Absurdity in art creates bizarre juxtapositions that expose, and question conflicted, even dangerous, aspects of life which have become normalized. Absurd appears troubled times, subverting moments extreme contradiction it impossible to think differently. For example, Dada (1917–1923) used nonsense reflect the nonsensical brutality WW1. The power unsettle this form rests disrupting world viewer...

Evolutionary art has a long and distinguished history, and genetic programming is one of only a handful of AI techniques which is used in graphic design and the visual arts. A recent trend in so-called ‘new media’ art is to design online pieces which are dynamic and have an element of interaction and sometimes simple game-playing aspects. This defines the challenge addressed here: to automatica...