Typically, mathematical formulas that represent aesthetic features or principles are used in conjunction with specialized algorithms and statistical techniques to provide. Also the essay wholeness and totality a psychiatric contribution, by erik h. He was raised in a wellrespected orthodox jewish family in munich. Was max bense hier, in seinem essay technische existenz stuttgart 1949, s. The essay is a good analysis of how a personality transforms itself. Galloway recollecting microbes with hans blumenbergs concept of. The school grew out of the adult education school in ulm, founded by inge scholl, sister of hans and sophie scholl, who were executed by the nazis in 1943 for distributing antinazi flyers, and the graphic designer otl aicher. Typically, mathematical formulas that represent aesthetic features or principles. Max bense february 7, 1910 in strasbourg april 29, 1990 in stuttgart was a german philosopher, writer, and publicist, known for his work in philosophy of science, logic, aesthetics, and semiotics.
Kafkas conception thematik of being by sophie faxon on prezi. Roland kayn 19332011 was a german composer who studied in stuttgart at the hochschule fur musik, and at the technische hochschule with max bense. Rivane neuenschwander the silence of the sirens 20 felt. He was a pupil of of boris blacher at the hochschule fur musik in berlin from 1956 to 1958 and he later worked in various music studios in. The conception of mathesis universalis or the universal idea of humanism, he connects, for instance, with the program for the gesamtkunstwerk. Pdf on oct 1, 2007, claus pias and others published hollerith feathered crystal. Max bense february 7, 1910 in strasbourg april 29, 1990 in stuttgart was a german philosopher, writer, and publicist. Within this bense advanced the idea of generative aesthetics building on the notion of generative grammar, developed by chomsky 1957, 1965. Stuttgart, deutsche verlagsanstalt 1949 ocolc614528049. Although he was not a particularly strong student, scheler did show early promise and interest in philosophy, particularly in the works of friedrich nietzsche. Max bense was a german philosopher, scholar, and poet. Max bense studied mathematics, physics, geology, mineralogy, and philosophy at the universities of cologne and bonn. For them, the affective domains of experience, intuition and style were not central.
His thoughts combine natural sciences, art, and philosophy under a collective perspective and follow a definition of reality, which under the term existential rationalism is able to remove the separation between. This school was influenced by shannons theory of mathematical communication and sought to develop a theory of aesthetics based on computation and algorithmic formulas. According to our current online database, max bense has 18 students and 22 descendants. He was particularly influential in the 1950s and 1960s in westgermany and internationally. Year of birth, place 1910, strasbourg, france year of death, place 1990, stuttgart, germany biography. Informational aestheticswhat is the relationship between. To submit students of this mathematician, please use the new data form, noting this mathematicians mgp id of 55600 for the advisor id. May 18, 20 the strong relationship between theoretical background in structural thinking and practical realization in composing and designing was one of the characteristics at hochschule fuer gestaltung hfg ulm, the ulm school of design. His background studies were in philosophy, mathematics, geology, and physics, and later in information theory, semiotics, and cybernetics. Philosoph in technischer zeitstuttgarter engagement, kaleidoskopien 5. Max bense 1910, strasbourg 1990, stuttgart was a german philosopher, writer, and publicist, known for his work in philosophy of science, logic, aesthetics, and semiotics. And at the technische hochschule in stuttgart, a lecturer in aesthetics, max bense, staged the first ever exhibition of computer art in a 1965 seminar. Computational aesthetics computer science and artificial. The strong relationship between theoretical background in structural thinking and practical realization in composing and designing was one of the characteristics at hochschule fuer gestaltung hfg ulm, the ulm school of design.
Max bense 19101990 studied mathematics, physics, geology and philosophy at the bonn university where he gained his ph. Kafkas conception thematik of being becca christ, sophie faxon, ariel jaffe opinions thesis franz kafka displays typical formation of nonclassical surrealism in the metamorphosis by creating an unreal yet logical existence. Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library. Computational aesthetics, a subfield of artificial intelligence ai concerned with the computational assessment of beauty in domains of human creative expression such as music, visual art, poetry, and chess problems. Bense s text projekte generativer asthetik published in rot 19 bense and walther 1965 coincided with an exhibition of computerbased art work by georg nees at the studiengalerie in february 1965.
Max bense february 7, 1910 in strasbourg april 29, 1990 in stuttgart was a german. Zum gedenken an max bense with the aid of the algebraic theory of categories, the system of theoretical semiotics can be built up from the three fundamental categories 1. Yet, there was still scope to affirm that the long play appears as a deus ex machina, capable of reproducing complete executions that claim to be living things adorno 1969. Zastaval existencialny racionalizmus, podla ktoreho je charakteristickou crtou cloveka jeho inteligencia, a semioticky realizmus. The max4610 has four normally open no switches, and the max4611 has four normally closed nc.
Max bense and joseph beuys in discussion, dusseldorf, 1970. The philosopher max bense expanded birkhoffs model to include new findings from the fields of information theory, semiotics, and philosophy. He coined the terms artificial art and genera tive aesthetics in his main work, aesthetics. The logical empiricists campaigned for a scientific world view wissenschaftliche weltauffassung. If you have additional information or corrections regarding this mathematician, please use the update form. Max bense always endeavoured to combine rationality with art, and found new intermediary stages to show this close relation of art and science, or sensitivity and rationality.
Two months later, the howard wise gallery in new york put on a similar show, also said to be the first of its kind. In many of his publications, max bense exposed his aesthetical conceptions. See on the problem of conversion rudolf otto, the idea of the holy new york. Max otto bense straatsburg, 7 februari 1910 stuttgart 29 april 1990 was een duits filosoof, schrijver en uitgever. Max bense 1910, strasbourg 1990, stuttgart was a german. The technological condition erich horl, translatd by anthony enns. This paper examines the special relationship between mathematics, philosophy and design at hfg ulm, illustrated by examples of the foundation courses. The poverty of the spirit and the dialectic 19121916. Bense s influence on mayer especially during his adolescence was an. A close connection to the scientifically technical terminology of cybernetics is immediately discernible in the concepts he used. Is the world now ready for computer art pioneer manfred. By 1969, the electronics age was fully apparent as technical existence bense 1949. Wir senden ihre daten in ihrem auftrag an mehrere anbieter zur kostenlosen angebotserstellung. Translation of technical terminology in german reverso.
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