Radmila Sazdanovic
Mathematics is one of the fine arts although the techniques used by
mathematicians are not the classical ones.The work they produce can be
understood by very few people definitely contributes to its lack of
popularity. Fortunately, some of the mathematical ideas can be
expressed through different media- such as painting, sculpture, music,
hence their beauty can be appreciated with or without the prior
knowledge of mathematics. I create digital prints using photography
and computer software, such as Tess and LinKnot. In developing the
computer programs as well as artistic ideas I collaborate with
scientists (Slavik Jablan),
artists (Ruth Mateus-Berr, Ritsuko Izuhara, Studio Aftermoon), and
architects (Victor Stipsic, Marko Vujic). The inspiration for my
digital prints stems from my current research in knot theory,
diagrammatic algebras, and the rich geometric structures found in
tessellations of the hyperbolic plane.
This tessellation of the hyperbolic plane is inspired by Japanese pagodas but realized in classical black, red and white color scheme, emphasizing local 7-fold symmetry.
This digital print is based on the hyperbolic tessellation in the Poincare disk model created using Mathematica package "Tess". The core pattern consists of red and white circles of varying sizes, which is extended to the whole hyperbolic plane with respect to the symmetries of the original tessellation.