In other words, the human-centric perspective on information processing and knowledge generation became an inspiration and provided impetus for the re-evaluation of computers as tools, which critically depend on external empirical input if they are to facilitate a transition from information to knowledge. Having appreciated the key role of empirical verification we begin to see the synergy between sciences, fine arts and computing. It is clear that all these activities, that have been frequently considered as disjoined, share a characteristic of generating information abstractions and verifying them through the reference to the real-world. Clearly, the abstractions generated in different domains are very different (painting, piece of music, poetry or a mathematical regression model) and so are the specific abstraction verification methods. Nevertheless, the methodological underpinning is shared universally. This is why the development of a formal framework for processing of information abstractions (granules), the Granular Computing framework, is a necessary first step.
Granular Art is a combined artistic and scientific endeavor aimed at capturing and expressing the complex artistic messages through a computer-aided abstraction (granulation) operating at various cognitive levels. The processing of geometric forms, colours and textures into conceptual granules is a first step in distilling the essence of an artistic artifact. This continues at the level of social/cultural/historical context informing particular responses to texture, contrast, choice of colour, juxtaposition of forms etc.. Finally, the granulation of the semantical content of complementary natural language messages, from the artist and the recipients of a given art-form, helps to cristalise the meaning of the artistic message. The research method of Granular Art is therefore twofold, granulation of simple abstractions into more complex ones (and their subsequent verification) and a de-construction of the narrative also followed by the verification of the de-constructed concepts.
The Granular Art exhibition in the gallery EXTRAVAGANCE is a pioneering attempt to bring art into the mainstream of Computational Intelligence. The granular computing framework, for the capture of complex, multi-layered artistic messages, ensures the preservation of their semmantic currency in the evolving world. Also, the granular art approach brings art to the forefront of developments in intelligent systems, WEB based virtual worlds, intelligent agents operating in different environments and communicating between themselves and human users. Granular Art, by being realized in the realm of Granular Computing, is well placed to capture profound intuitive insights of artists, linguists and philosophers and in doing so contributing to a better understanding of human information processing.
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