Joseph Nechvatal's Computer Virus Project 2.0

Joseph Nechvatal's Computer Virus Project 2.0 follows along the same lines as previous viral works by Nechvatal in 1992 - works where an unpredictable progressive virus operates on a degradation/transformation of an image. Using a C++ framework, Joseph Nechvatal and his programmer/collaborator Stephane Sikora have brought Nechvatal's early computer virus project into the realm of artificial life (A-Life) (i.e. into a synthetic system that exhibits behaviors characteristic of natural living systems). With Computer Virus Project 2.0, elements of artificial life have been introduced in that viruses are modeled to be autonomous agents living in/off the image. The project simulates a population of active viruses functioning as an analogy of a viral biological system. Here the host of the virus are the digital files on which the computer-robotic assisted paintings in this show are based. Among the different techniques used here are models that result from embodied artificial intelligence and the paradigm of genetic programming.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Nechvatal
• virus
• computer
• art
• project
• animation
• alife

[jmm1233]

reminds me of that Life game ,

[Phobia017]

Nechvatal's work is really fascinating stuff. His Viral Symphony too was generated using artificial life i believe.

[deanergy]

And then there was silence....

Neat vid. Joe.

Your ol' bud in OR.

[Dynamics18]

this reminds me more of how somthing would eat off, not a real virus. real viruses arnt technically living. this is more like.. bacteria, or acid. =) but REALLY COOL!

[tomasrc]

beautiful! there is a lot to talk about it, but what's about the sound?

[domokato]

how'd you make it sound like that?