I would say 99.9% of computer use to do creative work is exactly as the programmers intended, and many people consider the result art without imagining abusing their tools. Think all those hundreds of MIDI versions of pop songs, all completely obedient to the "rules." Is it "bad"? Well, yeah, most of it, but it succeeds on its own terms. This work, I don't think involves abuse on any level. They call it digital abstraction, and I actually kind of like it. It's so involved and intricate, even though it doesn't seem to be straying outside the bounds of the programming. All that raytracing stuff is another example. Also some cool things there--but it's not about abuse.
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- tom moody 3-09-2005 2:44 am