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EXPERIMENTS IN DIGITAL SURFACE GENERATION: STOCHASTIC METHODS OF MAKING INTERESTING AND BEAUTIFUL TEXTURES

An LKL Maths-Art seminar by
Simon Schofield
Tuesday 12 February, 6.00 – 7.30pm

Simon Schofield creates digital images of enormous vitality and complexity, each composed from immense constellations of detailed sub-elements. He uses this technique to capture the vibrancy seen in nature and scientific phenomena, or to explore the limits of drawing and pattern using vast fields of tiny drawn elements and endless reconfigurations of decorative symbols and motifs. Despite their complexity, many of his images achieve a quietly meditative, oceanic quality.

In order to construct these surfaces Simon has developed new software tools that assemble the images over time, using many thousands of repeated operations, according to sets of rules. These are then saved out and printed on to paper or fabric in a range of sizes in order to expose their full richness. This talk will focus on the role of controlled randomness in image making.

Simon Schofield [ www.simonschofield.net] is a software designer and visual artist. His past developments include the Piranesi 3-D painting system, and the AudioROM interactive music system . The work presented in this seminar is as a result of a 2-year NESTA Fellowship.

TIME: 6.00 – 7.30pm, Tuesday 12 February 2008
PLACE: London Knowledge Lab, 23-29 Emerald St, London, WC1N 3QS
[Travel information / Maps at: http://www.lkl.ac.uk/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=42&Itemid=32 ]

All welcome. No reservation required, but an email to lkl.maths.art@gmail.com would be appreciated for planning purposes

SPECIAL LECTURE AND WORKSHOPS, 14/15/16 FEBRUARY: “ZOME: A LANGUAGE FOR UNDERSTANDING THE STRUCTURE OF SPACE”
INFORMATION: www.lkl.ac.uk/events/zome

NEXT SEMINAR: 11 March – Cameron Browne [ http://www.cameronius.com], Truchet curves and surfaces

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Dr Phillip Kent
London Knowledge Lab – Institute of Education
23 – 29 Emerald St
London WC1N 3QS
p.kent@ioe.ac.uk
tel 020 7763 2156 mobile 07950 952034
www.ioe.ac.uk/tlrp/technomaths
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