As with many painters, Kelani uses photography as a preparatory tool for his work however very few artists in Nigeria have placed it on the same level given the reinforced hierarchical barriers between the «art» of painting and
mechanical procedure of photography.
This pixel is then processed through a set of
repeatable mechanical procedures, such as wrapping the pixel around the virtual curvature of a void that produce infinite possible outcomes.
The Second Circuit's notion of value added making a use transformative has fundamentally to do with human creativity; the Ninth Circuit's interpretation of value added opens the door to a
purely mechanical procedure involving no human creativity whatsoever.
Certain commentators on his book have stereotyped it into essentially
a mechanical procedure that automatically works retribution or reward in accord with the individual's conduct (Ezek.
According to one of its founders, Raymond Queneau, Oulipo's objective was to propose new «structures» for writers that are mathematical in nature, or to invent new artificial or
mechanical procedures that could contribute to literary activity: props for inspiration or aids for creativity.