progression of past work.

I made a timeline of my work because I am an ego maniac.

 

This contains the bulk of my work. I did not make art before 2010. I may post more pictures of the most recent pieces on the Rational side of my work.

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What I have been working on over the past week.

 

 

Aside from e-mailing only one of our professors a link to my blog and failing the first assignment as a result, I have been busy trying to figure out how to explain my project to people who either don’t understand and/or don’t care about the math I use. I can say this because last semester I managed to bore the hell out of my fellow classmates in a twenty minute lecture on the formulas behind this project (mostly to get back at them for having to sit through all of their presentations). My basic idea is this: what if I created a series of rules and mathematical functions which govern the appearance and construction of an object. I was actually hoping create the equivalent to my own universe which runs on my laws as supposed to the laws of physics but I figured I would start with this abstract representation of said imaginary universe. Currently I am trying to teach my piece to grow properly in a vacuum – (by vacuum I mean that the piece is only affected by itself and not my gravity, the furniture in the room the piece occupied etc.). Once the piece response to itself and can actually survive and thrive in a vacuum, I’ll teach it to grow in a room. Hopefully one day it will be complex enough that I will be able to place one in any environment and it will utilize the space and all available resources in the best possible manner. This will likely take many years and the right computer software and I obviously don’t have the time to program it in right now so for this year I’m settling for making it grow in a vacuum.

 

Next week I hope to make a video to better explain what I am trying to do.

 

 

Prototype 0 – Purpose: to test the concept of advanced math based art and to determine the feasibility of such a project. Current Status- Data table intact, log book intact, prototype destroyed during relocation.

I messed up on the angle generator equations to for Proto0, all the angles where one of two values. I also cut this piece off at module 15 but it could have grown in one direction forever.

 

Prototype 1- Purpose: To refine the angle generator equations and anchor generator equations. Current Status- Data table missing, Log book intact, prototype destroyed during relocation.

 Note: each module in Proto1 is a different color.

 

 

to be continued….

Interview Assignment

This falls under homework for thesis class. I didn't want to do a standard Q&A so I wrote a report.  

            For the interview assignment, I was instructed to question and report on fellow student Rachel Clinton. Miss Clinton is a fourth year senior concentrating in the art of digital photography. Originally from the nearby village of Bridgewater, New Jersey, Miss Clinton attended high school where she studied painting and drawing extensively. However, upon graduating from her high school, Rachel Clinton revealed that she was tired of art and so she made the decision to attend Rutgers for that university had many majors and a good art school should Miss Clinton ever change her mind. Rutgers also had a painting studio which swayed Miss Clinton’s heart away from other possible schools that she could have attended. It was at this prestigious university that Rachel Clinton discovered that she had a love of photography and so enrolled in Mason Gross. Her camera of choice is a cannon digital single lens reflex or DSLR. She recently traveled the land taking photographs as she journeyed. However, Miss Clinton prefers the human body as her subject of choice. While she is uninterested in portrait photography, Rachel Clinton prefers the abstracted form of the human body. Every aspiring artist is inspired by one of the legends and Rachel Clinton is no different. She lists Edward Weston and Bill Brandt as among a few photographers that have influenced her work. She also has a few mentors ranging from a former classmate to Gary Snider, who she had the privilege of having as an instructor for three semesters. She sights Gary Snider’s ability to point out which specific aspect of her work evokes which specific emotion as being most helpful. While Rachel Clinton is no doubt a skilled photographer, she will state that she needs to work on improving how she presents her work and that she needs to work on making decisive choices in regards to the installation process. When not refining her craft, Rachel Clinton enjoys dancing, reading and a variety of outdoor activities ranging from hiking to kayaking. After college, Miss Clinton hopes to obtain an internship as an assistant to a photographer or in magazine production. She would also like to work as a freelance photographer or anything that pertains to photo editing. Rachel Clinton would be willing to work anywhere where she can thrive and learn will being challenged.