SwarmArt

Abstract

This paper describes SwarmArt, a collaborative project between computer science and art, which resulted in two installations of interactive art that incorporates swarm intelligence. We describe the scientific context of the artwork, technical details of the video system, through which user interaction is controlled, and the realization of the swarmbased simulations, which were projected onto a large screen. Finally, we explain and illustrate our two recent SwarmArt installations in a Calgary gallery.

Evolutionary Search for Cellular Automata with Self-Organizing Properties toward Controlling Decentralized Pervasive Systems and Its Applications

“…Furthermore, applications of pervasive systems are getting much attention in various fields including robotics (Mamei et al 2005 andRubenstein et al 2014) and interactive arts (Stauffer & Sipper, 2002, Bandini et al, 2010, Fencott, 2008, and Boyd, Hushlak & Jacob 2004). Finally,…”

“…This high-resolution and real-time responsive system allowed the users to actively interact with the CA through various patterns of external perturbations and brought about repeated cycles of CA-human interactions. Boyd, Hushlak & Jacob (2004) suggested that interactive arts based on swarm intelligence is important for understanding complex biological systems. We expect that our interaction systems are useful to understand the global behaviors of decentralized pervasive systems and to control them.…”