Notes from the margins of computational art
Lessons from the pioneers of generative art.
Scholia is a growing library of hands-on lessons. Each one tells the story of an artist (or a group, or a technique) and pairs it with a working studio tool that runs in your browser.
From the library
Order and Disorder
Vera Molnár (1924-2023)
She added a small, controlled amount of randomness, her 1% disorder, to strict geometric order.
Scholia started in front of a Molnár. This lesson rebuilds her disorder experiments, among them (Des)Ordres and Interruptions, and you set how much disorder goes into each.
Start this lesson →Also in the library
See all lessons →- Color as SystemJosef Albers (1888-1976)
- Pattern as CodeAnni Albers (1899-1994)
- Instructions as ArtSol LeWitt (1928-2007)
- Exhaustive VariationManfred Mohr (b. 1938)
- Software as MediumCasey Reas (b. 1972)
- The First Computer ArtistsGeorg Nees & Frieder Nake
- The Autonomous MachineHarold Cohen & AARON
- Plotter PioneersRoman Verostko & the Algorists
Coming soon
These lessons are still being written.
- Flow Fields and Perlin NoiseTechnique-driven
- Long-Form GenerativeTyler Hobbs (b. 1987)
- L-Systems and FractalsTechnique-driven
- Algorithmic ColorTechnique-driven
- Human-Machine CollaborationTechnique-driven
- The Physical OutputTechnique-driven
- Developing Your Own SystemYour own grammar