Observed arrival · 2026-10-14
ProtoTanks: an artificial-life installation
Artist Ira Greenberg presents evolving digital organisms as commissioned installations for a physical space.
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- Collectors and venues commissioning living digital artworks
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- An artist-issued certificate links a founding organism to acquisition; a world ledger records births, deaths, and ancestry.
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The site describes a population in which organisms gain and spend energy, reproduce, age, and die, with inherited traits and mutation shaping later generations. Its stated installation combines a display, dedicated computer, and artwork; a founding organism provides a recorded beginning. The page also links to a specimen record and offers film materials including visible captions, lossless narration, and a transcript.
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