Algorithmic Art - Algorists

Algorists

"Algorist" is a term used for digital artists who create algorithmic art. One group of algorists is known as Les Algoristes.

Algorists formally began correspondence and establishing their identity as artists following a panel titled "Art and Algorithms" at SIGGRAPH in 1995. The co-founders were Roman Verostko and Jean-Pierre Hébert. Hébert is credited with coining the term and its definition, which is quite unsurprisingly, in the form of his own algorithm:

if (creation && object of art && algorithm && one's own algorithm) { include * an algorist * } elseif (!creation || !object of art || !algorithm || !one's own algorithm) { exclude * not an algorist * }