Algorithm // the finite operating system

Simply put, algorithms are a series of symbols for operating procedures and for the relations between these groups of signs and operating procedures.

Data Structures and Algorithms

The algorithm is a tool in any system for operating in a way that is open and directed — intentional — and, factitious. These are types of processes of artificial relation that determine modes of relation and enable their proliferation.

Definition of rendering

Rendering is a drawing, specifically a perspective, of a building or interior space, artistically delineating materials, shades and shadows: usually done for the purposes of presentation and persuasion.

James Akers // traditional architectural rendering by hand

book | Form + Code in Design, Art, and Architecture

The last decade has witnessed a proliferation of artists whose primary medium is software. Algorithmic processes, harnessed through the medium of computer code, allow artists to generate increasingly complex visual forms that they otherwise might not have been able to imagine, let alone delineate. The newest volume in the Design Brief series Form+Code in Design, Art, and Architecture is a non-technical introduction to the history, theory, and practice of software in the arts.

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