12: Interview with Frieder Nake

Episode page and full transcript: lerandom.art/episodes/interview-with-frieder-n…

Algorithmic and digital art founder Frieder Nake (twitter.com/CarlCanary) joined Peter Bauman (Monk Antony (x.com/monkantony_tez)) to continue their chat after the release of "Frieder Nake on 'Machinic' Miracles" at Le Random Editorials (lerandom.art/editorial/frieder-nake-on-machini…).

Also in this episode: Frieder Nake (lerandom.art/subjects/frieder-nake), Max Bense (lerandom.art/subjects/max-bense), Gerhard Richter (lerandom.art/subjects/gerhard-richter), Leonardo da Vinci (lerandom.art/subjects/leonardo-da-vinci), A. Michael Noll (lerandom.art/subjects/a-michael-noll), Georg Nees (lerandom.art/subjects/georg-nees)

Listen next: Ep. 6, Timeline Ch 5—Artist-Programmer Era (1970s) with Joan Truckenbrod, Hans Dehlinger & Anika Meier (lerandom.art/episodes/timeline-chapter-5-artis…), Ep. 5, Timeline Ch 4—Digital Era Pt II (1960s) with Michael Spalter (lerandom.art/episodes/timeline-chapter-4-digit…)

On the Living Timeline: “compArt ER 56 series” and “Random Polygon Move” Signal Frieder Nake’s Entrance into Computer Art (1963) (timeline.lerandom.art/m/compart-er-56-series-a…), computer grafik by Georg Nees and Frieder Nake at Galerie Wendelin Niedlich in Stuttgart (Germany) (1965) (timeline.lerandom.art/m/computer-grafik-by-geo…), 13/9/65 Nr. 2 (“Hommage à Paul Klee”) by Frieder Nake (1965) (timeline.lerandom.art/m/13-9-65-nr-2-hommage-a…)

Chapters 📖:
00:00 Introduction to Frieder Nake and his contributions to digital art
02:32 Computers and the concept of quality vs quantity
03:26 Quantity turning into quality
05:31 Pattern recognition and discovery of new quality
07:07 Connection to Max Bense's Generative Aesthetics
09:13 Intuition versus machine randomness
12:15 Creativity, emotion and the role of intuition
24:53 AI and human choices in art
38:23 Alienation and creativity in artistic expression