IA Flow Fields is an algorithmic art piece created using code and controlled randomness - specifically, Perlin Noise, a type of gradient noise invented by Ken Perlin in 1983. This ""noise"" is used to affect the position of many particles over time, creating an effect similar to that of a fluid simulation.

The artist considers the original piece to be the code used to generate the editions that are on display. The artist curated 64 unique editions by examining many outputs from the system and experimenting with various parameters in the code. This process was heavily governed by chance and represents a niche style of collaboration between artist and machine in the absence of AI.

ABOUT THE ARTIST Benjamin Lappalainen (he/him) is a Toronto-based emerging multidisciplinary artist, creative technologist, and educator producing audio-reactive visuals for performances, perceptive interactive installations, and algorithmic drawings created using a pen plotter.

Much of his artistic process is centred around architecting and programming generative and perceptive systems to create and interpret visuals and sound. His work has been showcased at group and solo exhibitions as well as live performances at InterAccess Gallery, Northern Contemporary Gallery, Long Winter Music & Arts Festival, UKAI Projects, and on the p5.js website. The current focus of his artistic research is on the sustainable usage and repurposing of new and old technologies to enable novel modes of interaction between artwork and viewer, and artwork and environment with an emphasis on the power of play.