In 1772, Englishwoman Mary Delany wrote to her niece: “I have found a new way of imitating flowers.” The imitation in question was the art form called decoupage, based on cut-outs and reshuffling of pictures. The charm and botanical precision of these works attracts attention of even today’s artists, among others by an anonymous programmer who is trying to invent a way of capturing the flowers’ vivacity in pictures. With this aim in mind, she has created an algorithm, which would combine science and beauty, similarly to Delaney’s efforts, whose illustrations it is meant to animate.
Algorithms of Beauty explores themes of artificial intelligence (a.i.), pollination, botany. It is available to stream for free in HD on Ernax — no account required.
Genre: Documentary
Runtime: 21 min
Director: Miléna Trivier
Country: Belgium
Language: English
Themes: artificial intelligence (a.i.), pollination, botany, flower, artificial world
Stream Algorithms of Beauty full movie online free in HD on Ernax. No subscription or sign-up required. Watch Algorithms of Beauty free without Netflix, Amazon Prime, or any paid service.