Seven Experiments in

Procedural Animation

Karl Sims, 2018



These animated textures and patterns were created from custom computer code employing various fractal algorithms, procedural noise, and reaction-diffusion techniques. The moving images are purely defined by mathematics, but are meant to evoke a biological aesthetic by resembling sea creatures, neurons, or other microscopic structures that transform from one emergent pattern to another.

A 5-minute version of this piece was exhibited at ARS Electronica in the Deep Space 8K Theater and the 2019 Animation Festival in Linz Austria. The original one-hour version was commissioned by Boston Cyberarts for the 35-foot video wall in the courtyard of The Exchange at 100 Federal Street in Boston.