Comments on: Information Theory and Art http://www.krazydad.com/blog/2005/08/01/information-theory-and-art/ Interactive art, experimental software toys, screensavers and games by Jim Bumgardner. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:48:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: rgov.org http://www.krazydad.com/blog/2005/08/01/information-theory-and-art/#comment-10 rgov.org Thu, 04 Aug 2005 00:38:12 +0000 http://www.krazydad.com/blog/2005/08/01/information-theory-and-art/#comment-10 <strong>Redundancy and Entropy</strong> The Palace author Jim Bumgardner has written an interesting article on Claude Shannon, a Bell Labs employee whose 1948 paper, “A Mathematical Model of Communication,” first described Information Theory. Jim goes into the details of Shannon&... Redundancy and Entropy

The Palace author Jim Bumgardner has written an interesting article on Claude Shannon, a Bell Labs employee whose 1948 paper, “A Mathematical Model of Communication,” first described Information Theory. Jim goes into the details of Shannon&…

]]> By: rgovostes http://www.krazydad.com/blog/2005/08/01/information-theory-and-art/#comment-9 rgovostes Tue, 02 Aug 2005 04:32:51 +0000 http://www.krazydad.com/blog/2005/08/01/information-theory-and-art/#comment-9 What you suggest is very plausible. There is definitely a balance between redundancy and entropy that seems to be pleasing, and I think it can be extended beyond artwork and music, although examples fail me. Consider the pencilled outline of a circle on a piece of paper. Not very exciting is it - high redundancy and low entropy. Now imagine instead a spiral spinning inward - the redundancy is less, and the entropy is higher. They reach a balance that makes an interesting shape. Thanks for the article! What you suggest is very plausible. There is definitely a balance between redundancy and entropy that seems to be pleasing, and I think it can be extended beyond artwork and music, although examples fail me.

Consider the pencilled outline of a circle on a piece of paper. Not very exciting is it - high redundancy and low entropy. Now imagine instead a spiral spinning inward - the redundancy is less, and the entropy is higher. They reach a balance that makes an interesting shape.

Thanks for the article!

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