Art & complexity: an exploration of aesthetics

  • Authors:
  • Guy Birkin

  • Affiliations:
  • Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kngdm

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 6th ACM SIGCHI conference on Creativity & cognition
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

This PhD thesis is centred on the idea of complexity as an aesthetic factor. The project aims to explore the role of visual complexity in the making and perception of contemporary art. An experimental methodology combines creative practice with empirical studies of human response to variations in complexity of images. Tools from complexity theory and neuroscience are used to create images and conduct tests of aesthetic perception.