artificial life art

Artificial Life Art

Artificial Life art is an active (and interesting) genre...

	The Iteration Conference series on Generative Electronic Art encapsulates procedural modelling and Artificial Life Art. The series was initiated right here at CEMA.
	There is an international competition for Artificial Life artworks, Vida. Have a look at some of the entries to see what has happened in this field over the past few years.
	For a readable survey and introduction to the concerns of the field, consult: Whitelaw, M., Metacreation, Art and Artificial Life, MIT Press 2004

Theo Jansen has built fantastic large-scale creatures out of plastic electrical wire sheathing that harness the wind to wander about and dig up a beach in the Netherlands.
			Also from the Netherlands, artists Erwin Driessens & Maria Vertsappen use a diverse range of techniques to examine the concept of emergence and our relationship to artificial living systems.
Bill Vorn constructs robotic artworks and interactive installations.

Jon McCormack,	Troy Innocent &	Alan Dorin	all make artworks related to concepts from Artificial Life and generative systems.