i considered a similar premise (albeit less eloquently) in a weblog post a couple of weeks back:

http://www.erase.net/weblog/2003-08/artist-versus-artisan

lewitt's instruction art must be the closest reference point on the matter, although there's an interesting dichotomy between the "renderer": the artist obeying the instructions, vs the web browser.

by sheer coincidence, i also once wrote a dynamic html script that would allow wysiwyg creation of html drawings within a web browser. i'll dig it out as soon as i have the opportunity, and send it your way.

brecht's "two durations":
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- dan 8-30-2003 6:48 pm





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