Substrate (algorithmically generated city) courtesy of www.complexification.net
I endeavored within this project to examine algorithms outside their natural home of mathematics and computing. Uncovering their various forms, functions and definitions enabled me to see the myriad processes being 'executed' on and by people - consciously and unconsciously.
We are structurally coupled to our environment. I exist because I define my perceived domain and it is stable and reliable. The objects I see and recognise in this domain exist because I define them against a background; in their own space. This structural coupling brings about equilibrium; a co-dependent relationship between observer and environment.
This equilibrium is perpetuated by a consistent dialogue with our environment; with the city. Whilst I follow algorithmic routine this equilibrium is stable, as is the conscious city I perceive.
Marginal change to this equilibrium will do nothing other than shift my conscious domain; in the same way it shifts over time. Drastic, unexpected or unconventional change may cause disequilibrium. This is an attempt to find my own unconscious city.
"All knowing is doing, and all doing is knowing."
Humberto Manturana and Francisco Varela, The Tree of Knowledge, 1987