Arc diffusion

A still photo from artificial life, this is a frozen moment from the movement of simple shapes. Repeated geometric forms were rotated and transformed over time and complex interwoven abstract patterns emerged. These unexpected forms are born from motion and feedback. Initial graphical parameters were predefined and the patterned evolution was set in motion. When the motion is paused the cellular beauty of individual frames is revealed. Chance plays its part in this phenomenon. Individual parameters are predetermined but the end result is indeterminate. The space between known quantities is where the unexpected patterns and lights emerge.