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# Generative Art

Theory and practice of generative art

**Generative art** refers to art that in whole or in part has been created with the use of an autonomous system. An **autonomous system** in this context is a system that is non-human and can independently determine features of a design that would otherwise require decisions made directly by the artist (typically a machine).

It is worth noticing that a generative piece of art is a **collaboration between artist and machine**. While the brush for the painter or the chisel for the sculptor are only tools that cannot act autonomously, the machine effectively takes part in the generation of a generative artwork.