Teja Krašek
Teja Krasek’s theoretical, and practical, work is especially focused
on symmetry as a linking concept between art and science, and on
filling a plane with geometrical shapes, especially those constituting
Penrose tilings (rhombs, kites, and darts). The artist's interest is
focused on the shapes' inner relations, on the relations between the
shapes and between the shapes and a regular pentagon. These artworks
illustrate certain properties: golden mean relations, self-similarity,
fivefold symmetry, the Fibonacci sequence, inward infinity, perceptual
ambiguity, and more. Krasek’s work concentrates on melding art,
science, mathematics and technology. She employs contemporary computer
technology as well as classical painting techniques.
Fractals are self-similar geometric shapes that display details on
all scales. This means that their fascinating beauty reveals a
wealth of detail upon successive magnifications. The term
"fractal" was coined by the famous mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot
back in 1975. With the help of powerful modern computer
technology, fractals were extensively explored by mathematicians,
computer scientists, and artists ever since. My artwork "On The
Shore..." was created while exploring the depths of the Newton
fractal, a kind of Julia set and an intricate boundary set in the
complex plane. I dedicate this artwork to the memory of the famous
French mathematician, Gaston Julia (1893 – 1978), the father of
the Julia set concept.