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Code as Art

jlstrater
August 06, 2019

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.

jlstrater

August 06, 2019
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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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