He frantically tried to capture snapshots of the fleeting pictures during the earliest days of 77 Million Paintings’ existence only to discover that trying to recreate these moments on film was beside the point. “I’m constantly surprised by what this installation shows me”, Eno commented. Similarly, the viewer sees a different mixture each time as the series of pictures are in a perpetual state of regeneration. It can’t be finished in a traditional sense, as there is no end point. 77 Million Paintings has effectively eliminated the artist’s intent since Eno can no longer control the outcome of the work. ![]() ![]() He explained that contemporary definitions of art grew out of these philosophies, and that art has become another web of potentiality instead of a centralized, linear process.
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