from Philip Galanter, "What is Generative Art? Complexity Theory as a Context for Art Theory"
The following artists statement written by Haacke in 1965 could stand today as a manifesto for generative artists exploring complex adaptive systems.
HANS HAACKE Statement
...make something which experiences, reacts to its environment, changes, is non-stable...
...make something indeterminate, which always looks different, the shape of which cannot be predicted precisely...
...make something which cannot 'perform' without the assistance of its environment...
...make something which reacts to light and temperature changes, is subject to air
currents and depends, in its functioning, on the forces of gravity...
...make something which the 'spectator' handles, with which he plays and thus
animates...
...make something which lives in time and makes the 'spectator' experience time...
...articulate: something natural...
Cologne, January 1965 [26]
Keywords: conceptual art, generative art, hans haacke, philip galanter