Generative Art based on Cellular Automata (including Game of Life) 2025 01 4k

This video uses 2 cellular automata algorithms to create generative art. The 2D algorithm has been enhanced to base the cell color selection on the age of the cell.
The one dimensional algorithm has 256 rules (known as Wolfram Codes) to compute the next generation. The generations descend down the screen. The rules change periodically, with the rule number indicated on the bottom right of the screen. Some rules are very dull, and the algorithm moves to the next quickly if this occurs.
The other algorithm is a two dimensional cellular automata know as The Game of Life. It was invented by mathematician John Conway. There is a huge repository of starting configurations that create interesting patterns and machines. I selected around 65 interesting patterns to use in this visualization. The initial pattern is on the bottom right of the screen.
Algorithmic Dynamic Art (ADA) is a real-time generative and non-curated art form. Each unique, non-repeating art instance has a life cycle of creation, growth and death. ADA is art as algorithm, written in Python and designed for live presentation on large 4k displays. Each art instance is composed as you watch, is ephemeral, unique and never repeated. This video is a screen capture of the application running this particular algorithm.
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