from: https://flic.kr/p/2cAJqiJ
   

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9. –Marilina Maraviglia, About Art - What Do We Really Mean
   https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/07/what-do-we-really-mean-by-art/
   “‘Art is often considered the process or
   product of deliberately arranging
   elements in a way that appeals to the
   senses or emotions…”
   @codeJENNerator
   

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10. @codeJENNerator
    Berlin Street Art https://flic.kr/p/gzEAT6
    Communication
    

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11. @codeJENNerator
    https://xkcd.com/1421
    

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12. @codeJENNerator
    Marieme Jamme @mjamme at Javaland https://twitter.com/codeJENNerator/status/1108355431192317952
    Community
    

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13. @codeJENNerator
    Minimalism
    Kasmir Malevich in the Stedelijk Museum https://flic.kr/p/hnPYng
    

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14. @codeJENNerator
    Minimalism
    

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15. @codeJENNerator
    Mediums
    Joseph Ducreux @ Louvre, Migrant woman: https://flic.kr/p/6P3w3V Dresden Street Art 2018, Prague Astronomical Clock 2019, Nike of Samothrace: https://flic.kr/p/5XVoXj
    

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16. Code Mediums
    @codeJENNerator
    

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17. @codeJENNerator
    

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18. @codeJENNerator
    

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19. Is your code…?
    • Unique?
    • Deliberate?
    • Conveying a message?
    • Shared with the community?
    • Within a set of constraints?
    @codeJENNerator
    

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20. @codeJENNerator
    Write code; create art!
    

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