Autopoiesis

Autopoiesis is an exploration of the specificities and potentials of computation for design. This series of images is derived from a recursive growth algorithm. It is an exploration of the poetics of algorithms, or rather of the poetic human interpretation of graphics resulting from algorithms. If we see the design process as an iterative conversation with a design medium, how can do give both computation and human interpretation a valuable role in this conversation? It explores recursion and (pseudo) randomness, and the computers ability to not get bored as a generator in a (graphical) design process and with the designers interpretation of and control over this process, by means of setting up rules and constraints.