I was inspired to have some experiments after reading about Chaos theory (about dynamical systems that depend highly upon the initial conditions and the consequent unpredictability of the results – often referred to as Butterfly Effect).

I wanted to try to recreate a self-organising (pattern creating) behaviour by setting up a visual feedback loop. The idea was to have this system result in fractal like visual loop that establishes self-generated patterns (as the input feeds on the output, e.g. like the Mandelbrot set does). I used my macbook’s web camera and failed the task but will have another go with better equipment once I lay my hand on a hdmi-dvi converter.

For the time being this is merely an artistic impression.