Categories Art Clippings Essays The game of (not) life Post author By Jamie Post date March 27, 2013 There is no better analogy for contemporary art than Conway’s Game of Life. This is not the same thing as The Game of Life, which is played on a board and simulates the education and subsequent useful employment of a human being. Conway’s Game of Life is a math game, an evolution simulator simple enough to be played on a checkerboard, but most often encountered on a computer. In the game, three rules govern whether or not an individual “cell” lives, dies or reproduces. Share this:ShareEmailPrintFacebookTwitterPocketLinkedInPinterestRedditTumblr Tags 3am magazine, Art, Clippings, Essays By Jamie For the time being this site is an attempt to collate my clippings and an attempt to describe some of the scenes I might be using in a forthcoming novel. View Archive → ← Destination: Oklahoma → Remembering Life in Arcosanti, Paolo Soleri’s Futuristic Desert Utopia
