Dynamic Construction of Visual Ecosystems to Interact with Complex Systems
Guillaume Hutzler · 2001
Visualization of natural complex systems is essential to analyze their dynamics, in order to design artificial systems with analogous characteristics. It is also fundamental to visualize industrial complex systems in order to control and command their functioning. Furthermore, the properties of such systems may be used in artistic creation as a means to introduce unpredictability and endless novelty in computer-generated artworks. In this article, we describe a versatile multiagent platform, designed for the real-time visualization of complex data streams. The platform has been used for the creation of the computer-art work called The Garden of Chances, which virtually recreates the meteorological ambience of a distant place. We study in this article the relevance of the artistic stance to build synthetic representations of complex situations and try to see how it may be applied in scientific and industrial contexts.