Now that I’m stocked with a pseudo-random generative engine, I might as well milk it and see how things look if I feed it colored blobs and specks. “It looks like 60ies curtains”, my sister said. Well, that’s good enough for me.
March ’07 Installment: In His name
Sun-Tzu wrote “all warfare is based on deception” a long time ago. Ironically, when Colin Powell tried to sell the war package to the UN back in February 2003, he accused Iraq of “denial and deception”. Who was the deceiver? There was talk of weapons of mass destruction, wasn’t there? Oh, and freedom fries, 9/11 connections and the glorious hanging of the previous leader of Iraq.
While Colin Powell didn’t manage to convince the UN, he did manage to sway the danish head of state. As a result, we followed Bush on his crusade and fought in his name. We broke it, and we bought it. The result is a mess.
January ’07 Installment: Floralia
The Floralia was an ancient Roman festival dedicated to the goddess Flora. It was held in April or early May and symbolized the renewal of the cycle of life, marked with dancing, drinking, and flowers. – Source
If all goes well, the New Year has just set in, and this is auto-published one minute past. If not, I hope it gets published at all. I don’t trust these machines.
Except of course my own machine, the Von Neumann engine powering Floralia.
Happy New Year!
December ’06 Installment: Audhumbla
In Norse mythology, Audumla (also Audhumla, Audhumbla, Old Norse Au?humbla) was the primeval cow. Unlike many other Norse names, the name of Audumla has not been deciphered, nor does the Norse sources tell where Audhumla came from, but it has been assumed that she came into existence at the beginning of time through shaping of the melted Niflheim ice in Ginnungagap, much like Ymir. – Source
As suggested by my sister way back in my Meadow installment, for this one I took inspiration from the norse creation mythology. Scandinavian landscapes, stars, trees, northern lights and of course my favourite animal: the cow.
The drawing engine is powered by my generative Von Neumann engine.
November ’06 Installment: Island of the Sleeping Dragon
The tiny island in Malaysia called Tioman Island is, by local mythology, called the island of the sleeping dragon. Such mythology is always a great source of inspiration for me.
Combining my generative Von Neumann engine with photos from my trip to Tioman in December 2005, the end result is a mash up of photography and mathematical numbers. This way of combining math with nature was always the intent when I started writing this generative engine. Now, having taken the first small steps, I hope to refine the engine and the process, so I can eventually create some really cool stuff.
P.S. Be sure to try and uncheck “Scale to fit” to see the pictures in their large 2560×1370 px resolution.
October ’06 Installment: Fractions
Mathematical fractions, or fractions of a whole? Further refining my generative engine named in honor of mathematicion John von Neumann, “Fractions” adds a sticky layer that remembers parts of each new iteration.
September 2006 Installment: Everything Is Art
Building upon last month’s “Von Neumann engine”, Everything Is Art is a partially satiric yet cuddly kind poke at the concept of “art”. It’s basically a color array, a randomization engine and some extremely simple shapes put together to create 5 art-machines.
It’s also an expression of the fact that I’ve been very busy this month, and that it’s nice to have the computer do the work for me sometimes.