Thalli I.

photo print 50x60cm; 1999

The principles of cellular automat, that I use in this work, were invented by John Conway. He called it 'life game'. The rules are the following: the territory of the game is a squared paper. One cell can live in each square. Each square is surrounded by eight other squares. If, in one phase (that is to say generation) a cell has 2 or 3 neighbours it remains alive in the next generation too, otherwise it dies. If a cell has exactly 3 neighbours, a new cell will be born there.

I used this model to my work. I showed all the phases of the cells in one picture: making visible all the living, and also the previously lived, but already disappeared cells.

related:

Thalli II.
Thalli III.
Thalli IV.

exhibitions:

Média modell - Budapest, 2000,
Műcsarnok

Need for Motion - Budapest, 2000,
Trafó

Intermendia/Induktive node - Bratislava, 2000

Intermendia/Induktive node - Budapest, 1999,
P60 Gallery