As Mutated – A mutating series of descriptive artwork mutations based on Tatedata

In short, the application ‘As Mutated’ generates descriptive artworks
based on data from Tate Modern artworks, then uses these descriptions to
generate new, mutated artworks, often displaying the process of mutation
in the artworks themselves, based on searching internet images
(tatedata, Google images). If the user saves the generated -and possibly
user-modified- artwork the application will mutate its algorithm,
strengthening the parameters that went into making the work, so that it
will gradually learn to generate better artworks (whatever this means…
with a higher probability of being saved, based on previous savings).

The ‘mutation’ process then takes place in several stages, 1) how the
purely descriptive artworks are mutations of the original dataset, 2)
how the new images are mutations of the originals from where their
descriptions were taken, 3) how these new images are processed and often
displayed as mutation processes, 4) how the user can transform further
the generated image by drawing directly on it, and 5) how the
application mutates itself based on positive user feedback (by saving
the image).

http://ift.tt/1GaScjA – generation (it uses a few second…)
http://ift.tt/1T9CPyM – exhibition

Defending the application’s use of images (from tate and google
searches) as within the ‘fair use’ clause, based primarily on the
transformative purpose and output of the application. Read more about
this in http://ift.tt/1GaSdnD

http://noemata.net/2298

http://ift.tt/1MlHTLb