In his article ‘Computer Vision for Artists’, Golan Levin, a pioneer in the computer vision community, attempts to make computer vision, which in the past has been reserved solely for programmers and funded research teams, available to even the a novice artist seeking artistic application of this technology. Levin, after presenting a series of examples of pieces and installations involving computer vision technology, goes on to cover some basic methods for implementing computer vision.

It is encouraging that such technology is becoming more readily available to the public, even outside of the art community. Similar to the way the personal computer was once only a massive, expensive machine for only scientists and/or the very wealthy, and slowly this technology becomes more available, till even students can program applications for their own personal computers, as well as servers and databases. Levin’s attitude is very progressive and contributes to the availability and evolution of art and technology.