Artistic precursors
Discover artists and the unexpected connections that retroactively define their influences.
Created with prompt
[user]: Make an app that is based on Borges idea of precursor:. The specific essay is “Kafka and His Precursors” from Other Inquisitions. The argument: when we read Kafka, we suddenly see “Kafka-esque” qualities in writers who came before him — Zeno, Kierkegaard, Browning — who didn’t resemble each other at all until Kafka existed to connect them. The precursor didn’t create the artist. The artist retroactively created the precursor. The app will work the following way. You add an artist name and it pulls up a card about the artist with his paintings, and below it precursors - cards of other artists that are now precursors and how they connect. Make cards all fit on one page but let me click on them to read an expanded version. [assistant]: Creating an app based on Borges' idea of precursors, where users can explore artists and their retroactively connected influences, is a fascinating concept. I’ll craft a plan for an app that displays artist cards with their works, precursors, and connections, all on an interactive and expandable interface.