THE ALGORISTS MANIFESTO

The algorists manifesto is an algorithm:

if (creation && object of art && algorithm && one's own algorithm) {
          include * an algorist
} elseif (!creation || !object of art || !algorithm || !one's own algorithm) {
          exclude * not an algorist
}

« Algorithmic art may be found throughout history, from prehistoric basket weaving to geometric and conceptual art in the 20th Century. However, the advent of computers provide us with form-generating leverage that, to the best of my knowledge, has no precedent in  the history of art. It is in  this sense that algorist artists of the late 20th Century pioneered procedures that have come to permeate the visual and sound arts in the 21st Century. » — Roman Verotsko

Read the story and definition of the pioneers of algorihmic art who first experimented with coded artistic procedures with computers: http://www.verostko.com/algorist.html