Computational Form Examples

Computational Form is form (image, animation, music) that results from following a set of instructions.

Computation in Image

Desmond Paul Henry - Untitled - 1962

• Artist’s Site

Golan Levin - Floccular Portraits - 1999

• Floccular Portraits on Artist’s Site

Computation in Video

Craig Reynols - Boids Simulation - 1986

• Video

Giuseppe Randazzo - Transmutation - 2012

• Video
• Transmutation on Artist’s Site

Computation in Sound

Yoko Ono - Voice Piece for Soprano - 1961

• Voice Piece for Soprano @ Moma

John Cage - 4’33" - 1952

• 4’33" on moma.org
• 4’33" on wikipedia

Computation in 3D

Nervous System - Kinematics Dress 6 - 2015

• n-e-r-v-o-u-s.com

Micheal Hansmeyer and Benjamin Dillenburger - Digital Grotesque - 2013

• Video
• Project Site

Computation in Games

Markus “Notch” Persson - Minecraft - 2009

• minecraft.net

Tarn Adams and Zach Adams - Dwarf Fortress - 2006

• Dwarf Fortress Site

No Man’s Sky

• Infinite Worlds Trailer