<:> What it's about
There is ongoing debate about what creativity really is, or at
least what the concept picks out.
But this course side-steps that issue, taking creativity to be any
process which produces an especially valued artefact.
The key distinction will be between `hands-on' and `hands-off' versions
of the process.
- Hands-on creativity: production of a valued artefact by direct
action.
- Hands-off creativity: production of a valued artefact by indirect
action, i.e., manipulation of a generative mechanism.
The course focusses on the latter approach with attention focussing
particularly on the possibilities opened up by modern, computational
methods.