<span class="mw-page-title-main">Algorithmic art</span>

Algorithmic art

<p><b>Algorithmic art</b> or <b>algorithm art</b> is art, mostly <a href="/en/Visual_art" title="Visual art" class="mw-redirect wl">visual art</a>, in which the design is generated by an <a href="/en/Algorithm" title="Algorithm" class="wl">algorithm</a>. Algorithmic artists are sometimes called <i>algorists</i>.</p>

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<figure class="mw-default-size wiki-thumb"><a href="/en/File:Octopod_by_syntopia.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:Octopod_by_syntopia.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Octopod_by_syntopia.jpg/330px-Octopod_by_syntopia.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="316" data-file-type="bitmap" height="209" width="330" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Octopod_by_syntopia.jpg/495px-Octopod_by_syntopia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/Octopod_by_syntopia.jpg 2x" alt="Octopod_by_syntopia.jpg"></a><figcaption>"Octopod" by <span class="new">Mikael Hvidtfeldt Christensen</span>. An example of algorithmic art produced with the software <i>Structure Synth</i>.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-Hvidtfeldt_1-0"><a href="#cite_note-Hvidtfeldt-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span></figcaption></figure>



Algorithmic art or algorithm art is art, mostly visual art, in which the design is generated by an algorithm. Algorithmic artists are sometimes called algorists. 