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"
2. Hilma af Klint Evolution No. 15 public domain https://www.the-athenaeum.org/art/detail.php?ID=244183 @codeJENNerator
3. Modified from: https://flic.kr/p/ed2sRL @codeJENNerator
4. Westerwald Pottery Exhibit Rijks Museum Amsterdam 2015 @codeJENNerator
5. Marcel Duchamp, Fontaine, 1917 https://flic.kr/p/8GKz7P @codeJENNerator
6. Similarities @codeJENNerator
7. @codeJENNerator Uniqueness https://flic.kr/p/7JbMzw
8. @codeJENNerator https://flic.kr/p/R6ZZ1W Business Logic @codeJENNerator Internal Frameworks Data Centers modified from: https://flic.kr/p/2cAJqiJ
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
10. @codeJENNerator Berlin Street Art https://flic.kr/p/gzEAT6 Communication
11. @codeJENNerator https://xkcd.com/1421
12. @codeJENNerator Marieme Jamme @mjamme at Javaland https://twitter.com/codeJENNerator/status/1108355431192317952 Community
13. @codeJENNerator Minimalism Kasmir Malevich in the Stedelijk Museum https://flic.kr/p/hnPYng
14. @codeJENNerator Minimalism
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
16. Code Mediums @codeJENNerator
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19. Is your code…? • Unique? • Deliberate? • Conveying a message? • Shared with the community? • Within a set of constraints? @codeJENNerator
20. @codeJENNerator Write code; create art!