Programmer as Creator

In previous blog I mentioned the role of the programmer. If the world runs like a program then God is the ultimate programmer. In the film The Matrix the virtual world created by the machine is completely contructed by programs and codes, following a certain internal logics and rationale. We can say that our physical reality and our society, or even human history follows a certain logic, the logic of human evolution on this planet, limited by resources and the species thriving to survive and fulfill ever higher needs if survival is attained. The Program, if we understand the program of the world, this ultimate program, is the God’s operation system, the God OS. In computer games, the programmer control the logics of the game world, the capabilities and boundaries of that finite world, the programmer is like the engineer of that world, he/she sat the parameters of the game play. The depth of meaning out of the game. Of course the game designer plays an important part on the concept and the spirit of the game, but it is the programmer who carries out the logistic and implementation of the game idea. In the previous blogs I also mentioned the artist as programmer, instead of deciding a specific narrative or artistic choice, the artist as programmer set a certain parameters for various narrative to happen, resulting in possible multi- narrative threads and end results. The art or story created will be multi facets. This bring in the idea of spatial imaginaries as a form of multi-narrative platform for creating. Instead of a temporal experience, spatial experience is multi meaning generated by the viewer or inhabitors decisions. The program opens up multiple possibilities and interaction in the game world or artistic construct. The artist therefore contributes a thesis not by setting a definitive narrative but by providing a platform whereby certain narrative can happen. In the end the next level of art is not about making statements but providing platforms for interactions, thereby actively engaging the others the generate a narrative with the art piece itself. An operation system is a great platform, the personal computing platform has been one of most influential piece of programmatic creation of this half century.