Karl Sims

🌐 Primary Sources & Official Portals

• Karl Sims Computer Graphics & Art: https://www.karlsims.com/
• Evolved Virtual Creatures (1994): https://www.karlsims.com/evolved-virtual-creatures.html
• Interactive Harmonograph Simulator: https://www.karlsims.com/harmonograph.html

Description

Karl Sims is a pioneering digital media artist, computer graphics researcher, and creator of foundational artificial life simulations (‘Evolved Virtual Creatures’) and mathematical generative systems. Sims has developed both hardware and software simulations of physical harmonographs and genetic algorithms for generative aesthetics.

Related Entities

• jules-antoine-lissajous

Related Concepts

• harmonograph
• lissajous-curves
• mechanical-drawing-machines
• damped-harmonic-oscillation

Mentions in Source

• “A harmonograph is a mechanical apparatus that employs pendulums to create a geometric image.” — harmonograph-simulation-and-mathematical-drawing
• “Simulating the physics of coupled oscillators in code allows continuous exploration of harmonic frequency ratios.” — harmonograph-simulation-and-mathematical-drawing