Artificial-life.net is a web-based project examining the conceptual art practices of Calgary artists Vera Gartley, Arlene Stamp and Mary Shannon Will within the realm of generative technology. Generative art has been defined by New York University professor Philip Galanter as “refer[ring] to any art practice where the artist uses a system, such as a set of natural language rules, a computer program, a machine, or other procedural invention, which is set into motion with some degree of autonomy contributing to or resulting in a completed work of art.” This website commission partners Gartley, Stamp and Shannon Will’s ongoing interests in systematic conceptual art processes with generative computer technologies.
Written in a Java applet, Stamp’s Growing Patterns generates vector-based designs based on user input that simulate growth patterns found in nature. Gartley’s Exquisite Corps continues her investigations into art and learning and image/text relationships by engaging viewers in movement and drawing. While listening to audio tracks based on an Awareness Through Movement® lesson from the Feldenkrais Method®, participants are encouraged to describe their everyday experiences using image and text. Shannon Will’s Flash animation Intersection combines hundreds of layers of colour and pattern with an original musical score by One Yellow Rabbit Theatre’s resident composer Richard McDowell and a poetic voice-over performed by the company’s Associate Artist and Ensemble member Denise Clarke.
Submitted by Diana Sherlock, Producer
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- Year Created: 2007
- Submitted to ArtBase: Monday Feb 26th, 2007
- Original Url: http://www.artificial-life.net/
- Permalink: http://www.artificial-life.net/
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Work Credits:
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