Computational Artwork

I chose meme.garden, which uses the word searches of its users to create “gardens” as shown in the picture above. As the user searches for words, they are “planting” a seed from their word. The tree grows based on the the user’s interactions with the words associated to their search and as well as other users’ trees. These word searches and interactions reflect what the user is interested in, and thus with time, these trees can represent the user’s changing interests. While this may not seem like a traditional form of art, the interactivity of the piece and what it says about the user, is to me in fact art.