The Semiotic Machine

30 Pages Posted: 18 Sep 2008

Date Written: September 18, 2008

Abstract

Algorithmic signs. I. Introduction 4 A. Problematique 4 B. Definitions and Common Terms 5 1. Semiotics 5 2. Interactive art 5 3. Sign 6 a. Saussure 6 i. A Structural Theory of the Sign 6 ii. A linguistic theory of the sign 6 iii. The Arbitrary Sign? 7 b. Peirce 7 Semiotics, Grammar and Rhetoric 9 c. Morris 9 1.3 Morris 9 Episteme and Dialectic 10 d. Eco 10 Communication 10 Codes 11 e. Synthesis 11 4. Icon, Index, Symbol 12 a. Icon 12 b. Index 13 c. Symbol 13 5. Syntactics, Semantics, Pragmatics 14 a. Syntactics 15 b. Semantics 15 c. Pragmatics 15 II. Computational Semiotics 15 A. The Semiotic Machine 15 1. Software: A MetaCommunication Artefact 15 2. The Communicative Discrepancy 16 B. The Computer Sign 17 1. Signal, Computer Sign, Interpretation 17 2. The Quasi Sign (a reduced sign) 17 3. Eidetic Nature of the Computer Sign 17 C. The Algorithmic Sign 18 III. Art and Algorithm 19 A. Art Theory 19 1. Art as a Sign 19 2. Art in Antiquity and Early Modernity 19 3. Art in Late Modernity 20 a. Structuralism 20 b. Post Structuralism 20 B. Algorithm and Art 21 1. Random Art 21 2. Painting by Constraints 22 3. Analogies of machine art 22 4. Intuition 23 C. Dialectics of Art and Algorithm 23 1. Dialectics of Art and Algorithm 23 3. Synthesis 24 D. Implementation - Counterfeit Art 24 1. Syntactics of Corridor 25 2. Semantics of Corridor 25 3. Pragmatics 26 4. Algorithmics of Counterfeit Corridor 26 5. Utility of the Exercise 26 6. Limits of the Exercise 27 Future Work 27

Keywords: Semiotics, Interactive art, Saussure, Peirce, Morris, Episteme, Dialectic, Eco, Communication, Codes, Icon, Index, Symbol, Syntactics, Semantics, Pragmatics, Computational Semiotics, The Semiotic Machine, Software, MetaCommunication Artefact, Computer Sign, Signal, Interpretation

JEL Classification: l82

Suggested Citation

Engle, Eric, The Semiotic Machine (September 18, 2008). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1270062 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1270062

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