Abstract

Paper not available. However, Nadin presented a paper that was clearly related, called Emergent Aesthetics, at SIGGRAPH 1989. The intro of that paper goes as follows:
“The production of art, as much as any other production, takes place in the context of human interaction with others, with nature, with tools, with artifacts, and with ideas from times passed. Artistic work, more than any other, is probably a projection of the experiential structure of the act of producing artifacts (or events) with qualities socially acknowledged as artistic and values culturally celebrated as aesthetic. Throughout history, the patterns of human interaction have continuously changed, and so has art. Nonetheless, changes like the ones we experience today are unprecedented, requiring that we understand that the condition of art is probably more dependent than ever on the condition of humanity in general, and of science and technology in particular.”

The paper Emergent Aesthetics, as published in a special issue of Leonardo, can be found here:
https://www.nadin.ws/wp-content/uploads/1989/02/Emergent-Aesthetics.pdf

• • • Mihai Nadin (1938, Romania) is a scholar and researcher in electrical engineering, computer science, aesthetics, semiotics, human-computer interaction (HCI), computational design, post-industrial society, and anticipatory systems. [Source Wikipedia]
      Principal, MINDesign. Research and consulting for education and business (new technologies and their creative applications), 1986 to present.
      Dean, School of Art and Design, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City,
      1988-1991.
      Eminent Scholar in Art & Design Technology, Ohio State University, 1985-1988.
      Advanced applications in multimedia digital technology, visualization.
      Professor, Rhode Island School of Design, 1980-1985.
      Taught semiotics, design, communication, computer graphics, artificial intelligence, aesthetics.
      William A. Kern Institute Professor in Communication, Rochester Institute of Technology,
      1983-1984.Taught semiotics of art, computer-aided human activity.
      Director, Institute for Visual Communication and Semiotics, Providence RI, 1981-1985.
      Adjunct professor, Center for Research in Semiotics, Brown University, 1981-1985.
      Visiting professor, University of Essen, 1979-1980. Taught semiotics, design, aesthetics.
      Alexander von Humboldt Research Grant, Ludwig Maximilian University, Seminar fü r Philosophie, Logik, und Wissenschaftstheorie, Munich, 1978-1980. Research, and teaching in semiotics, aesthetics, axiology.
      Lecturer, summer courses at Centro Internazionale di Semiotica e di Linguistica, Urbino, Italy, 1978.
      Visiting professor, Carolo-Wilhelmina University, Braunschweig, Germany, 1977-1978. Courses in aesthetics and semiotics.
      Nomination as senior philosopher, Institute of Philosophy, University of Bucharest, Romania, 1976.
      Professor of philosophy, University of Brasov, Romania, 1969-1975.
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