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  • Computer Generated Fractals
  • Computer Generated Fractals
  • Computer Generated Fractals
  • Computer Generated Fractals

Computer Generated Fractals

DESCRIPTION Computer generated artwork, with thousands of downloadable images and a new fractal every day! Every day at a few minutes past midnight (local Wisconsin time), a new fractal is automatically generated by a variation of the program included with the book Strange Attractors: Creating Patterns in Chaos by Julien C. Sprott. WHAT’S UNIQUE ABOUT THIS ART Fractals are endlessly repeating patterns that vary according to a... learn more

Artist: Julien Clinton Sprott http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/sprott.htm

  • Interactive Installations
  • Interactive Installations
  • Interactive Installations
  • Interactive Installations

Interactive Installations

DESCRIPTION  As digital technologies become more embedded in everyday life, the line between the virtual and real is increasingly blurred. Delicate Boundaries imagines a space in which the worlds inside our digital devices can move into the physical world. Small bugs made of light, crawl out of the computer screen onto the human bodies that make contact with them. The system explores the subtle boundaries that exist between foreign sy... learn more

Artist: Chris Sugrue and Damian Stewart

  • Rogue Wave Image Series
  • Rogue Wave Image Series
  • Rogue Wave Image Series
  • Rogue Wave Image Series

Rogue Wave Image Series

DESCRIPTIONEric J. Heller is a physics and chemistry professor at Harvard University and a digital artist who turns his theoretical investigations of physics concepts into mesmerizing art. Heller renders in imagery such complex ideas as wave behavior, chaos, quantum mechanics, and collision theory by first running a scientific simulation of the concepts and then digitally coloring the resulting greyscale image. WHAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT THIS AR... learn more

Artist: Eric J. Heller http://www.ericjhellergallery.com/index.pl?page=gallery

  • Photo - Synthesis
  • Photo - Synthesis
  • Photo - Synthesis
  • Photo - Synthesis

Photo - Synthesis

DESCRIPTION Artist Ellen Jantzen says of her work: “I set out to create an alternate reality with “real” substances, objects and environments. I first determine what objects and environments have the most opportunity for creating an alternate view of the world. I then set about to strengthen the elements of reality by capturing my staged setups as digital photographs. I manipulate, layer, and alter each piece in my co... learn more

Artist: Ellen Jantzen http://ellenjantzen.com/

  • Generative Art
  • Generative Art
  • Generative Art
  • Generative Art

Generative Art

DESCRIPTION Bogdan Soban’s works are computer generated art – not be confused with computer aided art. The artist uses a computer as a creative partner to produce generative art, algorithmic, random art, software art, artificial art, mathematical art, cellular art, automaton art, and fractal art. WHAT’S UNIQUE ABOUT THIS ART This type of artwork uses autonomous processes with no direct human control.  Pure compu... learn more

Artist: Bogdan Soban http://www.soban-art.com/

  • Virtual Life Art
  • Virtual Life Art
  • Virtual Life Art
  • Virtual Life Art

Virtual Life Art

DESCRIPTION Radiologist and artist Rodolphe von Gombergh merges art and medical practice by using medical imaging to take us on a journey inside the human body.  The artist develops holograms using CT and MRI scans to intensify his magical vision of the human body.  In this futuristic color image, the viewer sees the different layers of the body: the clothing, skin, bones, and organs.   WHAT’S UNIQUE ABOUT THI... learn more

Artist: Rodolphe von Gombergh