I started to use computer programming in his art in the late 1970’s at The Slade School of Art, but first came to public attention in the 1980s with computer generated images that I made whilst Artist in Residence at the University of Kent at Canterbury Computing Laboratory.

The images, based on the behaviour of groups or communities of animals being attacked by predators, and human battle-like confrontations were created by programs he had written that imitated the interaction of individual humans and other animals. The shapes and forms in my works show the paths of the movements and simulated thoughts of these algorithmically generated behaviours.

The work is sometimes presented interactively so people can use the programs that I use to make work and sometimes as still images or video recordings.

I continue to explore the aesthetics of trails and complex dynamic social interactions in my work and use this website to document the roots and development of my art as well as current work.

From now on I will be publishing current work and information here at stephenbell.art. Previous work can be seen at stephenbell.org.uk

Latest Post – Very Early Plotter Drawing