Abstract
TechnoSphere is by Jane Prophet, Gordon Selley and Mark Hurry. This paper focuses on the real-time 3D version of the artificial life art piece, TechnoSphere. It begins by positioning TechnoSphere’s simulated landscapes in relationship to the English landscape and its tradition in painting, and problematises ideas of ‘the natural’. The TechnoSphere creatures are evaluated as both artificial wildlife and domesticated animals, before considering the relationship between creature and environment. This is followed by a comparison of the Internet and real-time versions of TechnoSphere, and concludes by outlining the work-in-progress — a merging of the two systems.