Santi Fort: Gaia

Artist(s):

• Santi Fort

Title:

Gaia

Exhibition:

• SIGGRAPH 1999: technOasis

Creation Year:

1999

Medium:

Animation

Category:

• Animation & Video

Keywords:

• algorithm
• animation
• evolution

Artist Statement:

GAIA was made entirely with a proprietary program, running on a standard PC, for creating series of images based on the evolution and mutation of image generation algorithms. At each iteration, the user chooses one of the proposed images, which acts as the progenitor of a new series, and so on. The procedure is inspired by the evolution of life. Following a “genetic code,” the forms are born, reproduce, and die, but instead of “survival of the fittest” the rule is “selection of the most attractive.”

Affiliation Where Artwork Was Created:

Universität Pompeu Fabra

Contributors:

Programmer
Juan Luis Abadia