Research Article
Digital Art and Dissipative Structures
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-030-95531-1_1, author={Sijia Tao and Alain Lioret}, title={Digital Art and Dissipative Structures}, proceedings={ArtsIT, Interactivity and Game Creation. Creative Heritage. New Perspectives from Media Arts and Artificial Intelligence. 10th EAI International Conference, ArtsIT 2021, Virtual Event, December 2-3, 2021, Proceedings}, proceedings_a={ARTSIT}, year={2022}, month={2}, keywords={Complex science Dissipative structures theory Self-organization Digital art theory Human-computer interaction Genetic algorithms}, doi={10.1007/978-3-030-95531-1_1} }- Sijia Tao
Alain Lioret
Year: 2022
Digital Art and Dissipative Structures
ARTSIT
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-95531-1_1
Abstract
By briefly introducing the theory of dissipative structures and its philosophical inspiration, this paper interprets and analyzes artworks directly inspired by the theory. It illustrates on the one hand the relationship between complex systems and digital art, and on the other hand, explains the basic conditions for self-organization. The latter is one of the characteristics of complex systems. While making a distinction with the theory of autopoiesis, we try to model certain digital art creations with several features of dissipative structures. These creations incorporate different materials, with an evolutionary approach, such as interactive artworks based on living plants, and on genetic algorithms. In this way, we demonstrate the value of investigating the self-organization process of dissipative structures within both the methodological and theoretical framework of interactive digital art.
