Graham Wakefield-02-Looking Outwards

Graham Wakefield is a computational generative artist. He is not only an artist, but also a computer music composer and a software developer. It was interesting that he creates the whole new element(artwork) through ‘automatic algorithm’. One of his best known project ‘Artificial Nature’ series greets people to interact with an artwork digitally. Wakefield worked as a composer and artist Haru Ji participated in 3D sculptures.
He was inspired from the experiences of his childhood such as playing with his fingers in the river, path of marching insects, and so on. He also focused on natural patterns like gene structure, independent cell growth, metabolism and genetic mutation. This natural patterns are not recorded like video. All the works are programmed, so they actually show different outcomes depending on the environment. They deeply researched these natural phenomena, and tried to apply by programming as much as possible. I really admire that he tried to implement natural factors using “unnatural” factors by programming natural phenomena in detail, and moreover inviting visitors to interact with artworks.

Artificial Nature: Time of Doubles (Graham Wakefield/ Haru Ji)