Digital Chemotaxis


Following Kees Weijer’s studies into self-organization in social amoebae, this work investigates the behaviour of agents whose motion is guided by waves of chemicals, but also themselves generate the chemical signals. This creates a rich system of complex feedback effects and emergent dynamic structures. Genetic algorithms and machine learning techniques are used to navigate the rich space of possibilities.


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Interactive installation at Goldsmiths:

Digital Chemotaxis stereo viewer

Video:




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