Evolutionary art

In common with natural selection and animal husbandry, the members of a population undergoing artificial evolution modify their form or behaviour 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 aesthtically pleasing, as in Richard Dawkins' Biomorphs (http://www.freethoughtdebater.com/ALifeBiomorphs.htm) program. 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.

Further Reading

• 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