This paper discusses the notion of emergence, the result of the collapse of both scientific and artistic barriers which have contributed to the rise of Artificial Life art. http://www.artnode.dk/text/text_uk/rinaldo.html
A genetic art project to evolve graphics. New forms can be found using genetic algorithms. There is no fitness function included: the user decides which images are interesting. http://kandid.sourceforge.net/
Examples of real-time 3D interactive installations: Biotica, an immersive experience of A-Life; Neural Net Starfish, gesturally responsive work in the Mind Zone of the Millennium Dome. http://www.mimetics.com/