Christopher Hanusa

Statement

I use computational software to design images and sculpture inspired by the inherent beauty of mathematics. I am inspired by mathematical concepts, research topics, and found math. When I create art I work to understand the underlying theory, implementing it through algorithms, and honing the aesthetics to appeal to and reach a greater population. I ask: How can I develop an algorithm to expand the seed of an idea into a general phenomenon? How can I take a concept from the two-dimensional world and represent it faithfully in three dimensions? What is the artistic relationship between randomness and deliberation?

Artworks

Voronoi Chambers is an exploration of three dimensional Voronoi Diagrams. Sixteen points are chosen on the surface of a sphere and a seventeenth point is chosen at the center of the sphere. Space then naturally divides into regions based on which of these points is the closest. This particular arrangement of points divides space into a central polyhedron (dual to the convex hull polyhedron of the points), and then sixteen cones extending radially outward from the polyhedron. The solid boundaries of the cones contrast with the openness of the central polyhedral cell.