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The Virtual Ecosystem as Generative Electronic Art

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Applications of Evolutionary Computing (EvoWorkshops 2004)

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This paper proposes four desirable attributes of processes to be applied in generative electronic art. By example, it then demonstrates that the virtual ecosystem in its entirety is a process with many of these desirable attributes. The paper contrasts this process with the use of cellular automata. It outlines a number of generative artworks with which the author has been involved that utilize the virtual ecosystem, and discusses their pros and cons in the context of generative art. The paper suggests means by which the application of the four desirable attributes may extend the creative possibilities for these works.

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  1. Center for Electronic Media Art School of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Australia, 3800

    Alan Dorin

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  1. Institute of Computer Graphics and Algorithms, Vienna University of Technology, Favoritenstraße 9–11/1861, 1040, Vienna, Austria

    Günther R. Raidl

  2. Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Informazione, Università di Parma,  

    Stefano Cagnoni

  3. Institute AIFB, University of Karlsruhe, 76128, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Jürgen Branke

  4. School of Mathematical and Computer Science, Heriot-Watt University, EH14 8AS, Edinburgh, UK

    David Wolfe Corne

  5. Institute of Computer Science, University of Bremen, 28359, Bremen, Germany

    Rolf Drechsler

  6. Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH, Offenbach/Main, Germany

    Yaochu Jin

  7. Computing Laboratory, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK

    Colin G. Johnson

  8. CISUC, Department of Informatics Engineering, University of Coimbra, Polo II of the University of Coimbra, 3030, Coimbra, Portugal

    Penousal Machado

  9. ICIS, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    Elena Marchiori

  10. Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany

    Franz Rothlauf

  11. School of Computing Sciences, UEA Norwich, University of East Anglia, NR4 7TJ, Norwich, UK

    George D. Smith

  12. Dipartimento di Automatica e Informatica, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

    Giovanni Squillero

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Dorin, A. (2004). The Virtual Ecosystem as Generative Electronic Art. In: Raidl, G.R., et al. Applications of Evolutionary Computing. EvoWorkshops 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3005. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-24653-4_48

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