ALGORITHMIC
PEN & BRUSH PLOTS
The
following two works are shown in the "Digitally Propelled Images" show
at the Kellogg Gallery (California Polytechnic) until April 22, 2000. These
works were shown at the 1993 "Genetic Art / Artificial Life"
exhibition (Ars Electronica, Linz).
For
a 1993 interpretation of these works see: CHAOTIC
DIGITAL SCRIPTS AS SACRED ART
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on texts to see specific details.
lnz2w.jpg (full view)
lnz2-init-w.jpg (detail, lower left
gold leaf work)
lnz2-det-w.jpg (detail, central portion)
EZEKIEL SERIES, Vision 2, 44" by 30", 1993. Algorithmic pen and brush plot on
Stonehenge. Artist’s software. HI multi-pen plotter and PC.
This
work includes an "illuminated" initial on the lower left side. The
software builds the "initial" from the same set of relations that
generate the "brush" stroke. The shape is derived from a relationship
of initiating control points which are the key to all the form activity in this
piece. The black initial linework is code plotted with a 50 mm pen. Gold leaf
was applied by hand. A Chinese brush was mounted on the plotting arm for the
brush work.
lnz3w.jpg (full view)
lnz2-det-w.jpg (detail, central portion)
EZEKIEL SERIES, Vision 3, 44" by 30",
1993. Algorithmic pen and brush plot
on Stonehenge. Artist’s software. HI multi-pen plotter and PC.
Upper
left includes a "text". This "formal" notion of writing is
taken from my experience of writing that courses right through the figures in
some Assyrian reliefs that date back to Asurbarnipal. The text syntax has been
under development by the artist for several years (as of 1993).
Brush
work is code generated and machine plotted. In this, as in the others, this
stroke is a key to the entire structure.
The
gold leaf on the diamond-like center was applied by hand. The design elements
are the consequence of the software generated shapes. In this instance a
diamond shape was formed by the overlapping transformations. The decision for
gold-work is always made after the entire piece is plotted with color and
shape decisions madce by the software.
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