Living Art A Synthesis of Artificial Life and Digital Art
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Content Inside: Living Art A Synthesis of Artificial Life and Digital Art Living Art A Synthesis of Artificial Life and Digital Art 1 Maher Ben Moussa, Marco Pasch, and Mannes Poel Department of Computer Science University of Twente P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede The Netherlands email: m.poel@cs.utwente.nl ABSTRACT: In this paper we research the possibilities of creating digital art by employing techniques from Artificial Life, i.e. the study of man-made systems that exhibit behaviors characteristic of natural systems. This approach to produce artworks digitally where the computer executes a program that has been written by the artist and by this creates the piece of art is called Algorithmic Art. We present two approaches here. In the first approach the user specifies the parameters of a simulation prior to its execution and has no further influence. In the second approach the user decides the fitness of each of the individuals of a population and by this decides the outcome of the evolution, i.e. here the aesthetical value. With both approaches (subjective) interesting results can be found. KEYWORDS: Digital Art, Algorithmic Art, Artificial Life, Genetic Algorithms. INTRODUCTION In this paper we research the possibility to create digital art through the use of Artificial Life techniques. As Langton states it: Artificial Life is the study of man-made systems that exhibit behaviors characteristic of natural systems. It complements the traditional biological science concerned with the analysis of living organisms by attempting to synthesize lifelike behaviors within computers and other artificial media. In Artificial Life the biological DNA is replaced by digital DNA strings, also called chromosomes. Breeding is accomplished by using techniques from Genetic Algorithms 1 . The term Digital Art refers to art that makes use of digital media, mainly computers and the Internet 3 . Digital Art comprises a large variety of art that has been created with the help of a computer. This ...
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