Curtis Palmer

Statement

My ancestors did not evolve in the presence of computers. They left me ill prepared for the revolution of the late 20th century and the relentless pace of change resulting from its invention. To keep abreast the technology I modelled geometry in one digital form or another since '73. The computer was both opportunity and impediment for a brain like mine that wallowed in the obvious. Practise Grasshopper. With new tech 2 years ago I SAW the kaleidoscopic like movement on my model when I modified an obscure parameter detailing a texture map. Today you get to experience what I see when I close my eyes. But why does the apparent motion of 1 cross section appear radiative while 2 are convergent?

Artworks

My artwork is an animation available on YouTube. It visualizes octahedral symmetry using my Rotating Texture Transform. 4 red spherical octahedra are constructed from 24 pairs of rotated & mirrored simplexes, ABCO. One simplex contains 1 spherical surface, ABC and three triangular segments: AOB, AOC, BOC. The four octahedra are arranged with viewpoints oriented to the 3 axes of symmetry of the octahedron and to the polar mid edge two-fold symmetry of a rhombic dodecahedron. Selected surface groups are dynamically painted with a rotating transparency field resulting in a kaleidoscopic effect pleasing to the eye. A modified JPG: Mandelbrot_Set-13-JULIA_ISLANDS by W. Beyer is the basis of the transparency.