“Growth II: Morphogenesis” by Nippon Electronics College
Conference:
Title:
- Growth II: Morphogenesis
Company / Institution / Agency:
- Nippon Electronics College
Description:
This piece represents a further investigation into the aesthetic dimensions of the growth process, begun in “Growth: Mysterious Galaxy” (presented at SIGGRAPH ’83), and strives to demonstrate that true artistic creation is based upon both intuition and insight into natural, as well as scientific, principles.
Hardware:
HARDWARE: LINKS-1 parallel multi-microprocessor system
Software:
SOFTWARE DEVELOPER: GROWTH model by Y. Kawaguchi, “Metaball”
algorithm with ray tracing by Osaka University
Additional Contributors:
Created by Yoichiro Kawaguchi and the members of the Art and Science Laboratory, Nippon Electronics College, with the cooperation of Osaka University
Produced at: Osaka University Computer Graphics Research Center and Nippon Electronics College Art and Science Laboratory 1984
Additional Information:
Format: 6:00; 1″; sound
Technical notes:
The parallel multi-microprocessor architecture
of the LINKS-1 permitted highly interactive control
during the image design stage, by manipulation
of the screen step parameter. The generation of the
final image for film recording involved a range
of 5 to 20 minutes per frame.
