“Panspermia” by Karl Sims
Title:
- Panspermia
Artist(s) and People Involved:
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Symposium:
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Creation Year:
- 1990
Duration:
- 2.08 minutes
Artist Statement:
Panspermenia: The theory that life exists and is distributed throughout the universe in the form of germs or spores.
This piece depicts a single life cycle of an inter-galactic life form. Evolutionary mechanics of random variation and artificial selection were used for procedural generation of complex organic structures. Physical simulations, procedural plant growth, and 3D rendering were performed in parallel on Connection Machine Computers.
Technical Information:
Computer Hardware:
Connection Machine System CM-2
Process Information:
Software and Animation:
Karl Sims
Sound:
David Atherthon, David Grimes, Steve Blake, Target Productions
