Editing Evolutionary art (section)

==Overview==
In common with biological [[evolution]] through [[natural selection]] or [[animal husbandry]], the members of a population undergoing artificial evolution modify their form or behavior over many reproductive generations in response to a selective regime.

In [[interactive evolutionary computation|interactive evolution]] the selective regime may be applied by the viewer explicitly by selecting individuals which are aesthetically pleasing. Alternatively a [[selection pressure]] can be generated implicitly, for example according to the length of time a viewer spends near a piece of evolving art.

Equally, evolution may be employed as a mechanism for generating a dynamic world of adaptive individuals, in which the [[selection pressure]] is imposed by the program, and the viewer plays no role in selection, as in the [[Black Shoals]] project.