For me, a good way to think about it is to first inquire what is art, what is work of art, and what is the art product. The book "Art as Experience" helped me immensely.
I see art as experience that stands out from a daily experience because of its intensity and refinement. And work of art as the process of creation of the art product.
Usually, context around the art product is an important part of experience. So if we remove the object out of its context (city, creation, people, usage of it if it is a building for example..) and transport it globally to some museum the art is diminished. Sure we can write stuff next to the art product but it is not the same. What you can directly experience is just an observation of the craftsmanship, other things you have to imagine.
So if you were around the folks who are creating algorithms for computer generated art you would experience the end product much more intensely since you would directly experience the process of refinement, context, motivations and so on.
I see art as experience that stands out from a daily experience because of its intensity and refinement. And work of art as the process of creation of the art product.
Usually, context around the art product is an important part of experience. So if we remove the object out of its context (city, creation, people, usage of it if it is a building for example..) and transport it globally to some museum the art is diminished. Sure we can write stuff next to the art product but it is not the same. What you can directly experience is just an observation of the craftsmanship, other things you have to imagine.
So if you were around the folks who are creating algorithms for computer generated art you would experience the end product much more intensely since you would directly experience the process of refinement, context, motivations and so on.