Adam Colestock
Artists
Adam Colestock
4th-8th Grade STEAM and Coding Teacher
Francis W. Parker School
Chicago
Statement
I am drawn to patterns and structures. I find beauty in the ethereal realm of abstract mathematical ideas and in the material forms produced in nature as clever or elegant solutions to design and engineering problems. I am interested in how computation provides new tools for both the exploration of mathematics and the creation of art. I enjoy deepening my understanding of mathematics by constructing or coding ways to embody math in objects or images. Or conversely, I also enjoy building on an aesthetic attraction I experience when presented with a form by unpacking the mathematics within. I seek a balance between choices that I make, elements that are dictated by the mathematics, and a dash of randomness. And I am fascinated by robots.
Artworks
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Turtles Dance for Seymour Papert
60 x 90 cm
Digital Print
2017