Generative art is something that has always fascinated me. One of my first encounters with it was with fractals. I have always been fascinated with fractals and doing things with them. I love the idea of math creating beautiful patterns. With this in mind, when I was looking for projects related to generative art, I realized that most of the ones I saw were fractal related. So I decided to stay away from fractals!!

“Generative Art from Neural Networks”

The first project I discovered was a “generative art from neural networks”. I saw neural networks when I was studying computational perception. They are crazy! Neural networks try to simulate our own brain networks (“try”). I know they use them a lot in computer vision problems but I had never seen them in generative art. I didn’t really like the color combination of the art piece, but I really enjoyed the evolution of it. How it changed and how it diluted into something else. Similar to fractals but not as dramatic. I believe more can be done to it, i found it a little too static or slow. Maybe adding a more fluid simulation could have enhanced the experience.

“Large Luminous Surfaces – Generative Art Concept – The Wind Wall”

The second project I found was the “Large Luminous Surfaces – Generative Art Concept – The Wind Wall”. It is an art piece that uses climate and nature feedback as the main input for the generative art. I really liked it because it makes you see what you can feel but not truly see. We all feel the wind and, at least me, see it in our own way. This piece is putting a real image to it. A color sensation that it may be different from what you personally see; but I think is an interesting idea. To display what we cant see but feel is an interesting challenge. I wasn’t expecting this project to be from Phillips. Usually we see technology from big companies be all about commercial use, but here is all about the experience.