2012 Joint Mathematics Meetings
Francesco De Comité
Artists
Francesco De Comité
Associate Professor of Computer Science
University of Sciences and Technology, Lille, France / European Society for Mathematics and Art
Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
Statement
Seeking ways to illustrate mathematical concepts and constructions is an endless game. Jumping from one idea to another, mixing techniques and computer code, and then waiting for the image to appear on my screen, leads often to surprising results.
Artworks
Fractal Rhombic Ring
50cmx50cm
Digital print
2011
Transparent boxes inside transparent boxes inside transparent boxes ...
Fractalizing the archimedean solids.
50cmx50cm
Digital print
2011
Generalizing the Menger sponge construction.
Sierpinski Cliffs
50cmx50cm
Digital print
2011
Playing around with Apollonian gaskets, recursivity and circle inversion can give rise to landscapes no one has seen before.