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February 12

Is informative art the same as information art ?

I was scrolling down on the requested article page : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requested_articles/Arts_and_entertainment#Surrealism And I found informative art. With a bit on research, I also found this WP page :Information art

So I was wondering if it's two words for the same art form, and if it's two completely different things ? Vincent-vst🚀 (talk) 10:51, 12 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know what either of the two means, and I'm not convinced they are notable topics. The article we have comes across to me as devoid of substance, vapid babble derived from the juxtaposition of two terms. --Lambiam 18:58, 12 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Astonishingly enough, the Information art page appears to have been created 19 years ago. Both terms sound to me like a fancy way of saying "advertising". ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 19:19, 12 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

They seem to be somewhat different. Informative art is "computer augmented, or amplified, works of art", whereas information art uses "as material for art the raw data produced by our societies". The former is about using computers as a tool, the latter about using computer-generated info as a subject. The latter also appears to be marginally notable.[1][2][3] Clarityfiend (talk) 23:29, 12 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The second of these three pages linked to does not use the term. Each of the three is about a different sense – (1) using IT images, originally not intended as art, as image trouvée; (2) using data, such as statistical data, as the inspiration for art; (3) using information technology to produce art. --Lambiam 11:24, 13 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for this answer Vincent-vst🚀 (talk) 08:09, 13 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]