What Computational Form Is

Computational Form is design that results from following a set of instructions, rather than manual creation.

Computation in Image

Desmond Paul Henry - Untitled - 1962

Untitled Machine Artist’s Site

Golan Levin - Floccular Portraits - 1999

2 Floccular Portraits on Artist’s Site

Computation in Video

Craig Reynols - Boids Simulation - 1986

Boids Video

Giuseppe Randazzo - Transmutation - 2012

Transmutation Video Transmutation on Artist’s Site

Computation in Sound

Yoko Ono - Voice Piece for Soprano - 1961

Voice Piece for Soprano Voice Piece for Soprano @ Moma

John Cage - 4’33" - 1952

4'33" 4’33" on moma.org 4’33" on wikipedia

Computation in 3D

Nervous System - Kinematics Dress 6 - 2015

Kinematics Dress 6 n-e-r-v-o-u-s.com

Micheal Hansmeyer and Benjamin Dillenburger - Digital Grotesque - 2013

Grotto Video Project Site

Computation in Games

Markus “Notch” Persson - Minecraft - 2009

Minecraft minecraft.net

Tarn Adams and Zach Adams - Dwarf Fortress - 2006

Map Dwarf Fortress Site

No Man’s Sky

Screengrab Infinite Worlds Trailer