"Nested Exchange", AP/1 + AP, by Harm van den Dorpel, 2018

The specimens rendered by this software are configured in nested recursive ‘tree’ structures similar to those used in the first iterations of Chomskyan linguistics. Ultimately, the output of these exchanges are different from language in a number of ways. One of the most divergent features is that in the work no new information - per se - is produced, but existing information is recombined toward an optimally diverse distribution. The nest is a kind of open and closed system at once, recursive, and, therefore, functionally infinite, but also radically constrained. The system records its changes between states as ‘snapshots’, leaving a complete history of itself in a manner similar to a blockchain ledger.