artworks : GA2 lightbox drawings
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    These "drawings" were created using simulated chemistry and genetics. The pieces are actually high resolution lightbox transparencies shown here as low resolution images.
  Untitled ( F091148 )
(40" x 30" - 2002)

These works extend those done with the previous version of the software GA1. Unlike those works the GA2 drawings are fully self-organizing on both the macro and microstructural levels. The overall macrostructure of the drawing is determined by a reaction-diffusion system of virtual chemistry. Such systems are not unlike those that, in nature, determine the patterns on seashells and animal fur. The microstructure is determined by a genetic system as described in the "lightbox drawings" section of this portfolio. This particular drawing is rendered on Duratrans and mounted in an industrial lightbox.

   
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