“Panspermia” by Karl Sims received the Golden Nica in the Computer Animation category of the Prix Ars Electronica 1991. Explore 2 other works by Karl Sims below.
In "Panspermia" by Karl Sims, a seed falls onto a barren planet and sprouts all kinds of different plants. "Panspermia" is the name for the theory that life exists and is distributed throughout the universe in the form of germs or spores.
About Karl Sims
Karl Sims received a B.S. in life sciences from MIT in 1984. After working at Thinking Machines Corporation for a year, he returned to MIT to study computer graphics at the Media Lab and received a Masters degree in 1987.
Programme information from Prix Ars Electronica Archive. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.