Bouncing Bunnies
Bouncing Bunnies is a generative artwork that explores the interplay between order, chaos, and consequence within a closed system.
The piece begins with a single, pristine white form—a lone bunny—contained within the stark, geometric confines of a rotating ring. This ring, however, is incomplete, featuring a small gap that represents both a promise of freedom and a source of peril. The bunny’s movement is erratic, its leaps governed by random chance, creating a constant tension between containment and escape.
When a bunny inevitably falls through the gap, the system's core rule is triggered: for each one lost, two more are born in a vibrant, unpredictable splash of color. This simple mechanic initiates a cascade of exponential growth. The serene initial state quickly evolves into a frenetic, joyful explosion of bouncing forms, each new generation adding to the visual complexity and chaotic energy of the piece.
The system's growth is not infinite. Upon reaching a critical mass of one thousand bunnies, the artwork enters its second phase: a period of exodus. Creation ceases, and the population can only dwindle as the bunnies, one by one, find their way out through the same narrow, rotating gap.
Bouncing Bunnies serves as a dynamic meditation on cycles of growth and decay, the consequences of small actions, and the elegant, often overwhelming, complexity that can arise from a simple set of rules. The work is never static; it is a perpetual process of creation, saturation, and renewal, resetting itself only after the last bunny has made its escape, leaving the stage clean for the cycle to begin anew.
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