abstracting the abstract

Abstracting the Abstract

A swarm art project, by Carlos M. Fernandes

• KANTS algorithm by Carlos M. Fernandes, Antonio Mora and J.J. Merelo • Geneura Group, University of Granada

author’s webpage: www.carlosmfernandes.com

1 GECCO Evolutionary Art Competion,

Philadelphia, USA, 2012

KANTS

• KANTS is a swarm intelligence algorithm for clustering: – A. Mora, C.M. Fernandes, J.J. Merelo, V. Ramos, J.L.J. Laredo, A.C. Rosa, “KohonAnts. A

Self-Organizing Ant Algorithm for Clustering and Pattern Classification,” In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Artificial Life, S. Bullock et al., Eds., MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, pp. 428-435, 2008.

• Basics: Data samples move on a grid of vectors and self-organize using the vectors of the grid for communicating (while changing those vectors).




• If we find ways to visualize the grid, we observe how the data samples have “shaped” the grid/habitat.

GECCO Evolutionary Art Competion, Philadelphia, USA, 2012

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data samples

KANTS Grid of vectors

Example above: grid created by one night sleep data samples (with three variables → direct translation to RGB). The pherogenic sleep drawings project.



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Data samples= list of RGB vectors

KANTS

Grid

Idea: get the data samples (three-variable RGB vectors) directly from a coloured image and then use these samples as KANTS output.

Abstracting the Abstract #1 (after Mondrian)



Abstracting the Abstract #1 (after Pollock)



Abstracting the Abstract #1 (after Kupka)



Abstracting the Abstract #1 (after Kandinsky)



Abstracting the Abstract #1 (after Miró)



Distributed Creativity

• The ants/samples that shape the environment (canvas).

• The original paintings.

• The idea/concept.

• “Reinterpretation” of the original (abstract) works: ABSTRACTING THE ABSTRACT


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