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Stewart, D Rosenberg, MJ 2011-07-01T10:26:44Z 2011-07-01T10:26:44Z 1976 http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/5476 This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University. The object of this study is to draw art into the common net of organization, along with those other enterprizes more commonly associated with the exercise of intelligence. The method chosen for this is based upon the idea of effective procedures, namely by setting out to construct a (notional) 'art machine'. The argument falls into two parts, the first dealing with the general concept of authorship and the second with its products. Part I offers a definition of an abstract, rudimentary productive process and describes its observers. There is an examination of the relation between structure and purpose, which moves towards a general definition of authorship made in terms of extracting order from a surrounding. Principles of order extraction are examined, with particular reference to the Law of Requisite Variety. Examination of extracted order, as structure, heuristics and the like, leads to discussion of the transmission of purposes between purposeful systems, as well as general problems of constraint, and of regulation and control. Part I ends with a proposal for a paradigm for a rudimentary mechanical author. Part II concentrates on the products of authorship, seeking characterizing features of those that may be classified as art. There is discussion of objective knowledge and its value and of the characteristics of experience as a form of objective knowledge. It is suggested that art is concerned with experience and that this dictates its method, which is to produce simulation procedures based on a language constituted by the synthetic structures discussed in Part I. Lines are suggested for realizing an 'art machine' and there is a review of prospects. A section of notes consisting of speculative ideas and empirical applications connected with the conclusions of the text follows Part II. Submitted by Otue Ekong (lbsrooe@brunel.ac.uk) on 2011-07-01T10:26:31Z No. of bitstreams: 1 FulltextThesis.pdf: 19245422 bytes, checksum: 5a5ea6db62072e80333e4290b8eb1833 (MD5) Approved for entry into archive by Otue Ekong(lbsrooe@brunel.ac.uk) on 2011-07-01T10:26:44Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 FulltextThesis.pdf: 19245422 bytes, checksum: 5a5ea6db62072e80333e4290b8eb1833 (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2011-07-01T10:26:44Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 FulltextThesis.pdf: 19245422 bytes, checksum: 5a5ea6db62072e80333e4290b8eb1833 (MD5) en http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/bitstream/2438/5476/1/FulltextThesis.pdf Notional art machine Rudimentary productive process Principles of order extraction Law of requisite variety Rudimentary mechanical author An outline theory of art on cybernetic principles Thesis