#algorithmicart — Public Fediverse posts
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RE: https://cosocial.ca/@rhempel/116650230030112969
For two decades I've been making that same point (below), also specifically for computational/algorithmic art. It's also been a key topic in many of my past workshops. More than just being about performance, data structure literacy (at least awareness of options) can be a powerful tool/help for expressing and actualizing ideas in the first place, especially for interactive situations (where using the right or wrong or no data structure can be a make-or-break in some situations).
Yet, most of the the time, I felt these efforts to encourage more attention on improving algorithmic literacy in the design/art world have mostly received disinterest or even active pushback (e.g. the classic "to learn how to drive you don't need to know how a combustion engine works" argumentation) etc.
In one of my roles last year, I was responsible for optimizing the performance of several art pieces by well known, celebrated "algorithmic artists" to allow their pieces to run at least with an "alright" frame rate on the company's chosen Android hardware (Snapdragon 8 based). Oftentimes the given code was extremely naive, unoptimized spaghetti and I managed to achieve 2-8x performance boosts. This is not to brag, but to illustrate the wider problem! If one's supposed expertise & claim to fame is "algorithmic art", then one should also strive a little (more) to become proficient in said medium. Good knowledge of data structures and at least a passing interest in performance & hardware are key attention points towards achieving that (in my view)...
The RAM and GPU price explosions will likely "encourage" a little more awareness in the future (not just for arty stuff)... Then again, mass slop coding is a strong counter force/movement... 🤷♂️
Also previously:
https://mastodon.thi.ng/@toxi/116323268206171198
https://mastodon.thi.ng/@toxi/115791275814738584
https://mastodon.thi.ng/@toxi/115791712519666535#DataStructures #Performance #Optimization #AlgorithmicArt #AlgoApril
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I keep coming back to this. Somehow I enjoy taking random polygons and scaling, rotating and translating them so their edges match other edges.
Maybe it feels a bit like playing with Lego or wood blocks.
#creativeCoding #geometry #math #OPENRNDR #Kotlin #algorithmicArt #proceduralArt
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I keep coming back to this. Somehow I enjoy taking random polygons and scaling, rotating and translating them so their edges match other edges.
Maybe it feels a bit like playing with Lego or wood blocks.
#creativeCoding #geometry #math #OPENRNDR #Kotlin #algorithmicArt #proceduralArt
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I keep coming back to this. Somehow I enjoy taking random polygons and scaling, rotating and translating them so their edges match other edges.
Maybe it feels a bit like playing with Lego or wood blocks.
#creativeCoding #geometry #math #OPENRNDR #Kotlin #algorithmicArt #proceduralArt
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I keep coming back to this. Somehow I enjoy taking random polygons and scaling, rotating and translating them so their edges match other edges.
Maybe it feels a bit like playing with Lego or wood blocks.
#creativeCoding #geometry #math #OPENRNDR #Kotlin #algorithmicArt #proceduralArt
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I keep coming back to this. Somehow I enjoy taking random polygons and scaling, rotating and translating them so their edges match other edges.
Maybe it feels a bit like playing with Lego or wood blocks.
#creativeCoding #geometry #math #OPENRNDR #Kotlin #algorithmicArt #proceduralArt
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Work in progress. Various growth algorithms. Haven't yet found the one I'm looking for.
When I figure it out, this will be a tiny part of a larger project.
#creativeCoding #algorithmicArt #proceduralArt #mathArt #generativeArt #OPENRNDR #Kotlin #genArt
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Work in progress. Various growth algorithms. Haven't yet found the one I'm looking for.
When I figure it out, this will be a tiny part of a larger project.
#creativeCoding #algorithmicArt #proceduralArt #mathArt #generativeArt #OPENRNDR #Kotlin #genArt
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Work in progress. Various growth algorithms. Haven't yet found the one I'm looking for.
When I figure it out, this will be a tiny part of a larger project.
#creativeCoding #algorithmicArt #proceduralArt #mathArt #generativeArt #OPENRNDR #Kotlin #genArt
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Work in progress. Various growth algorithms. Haven't yet found the one I'm looking for.
When I figure it out, this will be a tiny part of a larger project.
#creativeCoding #algorithmicArt #proceduralArt #mathArt #generativeArt #OPENRNDR #Kotlin #genArt
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Work in progress. Various growth algorithms. Haven't yet found the one I'm looking for.
When I figure it out, this will be a tiny part of a larger project.
#creativeCoding #algorithmicArt #proceduralArt #mathArt #generativeArt #OPENRNDR #Kotlin #genArt
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Color Therapy. Noisy evolution.
Two snapshots of my piece C-SCAPE, 2022, a multi-organism 1.5D cellular automata simulation. Patterns of symbiosis and annihilation.
Made with https://thi.ng/cellular
#CSCAPE #CellularAutomata #GenerativeArt #AlgorithmicArt #EvolutionaryArt #Abstract #Color #Texture #ThingUmbrella #NoAI
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Color Therapy. Noisy evolution.
Two snapshots of my piece C-SCAPE, 2022, a multi-organism 1.5D cellular automata simulation. Patterns of symbiosis and annihilation.
Made with https://thi.ng/cellular
#CSCAPE #CellularAutomata #GenerativeArt #AlgorithmicArt #EvolutionaryArt #Abstract #Color #Texture #ThingUmbrella #NoAI
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Color Therapy. Noisy evolution.
Two snapshots of my piece C-SCAPE, 2022, a multi-organism 1.5D cellular automata simulation. Patterns of symbiosis and annihilation.
Made with https://thi.ng/cellular
#CSCAPE #CellularAutomata #GenerativeArt #AlgorithmicArt #EvolutionaryArt #Abstract #Color #Texture #ThingUmbrella #NoAI
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Color Therapy. Noisy evolution.
Two snapshots of my piece C-SCAPE, 2022, a multi-organism 1.5D cellular automata simulation. Patterns of symbiosis and annihilation.
Made with https://thi.ng/cellular
#CSCAPE #CellularAutomata #GenerativeArt #AlgorithmicArt #EvolutionaryArt #Abstract #Color #Texture #ThingUmbrella #NoAI
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Color Therapy. Noisy evolution.
Two snapshots of my piece C-SCAPE, 2022, a multi-organism 1.5D cellular automata simulation. Patterns of symbiosis and annihilation.
Made with https://thi.ng/cellular
#CSCAPE #CellularAutomata #GenerativeArt #AlgorithmicArt #EvolutionaryArt #Abstract #Color #Texture #ThingUmbrella #NoAI
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Released as a single humongous monolithic pull request within a week since opening, the kind of ad-hoc, uncoordinated, trigger-happy, just-because-we-can attitude of the #Bun "LLM Rust rewrite" is so symbolic of the cultural shift many people & orgs are undergoing, where their focus has moved almost exclusively to quantity & speed-to-market (aka "higher productivity"), completely shoving aside long-term goals and considerations, incl. design principles/strategies, maintainability, safety, but also so many social aspects (e.g. organically grown community/staff, organizational skills/knowledge/understanding, much of it tacit, sometimes built up over decades), consideration of downstream effects, compatibility/composability, other costs (not just your own) etc.
All of these things, this loss of culture, seem to be treated as easily sacrificable third-class factors, or components which are simply assumed to be automatable (and therefore replaceable, unnecessary) in the new mindset. It's uncanny!
The engine can't/mustn't be slowed or halted, and it needs more fodder! Only with maximum speed can we accelerate it enough to jump over the coming chasm, straight into the singularity...
In these developments, I too see very strong parallels to a similar goldrush mindset which emerged during the NFT years and has changed digital/algorithmic/generative art for years to come, and which has similarly 180° reorientated the focus, work & value systems of many artists/peers...
(Update: minor edits for clarity...)
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More work from my Final Major Project at Arts University Plymouth. These mesmerising pieces are made up of meticulously inlaid veneers of wood that are inserted into laser engraved plywood.
Each artwork was initially digitally drawn up by me over many many hours which then were transferred into a usable format to be laser engraved - which took another 5 and a half hours!
The work is greatly inspired by computer scientist/mathematician Craig S Kaplan (@csk) and his generative zellij work. My work displays that the algorithmic potential of Islamic Geometric Patterns and the time-tested traditions of woodcrafts can belong together in an artistic context.
#IslamicGeometricPatterns #IslamicArt #AlgorithmicArt #woodworking #laserengraving #lasercutting #inlaywood
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More work from my Final Major Project at Arts University Plymouth. These mesmerising pieces are made up of meticulously inlaid veneers of wood that are inserted into laser engraved plywood.
Each artwork was initially digitally drawn up by me over many many hours which then were transferred into a usable format to be laser engraved - which took another 5 and a half hours!
The work is greatly inspired by computer scientist/mathematician Craig S Kaplan (@csk) and his generative zellij work. My work displays that the algorithmic potential of Islamic Geometric Patterns and the time-tested traditions of woodcrafts can belong together in an artistic context.
#IslamicGeometricPatterns #IslamicArt #AlgorithmicArt #woodworking #laserengraving #lasercutting #inlaywood
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More work from my Final Major Project at Arts University Plymouth. These mesmerising pieces are made up of meticulously inlaid veneers of wood that are inserted into laser engraved plywood.
Each artwork was initially digitally drawn up by me over many many hours which then were transferred into a usable format to be laser engraved - which took another 5 and a half hours!
The work is greatly inspired by computer scientist/mathematician Craig S Kaplan (@csk) and his generative zellij work. My work displays that the algorithmic potential of Islamic Geometric Patterns and the time-tested traditions of woodcrafts can belong together in an artistic context.
#IslamicGeometricPatterns #IslamicArt #AlgorithmicArt #woodworking #laserengraving #lasercutting #inlaywood
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More work from my Final Major Project at Arts University Plymouth. These mesmerising pieces are made up of meticulously inlaid veneers of wood that are inserted into laser engraved plywood.
Each artwork was initially digitally drawn up by me over many many hours which then were transferred into a usable format to be laser engraved - which took another 5 and a half hours!
The work is greatly inspired by computer scientist/mathematician Craig S Kaplan (@csk) and his generative zellij work. My work displays that the algorithmic potential of Islamic Geometric Patterns and the time-tested traditions of woodcrafts can belong together in an artistic context.
#IslamicGeometricPatterns #IslamicArt #AlgorithmicArt #woodworking #laserengraving #lasercutting #inlaywood
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More work from my Final Major Project at Arts University Plymouth. These mesmerising pieces are made up of meticulously inlaid veneers of wood that are inserted into laser engraved plywood.
Each artwork was initially digitally drawn up by me over many many hours which then were transferred into a usable format to be laser engraved - which took another 5 and a half hours!
The work is greatly inspired by computer scientist/mathematician Craig S Kaplan (@csk) and his generative zellij work. My work displays that the algorithmic potential of Islamic Geometric Patterns and the time-tested traditions of woodcrafts can belong together in an artistic context.
#IslamicGeometricPatterns #IslamicArt #AlgorithmicArt #woodworking #laserengraving #lasercutting #inlaywood
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A Report from the Field (2026)
Irregular grid from blue noise point distribution, made with #Processing#algorithmic #chance #random #noise #bluenoise #grid #algorithmicart
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A Report from the Field (2026)
Irregular grid from blue noise point distribution, made with #Processing#algorithmic #chance #random #noise #bluenoise #grid #algorithmicart
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A Report from the Field (2026)
Irregular grid from blue noise point distribution, made with #Processing#algorithmic #chance #random #noise #bluenoise #grid #algorithmicart
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A Report from the Field (2026)
Irregular grid from blue noise point distribution, made with #Processing#algorithmic #chance #random #noise #bluenoise #grid #algorithmicart
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A Report from the Field (2026)
Irregular grid from blue noise point distribution, made with #Processing#algorithmic #chance #random #noise #bluenoise #grid #algorithmicart
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FOSS, single-file, vanilla, save with CTRL + S. This is designed to make single file webpages/programs in absolute position or VW. The keyboard is like Vi. 20 levels per project. #CreativeCoding #GenerativeArt #CodeArt #AlgorithmicArt #CreativeComputing #ArtAndTechnology #DigitalArt #TechArt #NewMediaArt #MathArt #WebArt #InteractiveArt #Processing #OpenFrameworks #P5js
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Over the past several months I've been working on "Divisions," a series of paintings based off of an algorithmic core. These two paintings are part of the set of work that I'll be showing during Marin Open Studios this weekend (and next).
(I've also thrown in an in-progress shot that gives you a peek into the world of tape insanity that I've created for myself with these new works. 😅)
Please stop by if you're in the neighborhood!
#AbstractArt #AlgorithmicArt #GeometricArt #MarinOpenStudios
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Over the past several months I've been working on "Divisions," a series of paintings based off of an algorithmic core. These two paintings are part of the set of work that I'll be showing during Marin Open Studios this weekend (and next).
(I've also thrown in an in-progress shot that gives you a peek into the world of tape insanity that I've created for myself with these new works. 😅)
Please stop by if you're in the neighborhood!
#AbstractArt #AlgorithmicArt #GeometricArt #MarinOpenStudios
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Over the past several months I've been working on "Divisions," a series of paintings based off of an algorithmic core. These two paintings are part of the set of work that I'll be showing during Marin Open Studios this weekend (and next).
(I've also thrown in an in-progress shot that gives you a peek into the world of tape insanity that I've created for myself with these new works. 😅)
Please stop by if you're in the neighborhood!
#AbstractArt #AlgorithmicArt #GeometricArt #MarinOpenStudios
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Over the past several months I've been working on "Divisions," a series of paintings based off of an algorithmic core. These two paintings are part of the set of work that I'll be showing during Marin Open Studios this weekend (and next).
(I've also thrown in an in-progress shot that gives you a peek into the world of tape insanity that I've created for myself with these new works. 😅)
Please stop by if you're in the neighborhood!
#AbstractArt #AlgorithmicArt #GeometricArt #MarinOpenStudios
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Over the past several months I've been working on "Divisions," a series of paintings based off of an algorithmic core. These two paintings are part of the set of work that I'll be showing during Marin Open Studios this weekend (and next).
(I've also thrown in an in-progress shot that gives you a peek into the world of tape insanity that I've created for myself with these new works. 😅)
Please stop by if you're in the neighborhood!
#AbstractArt #AlgorithmicArt #GeometricArt #MarinOpenStudios
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Algorithmic Listening Party w/ Epiploke
Entropia, Thursday, April 30 at 06:00 PM GMT+2
Algorithmic Listening Party
Friday 30. April 2026
Entropia e.V. Steinstraße 23, 76133 Karlsruhe
People have danced to algorithms throughout history, including the Ancient Greeks. Epiploke is such an algorithm, evident in fragments of Ancient Greek texts, where metrical short-long structure is shifted in patterns. In this algorithmic listening session Lucy Cheesman and Alex McLean will explore Ancient Greek narratives and patterns with live code (TidalCycle), bringing together fragments of structures from different texts, including instances of epiploke, as well as incorporating audio descriptions from Homer and reconstructions of Homeric instrumentation. Also joining the evening are artists Janani Suresh Ram, Froos and pastagang, and the locals elmo and grainn.
18:00–19:30 Epiploke talk
Alex McLean & Lucy Cheesman20:00–23:00 listening party
bharatanatyam: yaxu x Janani Suresh Ram / elmo / Epiploke / grainn / ravioli: pastagangbrought to you by toplap ka x entropia x haecksen
keep it boring!https://keepkarlsruheboring.org/event/algorithmic-listening-party-with-epiploke
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Algorithmic Listening Party w/ Epiploke
Entropia, Thursday, April 30 at 06:00 PM GMT+2
Algorithmic Listening Party
Friday 30. April 2026
Entropia e.V. Steinstraße 23, 76133 Karlsruhe
People have danced to algorithms throughout history, including the Ancient Greeks. Epiploke is such an algorithm, evident in fragments of Ancient Greek texts, where metrical short-long structure is shifted in patterns. In this algorithmic listening session Lucy Cheesman and Alex McLean will explore Ancient Greek narratives and patterns with live code (TidalCycle), bringing together fragments of structures from different texts, including instances of epiploke, as well as incorporating audio descriptions from Homer and reconstructions of Homeric instrumentation. Also joining the evening are artists Janani Suresh Ram, Froos and pastagang, and the locals elmo and grainn.
18:00–19:30 Epiploke talk
Alex McLean & Lucy Cheesman20:00–23:00 listening party
bharatanatyam: yaxu x Janani Suresh Ram / elmo / Epiploke / grainn / ravioli: pastagangbrought to you by toplap ka x entropia x haecksen
keep it boring!https://keepkarlsruheboring.org/event/algorithmic-listening-party-with-epiploke
