Digital Art as Transgression

1 - The bit, atom of transgression
2 - Transgression as a fundamental basis of humanity
3- Art, the acceptable transgression
4 - Algorithmics and quantization
5- Conclusions

1. The bit, atom of transgression

The bit. No meaning by itself. Pure energy. The basic injury: loss of meaning.
The n+1th bit. Hegelian dialectic
Growth of the binary world
The bit as a "cut"
The Hegelian dialectics of negation.
Growh. Progress or not, history "arrow"... certainly true with bits. Exponential growth.
Typology of transgressions.
The bits weight, position/ effetcs in programming. Sensivity. Diffusion (viruses)
Dematerializatio of transgression. The medias.


2. Transgression as a fundamental basis of humanity

The oriognal sin. Origins in the Bible
St Thomas ? Safransky
We are unable to build non violent characters.
Build the society to control the evil Division of powers. etc. Huxley.
The difficulty of rules. Asimov laws of robotics.
St paul. The letter and the spirit.
The system of values
Pompier art. Disney. Mainstrum. "Author's" film.
The uncanny

3. Art, the constructive transgression

Duchamp
Eros and thanatos, violence represented. Catharsis
Other acceptable transgression: games, sport, the jester
Random. My paper. Algorithmic creativity.
Leech.
The "poetic licence". Leech.
The constraint of originality
Aesthetics: the balance. Resonance.
Contemporary art. Literature.
The Artistotelian trilogy : harmony, clarity, integrity
Structural tansgression: cinema Mounting (Eisenstein)
Play with the uncanny.
Narration: tension, stress, suspense, resolution (happy end....). In music...

4. Algorithmics and measurement

Experiments with Roxame
Structure. Music. The position ot thema as tansgression. Dissonance. Resolution
Random as transgression. The basicallly "other"
Originality
Aesthetic criteria.


5. Conclusions