"URBANFLOW.art" #Physarum #Simulation
4 million particles that look straight ahead, to the left and right and decide where to go by where it is brightest.
Find the full animation in 4k 60fps on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/A6EcsqwuWG0
"URBANFLOW.art" #Physarum #Simulation
So my research and development is bearing fruit:
Today I tried out using my new physarum force with SDF-text in the form of our Media·Art studios name https://UrbanFlow.art
And together with several other forces this turned out beautiful!
#mastoart #Tooll3 #realtime #newmediaart #abstractart#particles #livingpainting #creativecoding #hlsl #gpu #shader #generative #procedural #visualart #audioreactive #sounddesign #Zen #opensource #recording #soundscape
"Stream of Consciousness" · Physarum simulation
The full length animation in 4k @60fps on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/BQ_UECtrAA8
Another R&D test with my HLSL compute shader physarum force for Tooll3.
"Stream of Consciousness" · Physarum simulation
From a diffuse field of feelings, ideas and outer impulses our mind creates streams, fields and rivulets of ideas and thoughts.
Some solve complex problems, some decide what to wear or eat, most are circular movements without a real purpose.
Quantum fields dancing.
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The bottom one doesn't look so hot, I think I overdid it with the oats and some local is overcompeting it, looks fuzzy around the edges.
So:
- don't pile more food than it can chew
- use air filters (I'll try parafilm) and sterilize your tools better
The blobs keep growing as I add more oats.
It's so unusual seeing a single cell get this big. And look at the pattern on the center.
Step 3 - It's Alive!
Slime mold woke up and moved out of its paper and onto the oat. It's nomming and growing now.
The two original sclerotia didn't activate, so I used 4 samples more with slightly different conditions. 2 of them are doing great, the others not so much.
I didn't properly measure or jot any data down, so this isn't Science, but now I have a general idea of how this works and I can go for precision next time.
8 year olds are better at this than me.
Step 2
The Physarum (I'm going to need 2 nicknames, feel free to contribute) was dormant on dry paper in its sclerotium form. I cut two pieces and added two drops of water to resurrect them. And some oats for breakfast.
Now we wait. Good luck, Phil and Phyllis.
Step 1
Preparing a couple of Agar petris for an art excercise. I'll be trying to grow Physarum polycephalum.
Considering this is my first attempt to kinda bioart, this could go from very wrong to somewhat not terrible. But it'll be fun sharing some pics.
Myxomycetes in the wild! Gelukkig waren de medewandelaars snel overtuigd van hoe cool Le Blob wel is en konden we gewoon 10 minuten blijven bewonderen. De stam zat helemaal vol: 'n gelukkige slijmzwam 
#microbiology #myxomycetes #Physarum #leBlob
#introduction Hello everyone, I am Subash Ray, a recent Ph.D. in Biology graduate. I study slime mold #blob #physarum, and currently working as a Data Scientist in the healthcare space.
In this recorded twitch stream from the PIKSEL 21 festival is an interesting presentation form Sarah Grant.
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1210930055
The talk starts at 1 hour 50 minutes in this stream with te title "networks as material"
After 5 minutes of introduction it gots very interesting.
In 1:55 its about Physarum polycephalum. Real world experiments with this slime mold Physarum she made.
#Learning without #neuron? Public research seminar by Audrey Dussutour about "Habituation in non neural organisms, evidence from slime molds", Tuesday 18th december, university of Burgundy, Dijon, France. #science #blob #cognition #physarum
http://biogeosciences.u-bourgogne.fr/fr/vie-scientifique/seminaires/1533-seminaire-mardi-18-decembre-2018.html
