Cellular Mutation 1
Project: Emergence and Navigating Space
Project: Emergence and Navigating Space
For my emergent process, I am going to explore the biological processes of cellular mutation. I am primarily interested in exploring these mutations by illustrating the individual interactions between cells and external mutagens. I clarify the type of mutation as being external because I am not interested in exploring the types of mutations that a cell 
spontaneously self-induces. I am more interested in exploring the interactions between mutagens and cells and the types of mutations that emerge as a result. I think that illustrating these types of interactions will yield a much more compelling visual work than would a composition describing the random mutation of cells devoid any external cause. This will be an experiment in how different mutagens impact different cells, well, differently. The interactions will not just be between just one type of cell and one type of mutagen with the end result being one type of mutation over and over again. There must be a variety of mutagens and cells, and there must be a level of variability as to the kinds of mutations that result. Some interactions may cause a cell to mutate, and then to regenerate. Another type of interaction may result in a mutation that occurs again and again in the same cell. Other mutations might cause the cell to die out completely. If mutation creates variation. How, then, will these new, mutant forms 
react when they come into contact with a mutagen? Will it mutate again in a different way, have no impact, or destroy the mutagen entirely? This are all ideas than can be explored.
There are a number of ways in which mutations in cells manifest. For the my purposes here, I think I will only focus on the functional manifestations and the phenotypical manifestations. Functional mutations include antimorphic, loss-of-function, gain-of-function, and lethal. Mutations that impact the phenotype of the cell have to do with a change in the physical structure of the cell itself. Focusing on and illustrating these kinds of cellular mutation I believe will result in the most visually interesting composition (as opposed to genetic mutation which might be a little dull). I think it will be interesting to see how, after starting off with an initial collection of cells, how interesting forms, shapes, and paths will emerge as each one begins to mutate based on its interaction with its neighbors in the allocated environment.
I have do not yet have an exact understanding of how this concept will play itself out in my design. What I really think will end up happening is that the end product will be quite an abstraction from the original idea. This idea is just the basis for creation, just an overall concept to latch onto and to focus on while creating my emergent process.
spontaneously self-induces. I am more interested in exploring the interactions between mutagens and cells and the types of mutations that emerge as a result. I think that illustrating these types of interactions will yield a much more compelling visual work than would a composition describing the random mutation of cells devoid any external cause. This will be an experiment in how different mutagens impact different cells, well, differently. The interactions will not just be between just one type of cell and one type of mutagen with the end result being one type of mutation over and over again. There must be a variety of mutagens and cells, and there must be a level of variability as to the kinds of mutations that result. Some interactions may cause a cell to mutate, and then to regenerate. Another type of interaction may result in a mutation that occurs again and again in the same cell. Other mutations might cause the cell to die out completely. If mutation creates variation. How, then, will these new, mutant forms react when they come into contact with a mutagen? Will it mutate again in a different way, have no impact, or destroy the mutagen entirely? This are all ideas than can be explored. There are a number of ways in which mutations in cells manifest. For the my purposes here, I think I will only focus on the functional manifestations and the phenotypical manifestations. Functional mutations include antimorphic, loss-of-function, gain-of-function, and lethal. Mutations that impact the phenotype of the cell have to do with a change in the physical structure of the cell itself. Focusing on and illustrating these kinds of cellular mutation I believe will result in the most visually interesting composition (as opposed to genetic mutation which might be a little dull). I think it will be interesting to see how, after starting off with an initial collection of cells, how interesting forms, shapes, and paths will emerge as each one begins to mutate based on its interaction with its neighbors in the allocated environment.
I have do not yet have an exact understanding of how this concept will play itself out in my design. What I really think will end up happening is that the end product will be quite an abstraction from the original idea. This idea is just the basis for creation, just an overall concept to latch onto and to focus on while creating my emergent process.
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