{"id":15816,"date":"2026-04-17T17:21:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T15:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/?post_type=artists_ui&#038;p=15816"},"modified":"2026-09-05T15:39:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T13:39:36","slug":"ewa-1984-95","status":"publish","type":"artists_ui","link":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/beyls-peter\/ewa-1984-95\/","title":{"rendered":"EWA, 1984-95"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;]<div class=\"dam-custom-grid dam-custom-grid--cols-3\" style=\"--dam-grid-gap:16px;\"><figure class=\"dam-custom-grid__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Beyls1987EWASymA-scaled.jpeg\" class=\"dam-custom-grid__link\" data-lightbox=\"dam-custom-grid\" title=\"Peter Beyls, plotter drawing, hand coloured, ink on paper, 73x55 cm, 1985\" data-title=\"Peter Beyls, plotter drawing, hand coloured, ink on paper, 73x55 cm, 1985\" data-caption=\"Peter Beyls, plotter drawing, hand coloured, ink on paper, 73x55 cm, 1985\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2046\" src=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Beyls1987EWASymA-scaled.jpeg\" class=\"dam-custom-grid__image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Beyls1987EWASymA-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Beyls1987EWASymA-300x240.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Beyls1987EWASymA-1024x818.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Beyls1987EWASymA-768x614.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Beyls1987EWASymA-1536x1228.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Beyls1987EWASymA-2048x1637.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Beyls1987EWASymA-713x570.jpeg 713w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Beyls1987EWASymA-500x400.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Beyls1987EWASymA-550x440.jpeg 550w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Beyls1987EWASymA-400x320.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Beyls1987EWASymA-2000x1599.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figure class=\"dam-custom-grid__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Beyls1995oTEGen-scaled.jpg\" class=\"dam-custom-grid__link\" data-lightbox=\"dam-custom-grid\" title=\"Peter Beyls, plotter drawing, ink on paper, 58x42 cm, 1995\" data-title=\"Peter Beyls, plotter drawing, ink on paper, 58x42 cm, 1995\" data-caption=\"Peter Beyls, plotter drawing, ink on paper, 58x42 cm, 1995\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1855\" src=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Beyls1995oTEGen-scaled.jpg\" class=\"dam-custom-grid__image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Beyls1995oTEGen-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Beyls1995oTEGen-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Beyls1995oTEGen-1024x742.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Beyls1995oTEGen-768x557.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Beyls1995oTEGen-1536x1113.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Beyls1995oTEGen-2048x1484.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Beyls1995oTEGen-786x570.jpg 786w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Beyls1995oTEGen-500x362.jpg 500w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Beyls1995oTEGen-550x399.jpg 550w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Beyls1995oTEGen-400x290.jpg 400w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Beyls1995oTEGen-2000x1450.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figure class=\"dam-custom-grid__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Beyls1985EWAV2A-scaled.jpeg\" class=\"dam-custom-grid__link\" data-lightbox=\"dam-custom-grid\" title=\"Peter Beyls, EWA, plotter drawing, black ink\/paper, tinted by hand, 1985\" data-title=\"Peter Beyls, EWA, plotter drawing, black ink\/paper, tinted by hand, 1985\" data-caption=\"Peter Beyls, EWA, plotter drawing, black ink\/paper, tinted by hand, 1985\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1807\" src=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Beyls1985EWAV2A-scaled.jpeg\" class=\"dam-custom-grid__image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Beyls1985EWAV2A-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Beyls1985EWAV2A-300x212.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Beyls1985EWAV2A-1024x723.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Beyls1985EWAV2A-768x542.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Beyls1985EWAV2A-1536x1084.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Beyls1985EWAV2A-2048x1446.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Beyls1985EWAV2A-808x570.jpeg 808w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Beyls1985EWAV2A-500x353.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Beyls1985EWAV2A-550x388.jpeg 550w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Beyls1985EWAV2A-400x282.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Beyls1985EWAV2A-2000x1412.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;EWA, 1984-95&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; font_size=&#8221;16&#8243; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; font_weight=&#8221;600&#8243;][vc_column_text]&#8221;EWA is conceived as personal expert system, the first version was written in 1984. Over the years, it went through a series of many major revisions running on many different hardware configurations. EWA introduced a significant swing in my creative thinking. It made a shift from abstract procedural models to viewing software as a cognitive device allowing the formulation of aspects of human creativity. Important, the use of expert system technology differs from its conventional use in Artificial Intelligence; my approach to knowledge based systems is profoundly exploratory &#8211; rules are viewed as discovery machines, not as specifications of explicit knowledge.<br \/>\nEWA grows (new functionality is added) while its creative prospective is being considered by the programmer. Therefore, it is not totally autonomous, it acts more as an extension of the creative belief system of an external programmer. EWA is viewed as a collaborative companion in the process of aesthetic decision-making.&#8221; Peter Beyls, 2013<\/p>\n<p><strong>More works<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/beyls-peter\/untitled1985\/\">Untitled, 1985<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/beyls-peter\/untitled-1981\/\">Untitled, 1981<\/a><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/beyls-peter\/untitled-1975-1977\/\">Untitled, 1975-77<\/a><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;EWA, 1984-95&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; font_size=&#8221;16&#8243; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; font_weight=&#8221;600&#8243;][vc_column_text]&#8221;EWA is conceived as personal expert system, the first version was written in 1984. Over the years, it went through a series of many major revisions running on many different hardware configurations. EWA introduced a significant swing in my creative thinking. 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