Conceptual framework for the intersection of software and art

Introduction With the rapid development of technology, software is being used in every sector of life. The interconnection between software and art dates back to the early sixties (Sedelow '70). The context of intersection is growing each year with increased number of artists participating in multimedia software projects, games etc. and many software engineers participating in software dependent art projects such as interactive art installations. Art festivals, software festivals, workshops, and symposiums reveal the interests of many people in the interdisciplinary domain of software and art. In this chapter, the intersection of software and art is conceptualized through a framework describing where and how software and art interact, who are involved with it, why software and art is combined and what are their interests and attitudes towards the intersection of software and art. The conceptual framework is proposed based on our literature review on software and art in the context of the SArt project. SArt project 1 is conducted inside the Software Engineering group at the Department of Computer Science in the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and the focus of the project is exploration of research issues in the intersection between software engineering and art. The preliminary results of the review along with the research methodology and the review process has already been reported in (Trifonova, Ahmed et al. '07). The framework presented here is based on the result of our review and all the concepts and information presented here refers to our understanding gain from the literature review.