Imaginary・Numbers by Keiko Kimoto

This award-winning installation generates an infinite series of abstract images based on mathematical formulas and random elements. Exploring the relationship between the viewer’s psychological response and machine-generated imagery, the work highlights the potency of artistic expression through computational processes.

The Japanese artist developed her elaborate two-dimensional works while conducting academic research at ERATO of JST (Japan Science and Technology Agency). Kimoto thought deeply about the interaction of the systems and results in her work, writing:

“I believe that art is not intended to be a gateway to understanding the artist’s system, but a method of activating the viewers’ psychological-motion systems (memory and physical sensation). These should be triggered by looking at the artwork. When viewers can realise their own feelings and memories, the artwork is truly completed.”

As such, I included Kimoto as a Resultist in my article, “Demystifying Generative Art.”