Karl Sims
Most Recent Affiliation(s):
- Independent, Thinking Machines Corporation
Other / Past Affiliation(s):
- Genetic Arts
- Thinking Machines Corporation
Bio:
SIGGRAPH 1996
Karl Sims studied Life Sciences as an undergraduate at M.I.T. and later studied computer graphics at the M.I.T. Media Laboratory. After developing special effects software for Whitney Demos Productions, and co-founding Hollywood based Optomystic, he collaborated with Thinking Machines Corporation for several years as an artist in residence and research scientist. He currently works as an independent in Cambridge, Massachusetts and continues to explore new techniques for creating images with computers. His works of computer animation include ‘‘Panspermia,’’ ‘‘Liquid Selves,’’ ‘‘Primordial Dance,’’and ‘‘Particle Dreams.’’ His interactive installation ‘‘Genetic Images’’ was recently exhibited at the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
SIGGRAPH 1995
Karl Sims studied Life Sciences as an undergraduate at MIT and later studied computer graphics at the MIT Media Laboratory. After developing special effects software for Whitney Demos Productions, and co-founding Hollywood based Optomysuc, he collaborated with Thinking Machines Corporation for several years as an artist in residence and research scientist. He currently works as an independent in Cambridge, Massachusetts and continues to explore new techniques for creating images with computers. His works of computer animation include “Panspermia,” “Liquid Selves,” “Primordial Dance,” and ”Particle Dreams.” His interactive installation “Genetic Images” was recently exhibited at the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
Learning Category: Organizing Committee Member:
Art Paper(s):
Type: Art Panel / Roundtable
Author(s): Latham Sims Kawaguchi Lomas
Conference: SIGGRAPH 2006: Intersections
Artwork(s):
Animation/Video(s):
![Primordial Dance](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/1991-Animation_Pg37-150x150.jpg)
Primordial Dance
Director(s): [Sims]
Studio(s): [Thinking Machines Corporation]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
[SVR Issue #71, Track #26]
![Panspermia](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/1990-Animation_Karl-Sims_Panspermia-150x150.jpg)
Panspermia
Director(s): [Sims]
Studio(s): [Thinking Machines Corporation]
[SIGGRAPH 1990]
[SVR Issue #62, Track #07]
![Interactive Video Kaleidoscope](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/1988_Sims_Interactive_Video_Kaledeiscope-150x150.jpg)
Interactive Video Kaleidoscope
Director(s): [Sims] [Watlington]
[SIGGRAPH 1988]
[SVR Issue #40, Track #05]
Learning Category: Presentation(s):
![Generative and Genetic Art](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/2006-SIGGRAPH-Image-Not-Available-1-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Art Papers & Presentations]
Generative and Genetic Art Presenter(s): [Latham] [Sims] [Kawaguchi] [Lomas]
[SIGGRAPH 2006]
![Artificial Life for Graphics, Animation, Multimedia, and Virtual Reality](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/1997-23-Course-Cover-Artificial-Life-for-Graphics-Animation-Multimedia-and-Virtual-Reality-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Courses]
Artificial Life for Graphics, Animation, Multimedia, and Virtual Reality Organizer(s): [Terzopoulos]
Presenter(s): [Terzopoulos] [Blumberg] [Prusinkiewicz] [Reynolds] [Sims] [Thalmann]
Entry No.: [23]
[SIGGRAPH 1997]
![Artificial Life for Graphics, Animation, Multimedia, and Virtual Reality](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/1996-36-Course-Cover-Artificial-Life-for-Graphics-Animation-Multimedia-and-Virtual-Reality-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Courses]
Artificial Life for Graphics, Animation, Multimedia, and Virtual Reality Organizer(s): [Terzopoulos]
Presenter(s): [Terzopoulos] [Maes] [Prusinkiewicz] [Reynolds] [Sims] [Thalmann]
Entry No.: [36]
[SIGGRAPH 1996]
![Procedural Modeling and Animation Techniques](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/1996-10-Course-Cover-Procedural-Modeling-and-Animation-Techniques-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Courses]
Procedural Modeling and Animation Techniques Organizer(s): [Ebert]
Presenter(s): [Hart] [Musgrave] [Perlin] [Sims] [Wyvill]
Entry No.: [10]
[SIGGRAPH 1996]
![Artificial Life for Graphics, Animation, and Virtual Reality](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/1995-07-Cover-Artificial-Life-for-Graphics-Animation-and-Vir-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Courses]
Artificial Life for Graphics, Animation, and Virtual Reality Organizer(s): [Terzopoulos]
Presenter(s): [Terzopoulos] [Maes] [Prusinkiewicz] [Reynolds] [Sims] [Thalmann]
Entry No.: [07]
[SIGGRAPH 1995]
![Panel: The Application of Evolutionary and Biological Processes to Computer Art and Animation](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/1993-Panels-07-The-Application-of-Evolutionary-and-Biological-1-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Panels]
Panel: The Application of Evolutionary and Biological Processes to Computer Art and Animation Organizer(s): [Joblove]
Presenter(s): [Latham] [Todd] [Sims] [Tolson]
Entry No.: [07]
[SIGGRAPH 1993]
![Artificial evolution for computer graphics](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/1991-Technical-Papers-Sims_Artificial-Evolution-for-Computer-Graphics-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Technical Papers]
Artificial evolution for computer graphics Presenter(s): [Sims]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
![Particle animation and rendering using data parallel computation](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/1990-Technical-Papers-Sims_Particle-Animation-and-Rendering-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Technical Papers]
Particle animation and rendering using data parallel computation Presenter(s): [Sims]
[SIGGRAPH 1990]
Role(s):
- Animation Director
- Art Paper Author
- Computer Animation Jury Member
- Course Presenter
- Panel Presenter
- SIGKids Contributor
- Talks (Sketches) Organizing Committee Member
- Technical Paper Presenter