The Algorists

A loose group of artists — Roman Verostko and Jean-Pierre Hébert among the founders — who write their own software to generate their art, naming themselves in the mid-1990s. When Jean-Pierre thought of the name “Algorist” he also, very befittingly, wrote or coded a definition which became known as the Hébert Manifesto or the Algorist Manifesto. The Algorist Manifesto if (creation && object of art && algorithm && one's own algorithm) { include * an algorist * } elseif (!creation || !object of art || !algorithm || !one's own algorithm) { exclude * not an algorist * } Jean-Pierre Hébert, 1995