Evolutionary art

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An image generated using an evolutionary algorithm

Evolutionary art is a branch of generative art, in which the artist does not do the work of constructing the artwork, but rather lets a system do the construction. In evolutionary art, initially generated art is put through an iterated process of selection and modification to arrive at a final product, where it is the artist who is the selective agent.

Evolutionary art is to be distinguished from BioArt, which uses living organisms as the material medium instead of paint, stone, metal, etc.

Overview

In common with biological evolution through natural selection or animal husbandry, the members of a population undergoing artificial evolution modify their form or behavior over many reproductive generations in response to a selective regime.

In

selection pressure
can be generated implicitly, for example according to the length of time a viewer spends near a piece of evolving art.

Equally, evolution may be employed as a mechanism for generating a dynamic world of adaptive individuals, in which the

selection pressure is imposed by the program, and the viewer plays no role in selection, as in the Black Shoals
project.

See also

Further reading

  • Bentley, Peter, and David Corne. Creative Evolutionary Systems. Morgan Kaufmann, 2002.
  • Metacreations: Art and Artificial Life, M Whitelaw, 2004, MIT Press
  • The Art of Artificial Evolution: A Handbook on Evolutionary Art and Music, Juan Romero and Penousal Machado (eds.), 2007, Springer
  • Evolutionary Art and Computers, W Latham, S Todd, 1992, Academic Press
  • Genetic Algorithms in Visual Art and Music Special Edition: Leonardo. VOL. 35, ISSUE 2 - 2002 (Part I), C Johnson, J Romero Cardalda (eds), 2002, MIT Press
  • Evolved Art: Turtles - Volume One, , Tim Endres, 2009, EvolvedArt.biz

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