Chrisantha FernandoMay 241 minRoyal Academy Summer Exhibition 2021 SubmissionToday I submitted these two pieces to the RA summer show. All the work is done by Arnheim 1.0, in the sense that it is Arnheim 1.0 that...
Chrisantha FernandoMay 82 minWhat makes a good composition and why? What is a good composition? There are many theories, to take one, consider Arnheim's book "The Power of the Center" which proposes that...
Chrisantha FernandoMay 52 minArnheim 1.0 overpainting on photographsUsing Arnheim 1.0 [see prev. blog post and paper here] I've been doing some experiments today with overpainting on photographs. Can A1.0...
Chrisantha FernandoApr 287 minNeural Visual Grammars + Dual Encoder Evaluation = Jungle in the TigerThe image below was produced by a neural L-system evolved to produce images that satisfy the text description "Jungle in the Tiger"...
Chrisantha FernandoFeb 174 minLife After Death, GPT-3, the Narrative of Self, and SchizophreniaAt first it seemed I was a paranoid doctor who was being treated for a heart condition, a serious one. But then I think I was his son. My...
Chrisantha FernandoFeb 28 minThe Doodle: A Reinforcement Learning Approach to DrawingThe doodle is a fascinating thing. It is produced unconsciously. Maybe it is the visual equivalent of stream of consciousness thinking,...
Chrisantha FernandoFeb 16 minAARON by Harold Cohen: The Doodle and Human-Like Abstract DrawingThis post continues to think about generative procedures G which the artificial artist could use to produce marks. All the images I'd...
Chrisantha FernandoJan 238 minMinimal Generative Algorithms for Drawing LinesWhat generative rules (G) can the artificial artist use to produce images? During my recovery from coronavirus in April 2020 confined to...
Chrisantha FernandoJan 234 minAmbiguity in Art and the work of Aaron Hertzman It was a pleasure to find the work of Aaron Hertzman via the Neurips 2020 workshop on creativity. His talk addresses some issues...
Chrisantha FernandoJan 225 minEvolving Supra-Normal Art using Pre-trained Neural Networks as Aesthetic SelectorsLet us generalize the work of Tom White and others who have used stochastic search to produce art works (images) that optimize the class...
Chrisantha FernandoJan 223 minTrevor Paglen (Bloom)Trevor Paglen (Bloom) PACE Gallery, October 2020 The most interesting and mysterious component of the exhibition consists of large dye...
Chrisantha FernandoJan 91 minReview of "How Art Works: A Psychological Explanation" by Ellen WinnerThe main findings in this book are as follows. People enjoy experiencing negative emotions when looking at art because they know they are...
Chrisantha FernandoJan 72 minLanguage Games and Drawing GamesHow is language different from visual art? I wrote a paper recently about this topic which explores the conflict between Goodman's...
Chrisantha FernandoDec 17, 20203 minRudolf Arnheim and Bayesian Aesthetic Meta-UncertaintyIn his book "Art and Visual Perception" Arnheim considers one of the most minimal artworks, a circle on a piece of paper (although a dot...
Chrisantha FernandoDec 9, 20208 minIntroduction to Creative MachinesWhy is it safe to assume that the last bastion of human creativity will be the artist, after the driver, doctor, and scientist have been...
