Bucharest FP #52 — GenArt for fun and learning

Hi, everyone!

We're back with a presentation focused on learning FP through generative art. Adrian Cîrstei will walk us through what he learned about it while learning FP.

# Adrian Cîrstei - GenArt for fun and learning

## ABSTRACT

Generative art or algorithmic art is art produced by describing the rules to be followed in code. It often makes use of randomness in various flavors (either as discrete random values, noise or random vector fields).

In this talk we will visit various art producing techniques from the perspective of learning. I use this problem of "art production" as a means to dive deeper in programming languages I intend to learn. It will touch the subject from a Haskell and Clojure perspective.

## BIOGRAPHY

Adrian worked several years as a programmer and recently he got interested in functional languages and the FP paradigm and mind set. During the trip he visited Elm, F#, PureScript, Haskell, Scala, and Clojure. Now he spends 99% of his computer free time exploring art producing algorithms and tools. His current professional work has nothing to do with this talk. :)

# Call for Talks

If you had an A-HA moment, small or big, while using a functional language or approach to solve a problem dear to your heart and you would also be willing to share your experiences with the group, please send us a private message on Meetup and maybe we can schedule a meetup.

If you're anxious about speaking to an unknown public audience, we're willing to restrict the number of participants to a number you're comfortable with ;) Not joking!

PS: Meanwhile, don't forget about our ongoing Haskell Book Study Group!