Patterns and Process

In the selection process for Patterns and Process I wanted to take broad look at algorithmic art. We typically associate the term algorithm with digital art, and perhaps more recently with artificial intelligence, but at its most basic interpretation an algorithm can be a simple set of rules or instructions for a machine or human to execute.

In Patterns and Process I have selected works which show different interpretations of algorithms and how they are implemented across practices including digital art, print, textiles, and graphic design.

Works such as Mock Objects, in which the artist has created software for recognising patterns, show a more modern digital approach to algorithms, whereas works such as Floating Fibres show that algorithms for creating the artworks have been passed down over generations.

Although my artistic and curatorial practice is primarily digital I am always interested in how these new an emerging technologies are informed by and relate to traditional practices.