Life-like Processes in Inorganic Systems
planets
chemical elements and chemical compounds
crystals: snowflakes, diamonds, and table salt
Crystals
structure
crystallization and cellular automata
organigenic crystals and pearls
Emergence of Creative Forms in Cellular Automata
patterns: snowflakes, diamonds, and table salt
cellular automata, fractals and universal computation
game of life and CA demonstrating universal computation
Examples
Joe Davis, Bacterial Radio
Carsten Nicolai “Snow Noise”
Roger Hiorns, Seizure
Martin Howse and Johnatan Kemp “the Crystal World”
Lab work (growing crystals)
