Gary R. Greenfield |
Digital Print, 10" x 10", unframed, 2009.
detail
This op art sequence shows visualizations from a simulation
based on cellular morphogenesis. Concentrations of
three of four cell transcription factors are
interpreted as RGB values. These cell substances diffuse, interact,
and express and inhibit the genes within cells that are responsible for
producing such substances. Here there are two types of cells and the
image was captured after the gene activation equation had been
evaluated 400 times.
Gary R. Greenfield, Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science,
Mathematics & Computer Science Department, University of Richmond
Richmond, Virginia, USA
"Many of my computer generated algorithmic art works
are based on simulations that are inspired by mathematical models
of physical and biological processes. In exploring the space of
parameters that govern the simulation, I try to focus the
viewer's attention on the complexity underlying such processes."