Evolutionary art is a branch of
generative art
Generative art is post-conceptual art that has been created (in whole or in part) with the use of an autonomous system. An ''autonomous system'' in this context is generally one that is non-human and can independently determine features of an ...
, 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
Evolution is the change in the heritable Phenotypic trait, characteristics of biological populations over successive generations. It occurs when evolutionary processes such as natural selection and genetic drift act on genetic variation, re ...
through
natural selection
Natural selection is the differential survival and reproduction of individuals due to differences in phenotype. It is a key mechanism of evolution, the change in the Heredity, heritable traits characteristic of a population over generation ...
or
animal husbandry
Animal husbandry is the branch of agriculture concerned with animals that are raised for meat, animal fiber, fibre, milk, or other products. It includes day-to-day care, management, production, nutrition, selective breeding, and the raising ...
, the members of a population undergoing artificial evolution modify their form or behavior over many reproductive generations in response to a selective regime.
In
interactive evolution the selective regime may be applied by the viewer explicitly by selecting individuals which are aesthetically pleasing. Alternatively a
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
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Digital morphogenesis
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Electric Sheep
Electric Sheep is a volunteer computing project for animating and evolving fractal flames, which are in turn distributed to the networked computers, which display them as a screensaver.
Process
The process is transparent to the casual user, ...
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Evolutionary music
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NEAT Particles
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Universal Darwinism
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
External links
Abstract Genomic Art: An Introduction by Avi L. Friedlich
Thomas Dreher: History of Computer Art, Chap. IV.3: Evolutionary Art"Evolutionary Art Gallery"
by Thomas Fernandez (computer scientist), Thomas Fernandez
"Biomorphs"
by Richard Dawkins
Genetic Art
a site that evolves images
EndlessForms.com
, Collaborative interactive evolution allowing you to evolve 3D objects and have them 3D printed.
"MusiGenesis"
, a program that evolves music on a PC
"Evolve"
a program by Josh Lee that evolves art through a voting process.
"Living Image Project"
a site where images are evolved based on votes of visitors.
"An evolutionary art program using Cartesian Genetic Programming"
Evolutionary Art on the Web
Interactively generate Mondriaan, Theo van Doesburg, Mandala and Fractal art.
"One mans eyes?"
Aesthetically evolved images by Ashley Mills.
interactive breeding units.
evolved sculptures produced by rapid manufacturing techniques.
"Picbreeder"
, Collaborative breeder allowing branching from other users' creations that produces pictures like faces and spaceships.
a tool for image evolution based on Chris Coyne's Context Free Design Grammar.
a three-dimensional ecosystem, where creatures evolve shapes and sounds.
The Art of Artificial Evolution: A Handbook on Evolutionary Art and MusicEvolved Turtle Website
Evolved Turtle Website - Evolve art based on Turtle Logo using the Windows app BioLogo.
Evolvotron
- Evolutionary art software
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is an evolutionary artwork created by Genco Gulan
Evo Art bibliography
largest online bibliography to evolutionary art and related fields like evolutionary architecture and design, evolutionary image processing
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