My Creative Research Process | Max-Bittker

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Why do I make art? Creating things is a way to have a conversation with the world.
Making art builds my understanding of the world and of my own perception. It gives me a space and structure to think, and teaches me new ways to appreciate the world. If art is giving shape to an idea, working towards that shape also helps me to communicate it. Sharing something with others gives them a window into the way I understand it, and hearing their perspective on that is yet another angle of insight towards the original idea.
Quick aside about this sort of tool: I think that “software people” underestimate how huge of a lever it is to lower the cost of starting a project. Things like Arduino and Processing that lower the number of decisions and setup steps you need to start making something, enfranchise entirely different forms of making and new kinds of makers.
A key component of creative coding is building myself a world to play in. This is different than the aforemented work to setting up my coding environment - I’m talking about developing a structure to be creative within.

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Why do I make art? Creating things is a way to have a conversation with the world.
Making art builds my understanding of the world and of my own perception. It gives me a space and structure to think, and teaches me new ways to appreciate the world. If art is giving shape to an idea, working towards that shape also helps me to communicate it. Sharing something with others gives them a window into the way I understand it, and hearing their perspective on that is yet another angle of insight towards the original idea.
Quick aside about this sort of tool: I think that “software people” underestimate how huge of a lever it is to lower the cost of starting a project. Things like Arduino and Processing that lower the number of decisions and setup steps you need to start making something, enfranchise entirely different forms of making and new kinds of makers.
A key component of creative coding is building myself a world to play in. This is different than the aforemented work to setting up my coding environment - I’m talking about developing a structure to be creative within.