William Latham - Mutator

Generative video, 2015 Generated by “Mutator” software Software development: Stephen Todd, Lance Putnam Video by: Yuri Goryanoy “Mutator” shows synthetic 3D organic forms evolving as projected computer animation and in real time in VR. The viewer is navigating through a vast multidimensional space of possible forms. William Latham Artist, computer scientist. Born in 1961 in the UK. Originally trained as an artist at the Oxford University (UK) and the Royal College of Art (London, UK). Well known for his evolutionary art created from 1987 to 1993 whilst a Research Fellow at the IBM Scientific Centre in Winchester, UK. His pioneering organic art based on the concept of “evolution by aesthetics” was shown widely in major touring shows in the UK, Germany and Japan in the 90s. From 1993 to 2003 he worked in Rave Music and computer games development working with Universal, Sony SCEE and Warner Bros. In 2007 Latham became Professor of Computer Art at Goldsmiths (University of London, UK) and returned to his artist