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Generative Art Inspired by Nature, Using NodeBox

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NodeBox is a free application for producing generative art. This paper gives an overview of the nature-inspired functionality in NodeBox and the artworks we created using it. We demonstrate how it can be used for evolutionary computation in the context of computer games and art, and discuss some of our recent research with the aim to simulate (artistic) brainstorming using language processing techniques and semantic networks.

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  • computer graphics
  • generative art
  • emergence
  • natural language processing

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  1. Computational Linguistics & Psycholinguistics Research Group, University of Antwerpen, Belgium

    Tom De Smedt & Walter Daelemans

  2. Experimental Media Group, Sint Lucas, Antwerpen, Belgium

    Tom De Smedt & Ludivine Lechat

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  2. School of Business, University College Dublin, 4, Belfield, Dublin, UK

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  3. Istituto Dalle Molle di Studi sull’Intelligenza Artificiale (IDSIA), Galleria 2, 6928, Manno-Lugano, Switzerland

    Gianni A. Di Caro

  4. Institute of Computer Science, University of Bremen, 28359, Bremen, Germany

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  5. Next Generation Intelligent Networks Research Center (nexGIN RC), National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences (FAST-NU), Islamabad, Pakistan

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  6. Department of Information Systems, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, 55099, Mainz, Germany

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  7. Mathematics and Computer Science Depatment, University of Richmond, 23173, Richmond, VA, USA

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  8. ICD - OSI, University of Technology of Troyes, 12, Rue Marie Curie, BP 2060, 10010, Troyes, France

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  9. Facultad de Informatica, Universidade de A Coruña, 15071, Coruña, CP, Spain

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De Smedt, T., Lechat, L., Daelemans, W. (2011). Generative Art Inspired by Nature, Using NodeBox. In: , et al. Applications of Evolutionary Computation. EvoApplications 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6625. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20520-0_27

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