: Resonant Silhouettes of Poincare

Title:

Resonant Silhouettes of Poincare

Artist(s) and People Involved:

Exhibiting Artist(s):



• Stuart Ramsden

Performers:



• David Worrall

Symposium:

• ISEA97: Eighth International Symposium on Electronic Art

Artist Statement:

This highly interactive work, using realtime digital feedback algorithms in the image and sound domain, encourages the audience to explore a complex process of sonic and luminous flux: a continuous synthesis of image and sound folding back into itself, hovering on the boundary between order and chaos. Interacting with the work allows the audience to explore an endless variety of complex and unique visual and aural forms. The work is a homage to Poincare (1854-1912), one of the early mathematical pioneering explorers of chaos and feedback. He asserted that the aesthetic rather than the logical is the dominant element in mathematical creativity. In an age before computers, his work on celestial mechanics led him to discover the first description of chaotic limit sets in history. He visualized complex chaotic processes in his head, and even expressed the fear that these might defy analysis forever. Software: Custom code in C++ and Inventor. CSOUND synthesis software. Hardware: SGI workstation with Impact Graphics. HiFi sound system.

Category:

• Art Exhibition
• Interactive Monitor-Based