Advances in Art: Orthogonal Disruption and the Beauty in Schematics

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Main Authors: Alvarez-Telena, Sergio, Diez-Fernandez, Marta
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Published: 2026
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author Alvarez-Telena, Sergio
Diez-Fernandez, Marta
author_facet Alvarez-Telena, Sergio
Diez-Fernandez, Marta
contents This paper introduces Orthogonal Art, a proposed artistic discipline that emerges in dialectical response to artificial intelligence rather than in service of it. Unlike AI-augmented creative practices, Orthogonal Art is structurally defined by occupying the generative and conceptual spaces that current AI systems cannot access. As a founding instantiation of this framework, the paper presents a novel artistic practice in which technical schematics serve as the primary medium. A significant secondary contribution is the pedagogical dimension of the work: by grounding artistic practice in schematic logic and algorithmic structure, the framework provides an accessible entry point into the advanced field of Augmented Machines systems, enabling cross-disciplinary literacy within Humanities at the intersection of art, engineering, and philosophy.
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spellingShingle Advances in Art: Orthogonal Disruption and the Beauty in Schematics
Alvarez-Telena, Sergio
Diez-Fernandez, Marta
Computers and Society
This paper introduces Orthogonal Art, a proposed artistic discipline that emerges in dialectical response to artificial intelligence rather than in service of it. Unlike AI-augmented creative practices, Orthogonal Art is structurally defined by occupying the generative and conceptual spaces that current AI systems cannot access. As a founding instantiation of this framework, the paper presents a novel artistic practice in which technical schematics serve as the primary medium. A significant secondary contribution is the pedagogical dimension of the work: by grounding artistic practice in schematic logic and algorithmic structure, the framework provides an accessible entry point into the advanced field of Augmented Machines systems, enabling cross-disciplinary literacy within Humanities at the intersection of art, engineering, and philosophy.
title Advances in Art: Orthogonal Disruption and the Beauty in Schematics
topic Computers and Society
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.20865