Abstracting the abstract
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The document discusses a swarm art project titled 'Abstracting the Abstract' by Carlos M. Fernandes and collaborators, focusing on the KANTS algorithm, which utilizes swarm intelligence for data clustering and self-organization. It explores ways to visualize data samples through RGB vectors derived from images and their impact on a grid structure. The project integrates concepts of distributed creativity by interpreting original abstract works through the data-driven creations of the algorithm.
Abstracting the abstract
- 1. Abstracting the Abstract A swarm art project, by Carlos M. Fernandes • KANTS algorithm by Carlos M. Fernandes, Antonio Mora and J.J. Merelo • Geneura Group, University of Granada author’s webpage: www.carlosmfernandes.com GECCO Evolutionary Art Competion, 1 Philadelphia, USA, 2012
- 2. KANTS • KANTS is a swarm intelligence algorithm for clustering: – A. Mora, C.M. Fernandes, J.J. Merelo, V. Ramos, J.L.J. Laredo, A.C. Rosa, “KohonAnts. A Self-Organizing Ant Algorithm for Clustering and Pattern Classification,” In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Artificial Life, S. Bullock et al., Eds., MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, pp. 428-435, 2008. • Basics: Data samples move on a grid of vectors and self-organize using the vectors of the grid for communicating (while changing those vectors). GECCO Evolutionary Art Competion, 2 Philadelphia, USA, 2012
- 3. Abstracting the Abstract • If we find ways to visualize the grid, we observe how the data samples have “shaped” the grid/habitat. data Grid of KANTS samples vectors Example above: grid created by one night sleep data samples (with three variables → direct translation to RGB). The pherogenic sleep drawings project. GECCO Evolutionary Art Competion, 3 Philadelphia, USA, 2012
- 4. Abstracting the Abstract Idea: get the data samples (three-variable RGB vectors) directly from a coloured image and then use these samples as KANTS output. Data samples= KANTS list of RGB vectors Grid GECCO Evolutionary Art Competion, 4 Philadelphia, USA, 2012
- 5. Abstracting the Abstract #1 (after Mondrian) GECCO Evolutionary Art Competion, 5 Philadelphia, USA, 2012
- 6. Abstracting the Abstract #1 (after Pollock) GECCO Evolutionary Art Competion, 6 Philadelphia, USA, 2012
- 7. Abstracting the Abstract #1 (after Kupka) GECCO Evolutionary Art Competion, 7 Philadelphia, USA, 2012
- 8. Abstracting the Abstract #1 (after Kandinsky) GECCO Evolutionary Art Competion, 8 Philadelphia, USA, 2012
- 9. Abstracting the Abstract #1 (after Miró) GECCO Evolutionary Art Competion, 9 Philadelphia, USA, 2012
- 10. Distributed Creativity • The ants/samples that shape the environment (canvas). • The original paintings. • The idea/concept. • “Reinterpretation” of the original (abstract) works: ABSTRACTING THE ABSTRACT GECCO Evolutionary Art Competion, 10 Philadelphia, USA, 2012