Analog Generative Art - Nathalie Miebach

In the previous posts i talked briefly about generative art and i brought some example of the countless uses of generative algorithms in art.

Today I was watching TED and I encountered an interesting example of generative art that does not use computers to run the algorithm (although computers are used to retrieve part of the information needed for it).

The work comes from Nathalie Miebach, and american artist who uses data from weather elements to create three dimensional sculptures and music scores.

It's particularly interesting to note how all the calculation and usage of the data retrieved has been made by hand, giving large space to eventual human mistakes. In this way, the human becomes part of the algorithm by adding a certain quantity of error to the calculation.