Seven Experiments in Procedural Animation Karl Sims, 2018 These animated textures and patterns were created from custom computer code employing various fractal algorithms, procedural noise, and reaction-diffusion techniques. The moving images are purely defined by mathematics, but are meant to evoke a biological aesthetic by resembling sea creatures, neurons, or other microscopic structures that transform from one emergent pattern to another. A 5-minute version of this piece was exhibited at the ARS Electronica Deep Space 8K Theater and 2019 Animation Festival in Linz Austria. Starting in 2026, it is screening at the Museum of Science Deep Space Theater in Boston. The original one-hour version was commissioned by Boston Cyberarts for the video wall at 100 Federal Street in Boston.		Dark Thought: Julia set fractals with transforming parameters
5-minute version with music by Arlo Sims. For best results play at Full screen with HD settings at 1080p60
Dual Bodies: evolved solid noise functions		Echinoderm: Julia set fractals with N-way symmetries
Citrus Curls
Software and Animation: Karl Sims Hardware: Linux workstation with Nvidia Titan Xp GPU For additional technical information, visit these tutorial pages about Julia set fractals and reaction-diffusion simulations. See these similar still images of fractals, reaction-diffusion and evolved noise textures, some of which these animations were based on. Here is also an old technical paper from 1993 about interactive evolution of equations for procedural models, and a Genetic Images interactive art exhibit that allowed visitors to perform this process.		Fractal Sprouts
Reaction-diffusion bubble pattern		Reaction-diffusion emergent shapes

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