Jos Vromans
In my work, I am exploring different concepts of mathematics. There is
no better way of understanding such concepts than by implementing them
yourself, visualizing them and visualizing variations of it.
I do this by writing my own software that generates images. I
implement algorithms to generate a pattern or a collection of
geometrical shapes. Even with basic shapes and logic, complex-looking
results can be made by using the power of iteration.
After I implement one idea, I change some parameters or some logic in the code in a quest for new variations. The effect on the result is sometimes surprising and beyond my capibilities to predict. It excites me to know that there are many variations out there that I have yet to discover.
This piece is based on the 'Root two flower' that I described for
the other piece. The flower shape can still be seen, laying on the
ground.
For this piece, I made the triangles bigger in every iteration so
that they literally grow out of the base shape. I can choose
certain parameters in such way, that the growth will be in one
direction only. For this piece I found a configuration where the
growth is upwards, and where the triangles near the center stay
relatively small, and the triangles further from the center grow
pretty big.
This piece is made by adding smaller squares within the previous
square, starting with one large square. There are two iterations
happening at once, one clockwise and one counter clockwise, which
results in intersecting lines. When each next square starts at
half a square root of two times the side length of the previous
square, all the lines will line up perfectly. The result is a
flower-like shape, and divides the original square in many
triangles, getting smaller and smaller towards the center. This
division of the plane is 2-colorable, which means I can iterate
over every single triangle as well, with every clockwise iterating
triangle neighbouring only counter-clockwise iterating ones.
The lines are partly colored in random colors.