Friday 10:00 until 1:00. 6 units. CLICC PC Classroom A (Powell 307). Enrollment cap = 14.
Nicholas Gessler - gessler@ucla.edu - Office hours after class.

DESCRIPTION

We take a critical look at the philosophy, epistemology, theory and practice in the growing fields of Artificial Life, Artificial Societies, Artificial Culture and Evolutionary Computation with a special emphasis on the creative and artistic implications of these algorithmic self-made computational worlds. We will examine the coevolution between culture and technology in science, industry, entertainment and especially art. We will look into the cutting-edge technologies of autonomous agents in computer programs, reconfigurable hardware and social robotics. Special attention will be given to the "algorists" (algorithmic artists) and those who work with ever-changing dynamic rule-based reactive art. As time and opportunities permit, we will do critiques of readings, investigate algorithmic artists on the Web, learn to write and alter sample programs in Borland C++ for Windows PCs, engage in some robotics projects, view videos and partake of extramural events. No previous programming experience is required. Open to graduates and undergraduates.

Books on Art, Design and Visualizations - More Books
Evolutionary Design by Computers by Peter Bentley (Editor) www.amazon.com	Evolutionary Architecture : Nature As a Basis for Design by Eugene Tsui www.amazon.com	Fractal Cities : A Geometry of Form and Function by Michael Batty, Paul Longley www.amazon.com
The Algorithmic Beauty of Sea Shells (Virtual Laboratory) by Hans Meinhardt, Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz, Deborah R. Fowler www.amazon.com	The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants (The Virtual Laboratory) by Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz, Aristid Lindenmayer www.amazon.com	The Computational Beauty of Nature: Computer Explorations of Fractals, Chaos, Complex Systems, and Adaptation by Gary William Flake www.amazon.com
The Algorithmic Beauty of Seaweeds, Sponges and Corals by Jaap A. Kaandorp, Janet E. Kubler www.amazon.com	Evolutionary Art and Computers by Stephen Todd, William Latham (Contributor) www.amazon.com	Creative Evolutionary Systems (With CD-ROM) by Peter J. Bentley (Editor), David W. Corne (Editor) www.amazon.com
Illustrating Evolutionary Computation With Mathematica by Christian Jacob www.bol.ucla.edu	A New Kind of Science by Stephen Wolfram www.amazon.com

 

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