- creating art according to Emergence rules is a new alternative. So far, one could use techniques like improvisation, written composition/choreography, chance events, etc. Emergence offers another path: to create an evolving 'living organism'.

- Emergence allows complexity to arise from simplicity. This complexity could probably be realised by traditional means (i.e. writing a whole piece out beforehand) but using an emergent system is more efficient for this kind of result.

- the unpredictability of emergent systems gives each performance a new, spur-of-the-moment quality which one doesn't get (as much) with written works. This 'risk' is in itself exciting to watch. It is similar to improvisation but not quite since the performers are simply following rules.

- Emergence is good at creating art which has organic, evolving, pattern-like qualities. It isn't good at creating Beethoven symphonies! It sets a process in motion which has its own momentum and inner-structure. it can be started and ended at any point.

- the 'skill' of the artist creating for an emergent system becomes one of choosing and fine-tuning a particular set of rules which might generate something interesting. This is a completely new way of creating art and requires that the artist learn the language and syntax of the system.

- the open-ended aspect of the e-Merge system allows infinite combinations of art forms (music, dance, video, text, etc) to influence each other in seemingly complex ways which would probably be much harder to achieve through other means.

- in summary, just like classical music, ballet or jazz have their rules and qualities, developing and facilitating the creation of art according to Emergence rules gives birth to a new technique of art-making with its own language, vocabulary and skills. Art for the 21st century...