Bridges 2024 Exhibition of Mathematical Art, Craft, and Design
AnneMarie Torresen
Artists
AnneMarie Torresen
Graduate student
Rhode Island School of Design
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Statement
I (AnneMarie Torresen, she/they) am an interdisciplinary artist trained in math, education, and computational art. With my work, I explore the overlaps between the expressive and the mathematical from a variety of entry points, including language, music, code, textiles, puzzles, and teaching. I find solace in clear communication and mathematical precision, and I am also committed to embracing uncertainty, combatting colonialism, and prioritizing joy.
Artworks
This image shows the first 100 integers colored based on their prime factorizations. Each prime number has been assigned its own color: 2 is red, 3 is green, 5 is blue, and the remaining prime numbers less than 100 are each their own shade of gray. Each non-prime number gets colored by blending the colors of the prime numbers in its prime factorization. Powers of two are bright red, while less "two-y" numbers are blends of other "prime-ary" colors. As the primary colors are the building blocks of other colors, the prime numbers are the building blocks of other integers.
Note: the work can be printed at any size