Session 1 · Tool Lab · Lesson 07
Rule-Based Interpretation
Workflow: Rule-Based Interpretation
Rule-sets are artistic decisions. Adjust rules rather than prompts, and let conditional logic transform images over time. Process, not polish.
Concept
- Art as behavior, not only object — the systems-art lineage.
- IF/THEN logic turns interpretation into a repeatable procedure.
- A rule is a position: it decides what matters before the machine runs.
What happens when you adjust rules rather than prompts?
Slides
- 06
Systems Thinking in Art
- Art as object versus art as behavior
- Rule-sets as artistic decisions
- Feedback and iteration
- Process over product
- Precedents in conceptual and systems art
- 18
Workflow 3: Rule-Based Interpretation
- Input: multiple images or sequences
- Rule: conditional logic
- Output: transformation over time
- Emphasis: process, not polish
Student activity
20:00
- 01Define one rule with an input, operation, constraint, repetition, and stopping condition.
Input: multiple images or sequences · Rule: conditional logic · Emphasis: process, not polish.
The condition your rule watches for.
What the system does in response.
What must not change.
How often the rule repeats.
When the system halts.
Fill the fields above and your rule appears here.
“Copy as LLM prompt” wraps your rule in run instructions — paste it into ChatGPT or Gemini and feed it images round by round.