Phototaxis by Casey REAS

Phototaxis is a simulated environment populated by simple machines. After Valentino Braitenbergs 1984 book Vehicles, there are four kinds of machines with different wiring and behaviors: Explorers, Aggressors, Lovers, and Cowards. Each line charts the history of one machines movement. The core of this code was the foundation for my MicroImage series of works dating back to 2001. Ive worked on it in fits and starts since then, and in 2021 it was further developed for Art Blocks. Press P to play/pause, B for the big bang, 15 to change the magnification, and L to reveal the lights locations.

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