Nico Bakker

Statement

I am a former math teacher with an interest in fractals. Especially a plain-filling fractal which touches itself at the edges, like the Terdragon and the 5-Dragon, creating enclosed triangles and squares. And I wondered: are there plain-filling fractals that create enclosed figures, other than triangles and squares? There are! I have found the Duck-curve, and numerous variants of this curve. And there are a series of Titanic-curves, also with variants. And finally, there are a series of (Twin) Peaks fractals. With those mathematical curves I have created artworks that fit beautifully together. Because symmetry is built into these fractals, the art I make with them is also full of symmetry. That makes it nice to look at for a lot of people without realizing the mathematics behind it.

Films

I am a former math teacher. I like to experiment with fractals and some of them give beautiful pictures with a lot of symmetry. I suddenly realised I was creating art, so I began presenting the fractals more pleasing, so more people would like to see them. Playing with the fractals gives me joy and much possiblities to create art.