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From the series, Origins, done Winter 2009-2010. Each drawing is done on single or multiple sections (each ~ 5” square) of rag illustration board. Like taking dictation from my unconscious resource of imagery, I had no plan from the start, and continued by association from what had come before.
These are the 1st parts of a 9 part sequence.
Description:
This abstract animation originated from an abstract painting inspired by the work of Piet Mondrian. The image of the artwork was opened in Adobe Flash in order to create a digital animation. Individual shapes within the image were selected and dragged slightly from their original position to create a shape tween.
Analysis:
The abstract painting presents a dynamic equilibrium which is further enhanced by the digital animation. The animation presents an interesting structure and balance as the individual shapes and colours move around and clash before returning to the original unified composition. By breaking up the image, the viewer takes an interest in the shapes, lines and primary colours and the way these dominating elements have been simplified and positioned throughout the composition.
Interpretation:
The original abstraction used for this animation is non-representational but rather maintained a strong focus on the simplification of the elements of design in order to present an image that possessed dynamic balance. The aim of this animation is to break this balance and create movement in order to draw the viewer’s attention toward the elements of design before regaining balance and unity within the composition. This is central towards the idea of abstraction as expression is created through the elements of design and is non-representational.
Judgement:
The animation was successful in simplifying the elements of design and emphasising the design elements through movement. To enhance the quality of the animation I would use a different image with a stronger focus on geometric forms in order to emphasise the design element of shape. This would create a clearer path for movement and rhythmic pattern resulting in a more effective visual outcome.
October PCAGOE Challenge-cane.
The cane I started out making was nothing like this! This one just kept growing into the abstract pattern you see here.
2008-2009 / C-Print / 125x125cm
Abstractions Details /
«From all things one and from one all things» - Heraclitus of Ephesus
Абстрактные детали /
«Из всего – одно, и из одного – все» - Гераклит Эфесский
Swiss
Dornach
Goetheanum
boiler house
ipad w i ar br
based on the same w step on abstraction 1825, here i used my favorite apps : wasabi, inspire, artrage, brushes
Los Angeles, California. Every time I get to the Getty I'm astounded by the architecture. The architect Richard Meier put incredible lines, windows, angles, curves, and textures in almost every view. You look up, down, across and through in almost any place you can get to and there are things of interest to see.
Looking at the details of this architecture abstractly reminds me of the work of Kandinsky and other Bauhaus painters and architects as well as the Russian Supremists and I wanted to make a small collection to attempt to document that.
Part of the series: Getty Center Abstractions
uploaded 11/14/11
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abstraction: Fort Stevens Oregon
Andrew Tanenbaum is a computer god. I had recently finished reading his book, Structured Computer Organization. It is an excellent book that gives a very good overview of all the different bits of a computer without going into too much detail. Very suitable for an undergrad who would like to gain some knowledge in this area.
I loved the book so much that I went out and got another two of his books, Computer Networks and Operating Systems: Design and Implementation. These books have all got a common theme: Abstraction Layers. Although I have a fair amount of detailed knowledge on these different topics, all the information that I have were gleaned through a piecemeal method. There wasn't an overall structure to piece it all together.
All these books promote the concept of abstraction layers. This is something that should be fairly familiar to anyone who knows software engineering as well as networking. I've always considered the OSI layers for networking as a very perfect example of an abstract layered structure (at least from a theoretical point of view). Software layers are also fairly common, with the LAMP stack being one of the most famous software development stacks on the planet. However, I had never been exposed to this concept for a microprocessor before.
The bible of microprocessor architecture is written by Hennessy & Patterson, two great-grandfathers of RISC who came up with the model at around the same time, at Stanford and Berkeley. One became MIPS and the other gave birth to the SPARC. They described microprocessor architecture as a machine, part by part. My next favourite book by Sima, Fountain & Kacsuk goes on to describe intricate details by illustrating trade-offs using a design space technique.
By looking at the microprocessor as just one possible machine sub-layer, it has given me new radical ideas on how to break the deadlock in my research. Where I had always been trying to come up with a machine architecture, maybe I should approach it via the virtual machine perspective. By defining a virtual machine architecture that can solve the problem, without bothering myself with the details of implementation, I should be able to come up with new solutions to the problem.
The author is a god. I'm certainly not the first to be inspired by him, and I won't be the last. Incidentally, Linus Torvalds was also inspired to write Linux when he read his book. Linux borrows a lot of ideas from Minix, which was the example OS described in his book. Linus has openly acknowledged this fact. Some people are just naturally great teachers. Have to 'kow tow' to Prof Tanenbaum.
This is part II of the short abstraction series. See my notes on part I.
Lessons learned: Change your mind how to see things, than these things will tell you a different story.
Images from Dundee Contemporary Arts (DCA) all shot from the stepped staircase area on ground level using a 90 mm lens at f2.0.
I shot a similar series earlier in the year, but foolishly deleted the files from my PC.
All Copyright Stan Farrow
Images from Dundee Contemporary Arts (DCA) all shot from the stepped staircase area on ground level using a 90 mm lens at f2.0.
I shot a similar series earlier in the year, but foolishly deleted the files from my PC.
All Copyright Stan Farrow
Midnight Moment: Matteo Zamagni, Nature Abstraction
March 1, 2017 - March 31, 2017
every night from 11:57pm-midnight
In partnership with Moving Image Art Fair & Gazelli Art House, Times Square Arts presents artist Matteo Zamagni’s virtual reality film Nature Abstraction on Times Square’s electronic billboards from 11:57 p.m. to midnight every night in March. This project is a part of Midnight Moment, a monthly presentation by The Times Square Advertising Coalition (TSAC) and Times Square Arts.
Originally created in virtual reality and adapted for the screens of Times Square, Nature Abstraction dives digitally into the vast complexities of three planets created through fractal formations. Zamagni’s floating fractals, inspired by altered states of mind, represent hidden structures of nature, allowing viewers to explore and view dimensions and biological forms that affect the physical world but are invisible to the eye. Partially processed through Google’s Deep Dream neural network, which recognizes features and creates visual iterations, the landscapes transform into psychedelic patterns and morph into shapes reminiscent of more familiar items like liquid or microchips.
Photo courtesy for Ka-Man Tse for Times Square Arts
Two women consider an abstract painting at the SoWa Open Market in Boston's South End. ("SoWa" means "south of Washington Street.")