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 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

Further reading

  • Bentley, Peter, and David Corne. Creative Evolutionary Systems. Morgan Kaufmann, 2002.
  • Metacreations: Art and Artificial Life, M Whitelaw, 2004, MIT Press
  • , 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
  • , ISBN 978-0-615-30034-4, Tim Endres, 2009, EvolvedArt.biz

External links

  • , Abstract Genomic Art: An Introduction by Avi L. Friedlich
  • , by Thomas Fernandez
  • , by Richard Dawkins
  • , a site that evolves images
  • 2018-11-14 at the Wayback Machine, Collaborative interactive evolution allowing you to evolve 3D objects and have them 3D printed.
  • 2022-04-13 at the Wayback Machine, a program that evolves music on a PC
  • , a program by Josh Lee that evolves art through a voting process.
  • , a site where images are evolved based on votes of visitors.
  • 2005-10-26 at the Wayback Machine
  • 2018-04-15 at the Wayback Machine Interactively generate Mondriaan, Theo van Doesburg, Mandala and Fractal art.
  • , Aesthetically evolved images by Ashley Mills.
  • , interactive breeding units.
  • , evolved sculptures produced by rapid manufacturing techniques.
  • 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine, 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.
  • 2010-02-05 at the Wayback Machine Evolved Turtle Website - Evolve art based on Turtle Logo using the Windows app BioLogo.
  • 2010-02-06 at the Wayback Machine - Evolutionary art software ( 2010-02-27 at the Wayback Machine).
  • is an evolutionary artwork created by Genco Gulan
  • largest online bibliography to evolutionary art and related fields like evolutionary architecture and design, evolutionary image processing, generative art, computational aesthetics and computational creativity as part of the MediaWiki based