on that subject, check out proce55ing if you haven't yet.

www.proce55ing.net

There is now a tribe for kicks too:

proce55ing.tribe.net

ryan

for nearly 20 years of research, that's really lame. i'd like to read about the algorithms that create these images, and i'd like to play with them myself. i'd like to have new images drawn for me instead of viewing a static gallery, and based on which images i view and explore, the server should make a couple more that are similar ... based on that feedback, the evolution of the algorithms (or their parameters)---the 'breeding' process---should continue, in order to make more interesting/beatiful pictures.

the work of actually rendering the images could be shifted to the viewer's computer by displaying them in a java applet that paints them and only exchanges parameters and feedback with the server.

in short, i'd like to _feel_ the 'cyborganics' behind it.

damn the sites being listed here on this thread are HOT! beautiful stuff. nick man, love your site

Hi folks,

I want to tell fellow alife fans that you can now subscribe to the "Morning Metaflower" and receive a brand new, previously unpublished metaflower in your email every morning, along with access to a much larger version suitable for printing and framing. It's only a dollar per month, and all proceeds support my programming work (see next paragraph!). Check it out at mindheart.org/mflowers/.

Now, partly supported by Morning Metaflower subscriptions, I am working on Metaflowers 2.0, a Mac OS X application you'll be able to use to breed and refine your own flowers. Watch here or at my web site for updates on my progress! It's going to be a kick-ass cool program.

Hi! I did a course in generative creativity at uni, and for my coursework I write an interactive predator-prey simulation that creates emergent images, its nowhere near as good as the other stuff posted here, but its still an interesting alternative approach to alife art I think anyway! You can take a look at it here:

www.sussex.ac.uk/Users/lsm...ework.html