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February 12 from 20:00 till 22:00 an OpenToko workshop about Genetic Algorithms takes place at DeWar in Amersfoort. The workshop is part of the broader event entitles “using evolution” centered around genetic algorithms from a scientific, technical and artistic approach. Before the OpenToko there will be a lecture at 16:00 about the use of genetic algorithms in biological research, and an exposition of artwork made with genetic algorithms.

Genetic algorithms are computational techniques that mimic biological evolutionary processes. Applied in design fields, they can generate unpredictable form solutions and variability in answer to design goals.

The workshop will be given by Luis Fernandez who is software engineer and an artist. He is experienced in making installations with genetic algorithms.

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An OpenToko workshop about Genetic Algorithms will take place at DeWar, Kleine Koppel 40, Amersfoort on february 12th from 20:00 till 22:00.

The workshop is part of the broader event entitles “using evolution” centered around genetic algorithms from a scientific, technical and artistic approach. Before the OpenToko there will be a lecture at 16:00 about the use of genetic agorithms in biological research, and an exposition of artwork made with genetich algorithms. For the full program look at Universiteit Amersfoort.

Genetic algortihms are computational techniques that mimic biological evolutionary processes. Applied in design fields, they can generate unpredictable form solutions and variability in answer to design goals.

The workshop will be given by Luis Fernandez who is software developper and an artist. He is experienced in making installations with genetic algorithms.

The workshop will focus on the following aspects of genetic algrorithms in art & design:
- The history and the development of this field
- How to translate the rules of evolution to rules for design
- How you can increase creativity by sometimes break and sometimes copy the rules of nature
- Because the workshop is given in the Fablab you’ll be encouraged to think about physical output

After this general introduction the group can split up in programming and a manual oriented group:

The programmers will get some very basic example of genetic programming to experiment with and adjust to your own ideas. Please bring a laptop with Processing installed, you can download processing here.

The manual oriented group will experiment with using the genetic computational way of thinking in a manual design-process. The process is slower than computer based genetic algorithms, but it is more social and show results quickly. To use this computational way of thinking will open new ways of looking at the design proces.

The cost for the workshop is up to you. You can choose how much the knowledge is worth to you. There will be a honesty box for your cash donations. You can also ask for a bill if you don’t want to pay cash. There is a limit of 20 participants for the workshop so please register here.