Aesthetic fitness and artificial evolution for the selection of imagery from the mythical infinite library

Alan Dorin

doi:10.1007/3-540-44811-X_76

Aesthetic fitness and artificial evolution for the selection of imagery from the mythical infinite library

Alan Dorin

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Abstract

Aesthetic selection and artificial evolution have been two of the more successful companions introduced to the toolbox of electronic image-makers in recent years. This paper examines the niche in which this technique, often associated with the simulation of biological processes, has positioned itself and some of the reasons for its success. Some remarks concerning the meaningfulness of a user’s search for images through a genetic space are made and the relationship of this search to traditional artistic practice is examined. Suggestions on how to link other Artificial Life techniques, especially those involving self-organizing and self-assembling systems, with aesthetic evolution and electronic art are also made.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in Artificial Life
Subtitle of host publication	6th European Conference, ECAL 2001 Prague, Czech Republic, September 10-14, 2001 Proceedings
Editors	Jozef Kelemen, Petr Sosık
Place of Publication	Berlin Germany
Publisher	Springer
Pages	659-668
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Print)	3540425675
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44811-X_76
Publication status	Published - 2001
Event	European Conference on Artificial Life 2001 - Prague, Czechia Duration: 10 Sept 2001 → 14 Sept 2001 Conference number: 6th

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publisher	Springer
Volume	2159
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743

Conference

Conference	European Conference on Artificial Life 2001
Abbreviated title	ECAL 2001
Country/Territory	Czechia
City	Prague
Period	10/09/01 → 14/09/01

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Dorin, A. (2001). Aesthetic fitness and artificial evolution for the selection of imagery from the mythical infinite library. In J. Kelemen, & P. Sosık (Eds.), Advances in Artificial Life: 6th European Conference, ECAL 2001 Prague, Czech Republic, September 10-14, 2001 Proceedings (pp. 659-668). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 2159). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44811-X_76

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Aesthetic fitness and artificial evolution for the selection of imagery from the mythical infinite library. / Dorin, Alan.
Advances in Artificial Life: 6th European Conference, ECAL 2001 Prague, Czech Republic, September 10-14, 2001 Proceedings. ed. / Jozef Kelemen; Petr Sosık. Berlin Germany: Springer, 2001. p. 659-668 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 2159).

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Dorin A. Aesthetic fitness and artificial evolution for the selection of imagery from the mythical infinite library. In Kelemen J, Sosık P, editors, Advances in Artificial Life: 6th European Conference, ECAL 2001 Prague, Czech Republic, September 10-14, 2001 Proceedings. Berlin Germany: Springer. 2001. p. 659-668. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). doi: 10.1007/3-540-44811-X_76