Assignment 2: Reading Response to Casey Reas’ Eyeo Talk on Chance Operations

Looking through the catalogs of the works, it seems that the depicted motion seems to become more randomized as it progresses, illustrating more chaos in these works. Specifically the description of element 5 piqued my interest. The way in which it starts in ordered fashion but from step B7 it starts deviate from original path, therefore initiating disorder. This made me think about the ultimate process of chaos to order and vice versa. The way in which chaos changes to order is based on the degree of randomness within the set behavior. From a programming perspective, I believe this reemphasizes the importance of non-deterministic attribute of functions. In a usual sense, one would desire controlled environment, but non-deterministic functions, for instance in sql server returns necessary outputs although having a certain degree of randomness.

There have been many works demonstrated in the video that seemed to show patterns and sequences, previously hidden for individual randomized elements, when in a large interconnected body. In a sense, it can be inferred that order cannot come from individuality but from groups. The intricate interplay between chaos and order in these artistic representations prompts reflection on the broader dynamics of systems, emphasizing the emergent properties that materialize when diverse elements interact within a unified framework.

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