The Mirella Variations

The variations are a series of generated paintings, whose forms are dictated by mathematical behaviours. The Mirella Variations: This work was originally made in 2000. It is inspired by a robot called Mirella. Robots have common behaviours, i.e. robots can follow a path (path following mode), the can avoid obstacles (avoidance mode), and they can operate in wander mode. I recently found this work on my old Mac machine and it’s been re- worked, changing some colours and speeds. The Mirella Variations all operate in the same way with just one script that is continually reworking the 'process', to create a different output; a different product or in this case a different artwork. The robots are wandering over the screen in general wander mode at differing speeds. The space in this case is the canvas. The cellular robot is in effect replaced with a series of 'brushes'‚ and it is these that are wandering around the screen. A series of actions are applied to the movement of the digital brush across the rectangular digital canvas to create these robotic generative paintings. These artefacts range from organic to mechanistic. Each is able to randomly branch, and some die and fade over time. Touching the screen enables newer branches to occur although this might not be evident. These are the online version click to enter above, or see screenshots below. « This work was originally made in 2000. The variations are a series of generated paintings, whose forms are dictated by mathematical behaviours. Robots have common behaviours, i.e. robots can follow a path the can avoid obstacles, and they can operate in wander mode. The Mirella Variations all operate in the same way with just one script that is continually reworking the process, to create a different output, a different product or in this case a different artwork. The robots are wandering over the screen in general wander mode at differing speeds. The space in this case is the canvas. » http://www.stanza.co.uk/amorphoscapes/index.html