Tom Rathborne <tomr@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >You are into fractals, huh? Yes, in part, but not in a conventional way. I'm interested in working at the boundary between mathematical and representational art, and in particular in finding new ways to use mathematics to transform representation. This is in contrast to other fractal software I've seen that either uses mathematics to create representation, e.g., IFSCompose, or that never intends to create other other than mathematical art, e.g., FractalExplorer. My "Mandelbrot Invert plug-ins" apply the Mandelbrot set to recolor an existing image, which may have been representational, leaving the existing image still visible at the end. You can view other examples of digital art I've created by writing and applying mathematical algorithms to transform representation, in this case my own scanned, conventional, figurative paintings, at the gallery page at my web site, <http://www.stanschwartzmeta-arts.com/art.html>. My digital art collections are accessible from the bottom of the scrolling thumbnails frame at the left side of the page. These include applying linear affine transformations through IFS or MRCM algorithms (another kind of fractal) to repeatedly rescale, translate, rotate, and reflect arbitrary images into self-similar, fractal representations of themselves. Another example is applying displacements derived from strange attractor time series equations (H?non, Lorentz, and Rossler) to stretch images. Though the behavior of these difference or differential equations is chaotic (based on parameter settings), I've found that if I keep close enough to the starting point (in terms of iterations) then the displacements are small eough that output images are still recognizable as a transformed versions of the input, which I find aesthetically pleasing. I may or may not rewrite these and other image transformation algorithms I develop into GIMP plug-ins, depending on how my career and time availability goes. I am in the process of undergoing a career change from expert systems programmer to conventional artist to attempting to find work as a full-time graphics algorithm designer/computational artist. Note that I'm not trying to put down other kinds of mathematical art. My interest is in defining a niche for myself that best reflects my background (both artistic and mathematical), personality and interests. I'd also like to mention that my Penn address, stan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, is a rarely attended legacy account and that I prefer receiving mail at my new address, stan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx I would have posted from there, but xcf.berkeley.edu bounced my messages as being unable to find my client host. I assure you it exists. Thanks and take care, Stan Schwartz ********************************************************************** * Stan Schwartz * * Graphics Algorithm Design * * Computational Art * * stan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx * * <http://www.stanschwartzmeta-arts.com> * * * * * * "Nothing is true and everything is permitted." * * William Burroughs * * * * "All profoundly original art looks ugly at first." * * Clement Greenberg * * * * "The Net treats censorship as damage and routes around it." * * John Gilmore * **********************************************************************
