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MONOCHROME Series Incident.net 2007-08

MONOCHROME / Series / Incident.net / 2007-08

Stéphan Barron
Philippe Bruneau
Grégory Chatonsky
Emilie Pitoiset
Clément Charmet & Vincent Dorp
Nicolas Frespech
Claude Le Berre
David Guez
Claire Evans
Cetusss
Julie Morel
Gildas Paubert
Judith Nothnagel
Thomas Cheneseau
Reynald Drouhin
Bluescreen
Jimmy Owenns
Annie Abrahams
Gregory Chatonsky
Yann Bernard
Le contremaître et sa...
Sarah Magnan
G. Partesana & H. Husberg
Leo Morrissey
Don Relyea
Reynald Drouhin
Dominique Baillot
Jimmy Owenns
Guillaume LaBelle
Robert Cottet
Yan Breuleux
James Teng
Stéphane Noël
Renata Padovan
Yoko Hata
Gregory Shakar
Lizvlx & Hans Bernhard
David Crawford
Société Réaliste
Rybn.org

AURA_CLIMA
BLANC
CASABLANCA@HOME
CAUTION
CLIQ
COLORS
CORE MEMORY
DDP
DREAM MACHINE
ELVISSS COMMUNITY
GENERATEUR BLANC
HEXADECIMAL COLORED
INFRA_KAA
INSTANT SINGULIER
IP. MONOCHROME
IP PAINTING
ISHI
JE (NE) SUIS (PAS) UNE...
LAST LIFE
LES SABINES
LE PIC NIC
Le rouge et le noir
LINK
MONOCHROMATIC WALK
MONOCHROME
MONOCHROME(S)
NEURO
NUDE
ONE PIXEL ROOM TONE
POLYMONO
PUR BLUE
RED
RELAY OPALKA
SANS_SORTIE
SITE INVISIBLE
THE ANALOG COLOR FIELD...
THE BLACK WEBSITE
THESE PEOPLE FROM...
TRANSITIONERS
TUBE:MONOCHROME

I entered a monochrome portrait generator that works pretty well. I have an exe version that generates very high resolution print output too. For a sample of a higher resolution image of Clint Eastwood ( click here png 250k).

To explore the generator for yourself check out the Monochrome Generator (69k shockwave app opens in new window)!

Using the generator is easy, you can go to google images and search for pictures of people and things you want to make monochromes out of. You view the full size image and copy the URL from your browser bar. Click the load image button near the top left of the applet then paste the URL in the provided field. You should see a grayscale image of the picture you chose in the upper left of the applet. Simply click on a color swatch to generate your MonoChrome!

Generative slit scan project on Flickr

rotation 3 by Don Relyea (click to enlarge)

I uploaded the rest of the new batch of images of my generative 3d slit scan project to my flickr photo stream. Feel free to check them out, tag them, post them to your blogs and so on..

New generative Slit Scan works

rotation 4 by Don Relyea (click to enlarge)

I have been continuing work on several of my other projects recently. I have made more new works than I have time to process for the web right now. I have been rendering new works out very big so I can print them if I get a really good one. Unfortunately they become cumbersome at high resolution.

The image above is one of my new generative slit scan images. I have moved the motion logic into the 3d world as a moving camera as opposed to capturing a row of pixels moving across a frame of video. This project was done in the pre-release version of Adobe Director 11. The updated 3d engine is a great improvement.

Decapitation of Hillary Clinton

Decapitation of Hillary Clinton using XVI32

I created these modificatoin of Hillary's press photo using XVI32 a freeware hex editor. I have been hanging on to these until Hillary got knocked out of the race but forgot about them until today.. It's a shame to see her go I think she would have been a better democratic candidate than Obama but oh well.

A New Perspective In Politics at Artworks! New Bedford MA

I have entered my Hair Particle Drawing project in A New Perspective On Politics at Artworks! Gallery in New Bedford, MA. Specifically, I entered the smaller Bush portait that was exhibited in Siggraph 2007 last year.

The exhibition features artists’ representations of political figures such as George Bush, Fidel Castro, Hugo Chavez, Dick Cheney, Kim Jong-il, John Kerry, Abraham Lincoln, Barack Obama, Teddy Roosevelt, George Washington, Mao Zedong and more. This should be a fun exhibition, check it out if you are in the area!

A New Perspective On Politics
Saturday, June 7 to Saturday, July 19

Artworks! Partners for the Arts & Community
384 Acushnet Ave, New Bedford, Ma 02740

Gallery Hours are Tue-Sat from 12 to 5pm

Saturday, June 7- Opening Reception, 2-5pm

A New Perspective In Politics will be exhibited at the same time as another exhibition titled X-Country, which showcases the work of two artists, Derek Harding of Fall River, MA and Gerald Weckesser of San Diego, CA. The opening reception for both exhibitions will take place on Saturday June 7 from 2-5pm.

Exhibiting Artists:

Wendy	Allen	New Milford, CT	www.lincolnintoart.com	painting
Corina	Alvarezdelugo	Branford, CT	www.corinadotdash.com	ceramics
Catherine	Carter	Holliston, MA	www.catherinecarterart.com	painting
Jaesun	Duggan	Franklin, MA	www.artanddiscord.com	mixed media
Andrew	Fladeboe	Somerville, MA	www.andrewfladeboe.com	painting
Len	Gerwick	Marlborough, MA	www.lengerwickpaintings.com	painting
Patricia	Gomes	New Bedford, MA	www.patriciagomes.com	drawing
John	Hooker	Boston, MA	www.johnhookerart.com	mixed media
Jim	Kilmartin	Osterville, MA	n/a	colored pencil
Stephanie	Maria	Natick, MA	n/a	painting
Peter	Myers	Occidental, CA	www.psmyers.com	photogravure
Jennifer	Pellecchia	Menlo Park, CA	www.jennicakes.com	embroidery
Don	Relyea	Dallas, TX	www.donrelyea.com	digital print
Mike	Ritter	Dorcester, MA	www.ritterbin.com	photography
Jack	Summers	Detroit, MI	n/a	digital print
Adam	Zucker	Ardsley, NY	www.adamzucker.com	painting

500x Open Show 2008: Something Made Easy

From Kerin Arn's several large prisma color genitalia to the subtle humor in the way the members arranged the works, this years 500x Open Invitational Show was a well hung show indeed. Wandering through I could see logical groupings of the works and got a chuckle when I saw some safari photographs adjacent to a painting of a boy hunting a lion with a pellet gun.

The show had a lot of large colorful high impact pieces that looked very good at first glance. When I had the time to come back later, some of the larger pieces I liked initially lost their appeal. Never the less there was a lot of good work to be seen at this show. Bill Barter had a piece in the show "Orange Curve" my wife and I loved but the photo did not turn out. Below are some of my other favorites.

Bryan Gooding "Prayer at an End"

I have seen several of Bryan's works now and I always enjoy them. His assemblages are generally tough to photograph well since they are very three dimensional.

James Lassen "DSCN 1222"

Lassen's painting grabbed me when I saw it upstairs. It reminds me of when I lived in Deep Ellum and haunted various seedy establishments down there for many years. The title implies he painted it from a digital picture, it would be interesting to see if this is part of a series.

Samantha B. Blaydes "Listen: See: Speak"

Samantha's dry point on cloth triptych caught my eye. The red stitching is just right. While I have seen this theme done before, this work is well executed. She had a nice lino cut print "agony" downstairs as well.

Meili Peterson "Roman Sky"

Having obsessed over the sky the better part of last year I was drawn to this piece. The color in this work is great and the grid format works for me.

Nathan Porterfield "Throne" part of a triptych

Nathan Porterfield "Throne" grew on me over time. When I first saw the triptych it bugged me a little. I kept coming back to it though and it eventually won me over. The subject matter is quirky and great at the same time. His attention to detail and white space is immaculate. My photo of all three together did not turn out.

Todd Champlain "World Storm"

Camplin's "World Storm" is a really interesting pen and ink piece with fine detail.

Jennifer Pilon " Viruh:Thrust "

I loved the volumetric negative space of Pilon's piece. Not quite as fond of the scrunching at the very bottom of this work but overall it is very nice.

Loretta Gonzalez "Love Your Self"

"Love Your Self" was my wife's second favorite piece behind Bill Barter's. This work is a fun one and the captions on each tile are worth reading.

The show runs through the 1st of June so check it out before it is down. Its definitely worth seeing.

works in Something Made Easy: 500X Gallery's Annual Open Invitational

Something Made Easy: 500X Gallery's Annual Open Invitational
May 10 - May 31, 2008
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 10, 6-10pm

"Big Hairy Bush II" from the hair particle system drawing project

My low brow political humor piece entitled "Big Hairy Bush II" recently made its way back from San Diego CA. It made it back just in time for the 500x annual open show where I dropped it off yesterday. I am looking forward to catching part of the reception where I can see people react to it.

I also entered the print version of the very popular "blue recursive". Oddly when I printed it at 13x19 out it felt off balance so I "hand" modified the print version of "blue recursive" slightly to give the print a better sense of balance. Hopefully the print version will be as popular as the internet version getting passed around on various math art sites. .

"Blue Recursive" 1/10 printed version, get yours at 500x gallery for $100 woohoo!

Buddy Rivers Live by Dave Miller

Dave Miller is doing an automatic comedian live performance. Details are on his blog check it out. This looks like a lot of fun, he has some AI set up to act as a comedian and hecklers. There will be a live webcast too.

new reconstruction algorithm

I have been busy creating a lot of new things. I stumbled into a digital photo reconstruction algorithm completely by accident while writing some code to recursively subdivide space. I had the honor of being in a show last year with Rusty Scruby who is focused in the reconstruction space, if I had not seen what Rusty has been doing I may not have know what I stumbled into. Rusty has created his own custom software to perform his reconstructions and his work is fantastic. You should check it out.

I took the algorithm I found and I have now created a crude tool to explore photo and video reconstructions. I am still putting together a page of these new works but the general exploration is around naturally occurring mathematical forms like Lindenmayer Systems and fractal patterns.

I go out with my camera ( and the kids ) looking for interesting forms in nature, the more I explore the more I get a sense of what will create a nice visual flow and sense of motion when the image is reconstructed. Below are some samples of the output.

IO Moth Reconstruction

I found this IO Moth while doing some gardening with the kids in the front yard. It made a really nice reconstruction. I printed this one out on a 13x19 sheet of watercolor paper. It looks really nice. Prints 2-5 of 5 are available for anyone interested.

Yellow Tree Reconstruction

This is our neighbor's tree. I also printed this one out on a 13x19 sheet of watercolor paper. Prints 2-5 of 5 are available.

Chris Jordan -- Running the Numbers

Running the Numbers
An American Self-Portrait

This series looks at contemporary American culture through the austere lens of statistics.

Plastic Cups, 2008
60x90"
Depicts one million plastic cups, the number used on airline flights in the US every six hours.

You just have to see the project at his web site. http://www.chrisjordan.com/. Chris prints these out huge, they must be amazing to see in person.

Math and Art at Axiom Gallery in Boston

/// Axiom Gallery
/// March 14 through April 27, 2008
/// Opening reception: Friday, March 14th, 6-9pm

Cantor Set (fried egg) by Kevin Van Aelst, 2004, digital c-print, each 16 x 20

/// Co-Curated by Axiom Gallery Founding Director, Heidi Kayser, and The Boston Cyberarts Festival Executive Director, George Fifeild, and advised by Director of the Clay Mathematics Institute, Jim Carlson, Art and Math explores the artists use of mathematical concepts in sculpture, photography, and new media. The show will also examine how, through the use of mathematical thought artist can make the journey from awe to beauty to humor.

/// Math and Art features works by: Bathsheba Grossman, J. Michael James, Keith Peters, Nathan Selikoff, and Kevin Van Aelst

/// Axiom Gallery Hours: Wednesday, Thursday 6-9pm - Saturday, 2-5pm, or by appointment.

/// For more information please call 617.953.6413

Glitch on SNL by powerbeezus

A buddy of mine, aka powerbeezus on flickr took this amazing photo of amazing glitch proportions during a broadcast of Saturday Night Live on his HD tv. I can't wait to get an HD tv and HD service if it glitches out like this. This picture is incredible.

And/Or Show #15: Marisa Olson + Christine Gedeon

reception Saturday, March 8th, 6pm-9pm
with both artists in attendance

music by circuit-bender group Animal Forces @ 8:30pm

Marisa Olson is a media artist, critic, and curator who has collaborated with SFMOMA, the Whitney Museum, White Columns, and the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. Inspired by her private life, Marisa Olson's work uses technology to explore music fansination, Internet culture, and contemporary consciousness.

Christine Gedeon uses blue prints to create aerial compositions of political figures and celebrities. This abstract format brings a new sense of reality to publicized images of political and public figures. Christine has exhibited at A.I.R. Gallery in New York and The New Art Center of New York.

This exhibition runs through April 12th.

and/or gallery | 214.824.2442 | 4221 Bryan St. Suite B, Dallas, TX 75204
hours: wed 5p-8p, thurs 12p-6p, sat 12p-6p, and by appointment
www.andorgallery.com

Using xvi32 to perform image destructions

Dick Cheney meets XVI32

Since I have been enlightened to the finer aspects of glitch imagery after discovering how nice my cable tv could look by accident; I downloaded a hex editor and started messing up images on purpose.

I have been using XVI32 a freeware hex editor to slightly modify or even massively edit image files to yield really interesting results. I have had the best luck with smaller images and sporadic but sparing hex editing, I get really nice blocky 8 bit looking destructions of the image.

Degeneration

Yozlaşma / Degeneration by Eser Aygün

Glitch Art Photo Pool on Flickr

Well I uploaded all the photos from the ready made glitch art set to Flickr and joined the Glitch Art photo pool. There is some awesome stuff there. This fantastic photo is by user Luiza O. S. and while I do not entirely understand the language it appears to be a glitch from an error while loading from a CD-Rom.

Ready Made Glitch Art

For some reason my cable signal this morning was totally jacked! I suspect poor network architecture is the cause but who cares... the result is fantastic ready made glitch art! When I went out to the den this morning and my kids were freaked out by what they were watching and righfully so.

The pink haired girl above is probably my favorite of the still photos of the glitched out video...

I kept seeing amazing accidental compositions happening out of the destroyed video signal and had to document some of it. My kids were watching Lazytown which is a wierd show anyways and when it is damaged it is even weirder.

Ready made Glitch video..38 seconds in is totally sick!

This eye peeking through the video distortion is pretty cool too. I put all the stills and videos on this page of ready made glitch art.

30 Years at 500X February 9 - March 2

Your Favorite Artist was a Member: 30 Years at 500X February 9 - March 2, 2008 Reception: Friday, February 22, 5-10PM Panel Discussion: Wednesday, February 20, 6-8PM

This exhibition is a contemporary survey of the thirty-year history of 500X Gallery featuring the diverse works of both former and current gallery members. Artists Will Hipps and Richard Childers founded the gallery in 1978 with a mission to create a collaborative environment dedicated to providing an exhibition space free of commercial restrictions. Through the committment and enthusiasm of generations of artists, the mission of 500X Gallery continues to thrive. 500X Gallery will support this exhibition with a panel discussion addressing the topic: The Viability and Necessity of Artist-Run Spaces

Panel Members:

Will Hipps, Associate Professor of Art & Museum/Galleries Director, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA & Co-founder of 500X GalleryBen Hirschkoff, Artist/Member, SOIL, Seattle, WA Cynthia Mulcahy, Owner/Director, Mulcahy Modern, Dallas, TX Shannon Stratton, Director/Chief Curator, Three Walls, Chicago, IL Dr. Jennifer Way, Associate Professor of Art History, University of North Texas, Denton, TXModerator: Noah Simblist, Artist & Assistant Professor of Art, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX

Exhibiting artists: Frances Bagley . Brennen Bechtol . Iris Bustillos Bechtol . Paul Booker Nancy Brown . Jim Burton . Richard Childers . Steve Cruz . Brad Cushman Curtis Jackson Davis . Dorothy Duvall . Celia Eberle . Vincent Falsetta Garland Fielder . Randall Garrett . Will Hipps . Mirka Hokkanen Clint Imboden . Simeen Ishaque . John Oliver Lewis . Natalie Macellaio Sarah Maxwell-English . Robert McAn . Jessica McCambly . Tina Medina Greg Metz . Rosemary Meza-DesPlas . Trish Nickell . Mary Nicolett Nic Nicosia . Tom Orr . Jennifer Pepper . Steven Price . Lesli Robertson Jen Rose . Tony Schraufnagel . Diane Sikes . Tom Sime . Charlotte Smith Brian Spolans . Shannon Sullivan . Takako Tanabe . Don Taylor . Erik Tosten . Veronica De Anda Tosten . Tara Welch . David Willburn . Vance Wingate

The Members Gallery Features Associate Members: Tim Best . Eric Blake . Keri Oldham Harmony Padgett . Polly Perez . Aqsa Shakil Reception features music by DJ Jeff Ross

500X Gallery 500 Exposition Avenue Dallas, TX 75226 Sat / Sun 12-5PM 214.828.1111 . 500x.org

1978 - 2008

30 Years of Promoting Emerging Texas Artists

Support your local art scene!

generative 3d slit scan experiments

These images were created using a digital slitscan process. I wrote a program that generates several groups of 3d primitives. The separate groups of primitives are rotated in slightly different directions slowly while every frame of rotation a column of pixels is sampled from the middle of the image and used to make a picture. The resulting images are an explosion of twisted volumetric shapes.

See the project page Generative 3d Slit Scan Experiments for 30 or so images like the ones shown in this post.

Here is a 38k low resolution shockwave demo you can play with!

Slit scan imaging

10 min of sunrise

untitled sunset 1

I have recently discovered the joys of digital slit scan imaging. This is nothing new in the world of imaging technology and photography, it has been around for a while. In fact Golan Levin has compiled a great page tracing the history of artists using slitscan imaging. There are also some interesting examples on Flickr. The basic concept is simple, you capture a row or column of pixels from a frame of a video to make one static image that represents a block of time.

I have all this HD video laying around from Systemic Sky so I had to try some experiments. The clouds make great subjects for this technique. 10 min of sunrise has a moving slit that traverses across the video frame as it is recording columns of pixels and reverses direction to capture the sun before and after it passes behind the cloud. I look forward to exploring this process further.