Community is a generative art program that utilizes node interactions to create a visual interpretation of the concept of community. A random number of nodes are placed into the stage, each with a unique optimal distance. Each node attempts to achieve its optimal distance from every other node in the stage by adjusting its position based on the nearest and farthest node.

 

A different version of the program, Community v.2 uses the same basic algorithm, but each node seeks to be an optimal distance only from the node closest to it. When it reaches the optimal state it falls asleep, waking up again only if another node gets too close or lures it’s optimal node away from it.