Cellular Automata - The Force of Color
Color is to be interpreted as force in these series of experiments. An intensive engine transfomring a planar surface into something other. This experiment is occurs in the space of Red, Green and Blue (RGB). The three values that make up a raster image can be thought of as vectors of force in a 3 dimensional space. This force changes over time according to a set of transformations based on Cellular Automata. This changing force is then applied to a flat plan, deforming it through time and creating a space of colored force.
Though the surfaces seem to become a jumbled mess, the structure of the image can still be seen in the form of the surface. By comparing the surfaces one can start to make out distinctions of quality. For example the first image has large areas of light and dark which tend to have high or low but roughly equal components of all three colors. This creates the stretched diagonal shape. The second image is largely monochromatic, being mostly a muddy dark brown though there are several small areas of blue. This creates the downward left displacement tendency of the surfaces. The slight variations in the colors also give the shape it more bulbous but undulating form comparted to the first image. Finally, the third image has distinct areas of red and blue. There are also bands of white at the top and bottom. These white bands create the wing like forms sprouting from the main form. The main form is split into two zones of the red and blue as each zone moved in slightly different directions.
The space of color is a fascinating one and seeing the structures of the images coming through in the interpretation of color as force is an interesting abstract study in the trasnference of information normally seen in one format but now converted into another.
Initialization, Includes and Front End
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