Afflatus is a Latin term derived from Cicero (in De Natura Deorum (The Nature of the Gods)) that has been translated as “inspiration.” Cicero’s usage was a literalizing of “inspiration,” which had already become figurative. Literally, “inspiration,” like “afflatus,” means “to be blown into” by a divine wind. As “inspiration” came to...
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What is an artist? Simply said: someone who makes art. But even this simple definition is undermined by the project Axel King by Belgian Leroy Brothers. Axel King is some kind of evolutionary algorithm that produces art. On a web platform users can upload pictures...
Wagner Carelli: How did you arrive at the idea of Axel King? What kind of experience and background preceded it? Leroy Brothers: The Axel King project has been a long process, but here it is in short. With a previous project, we invited non-visual artists, like...
