Modeling complex systems for interactive art

Ab str act. Based on the idea that interaction and communication between entities of a system are the driving forces behind the emergence of higher and more complex structures in life, we propose to apply principles of Complex System Theory to the creation of interactive, computer-generated and audience-participatory artworks and to test whether complexity within an artificial computer-generated system can emerge.

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