Algorithmic Charting (More Complex than it Seems!)
This week's reading about algorithms and mathematics and their application to art was... interesting...
As someone who both uses and does not use computers for the creation in artwork (I don't truly code or produce artwork that is focused around the idea of it being generated by a computer, but use computer programming to aid in the creation of designs) this was a bit of a puzzle for me to create something that was truly in response to the ideas presented in the reading and what I would apply the ideas presented in the reading to.
The reading presented ideas about algorithms and mathematics being used to produce artwork that could only be produced through the application of such processes to computer programming. The reading presented the definition of an algorithm either being a set of rules, a procedure to be followed to obtain specific results, a formula for solving a problem, or something likened to a recipe.
I took this project in a slightly different direction that the ideas that were focused on in the reading, which focused more on the applications of algorithmic sequences in computer aided design and programming. The definition of an algorithm at the beginning of the reading especially stood out to me, and despite the project ideas it brought to mind for me not totally being of the same focus as the reading, I found it hard to shake such ideas out of my head (hence the creation of the project below... which is not the best representation of the artistic possibilities presented in the reading).
It was a little hard to find an artist from the supplementary readings that fit well with my project (though I am aware I am possibly approaching this from the wrong end- as in choosing a project, then trying to find and choose artists and ideas that fit with it...), though the artist Roman Verostko seems a good fit through his ideas about the possibility of artwork being a visual manifestation of the dynamic procedures by which they grew.
Responding to the above mentioned portions and ideas of the reading and their possible application in their most basic form to my own practice, or the processes of creating the items of my practice, I decided to create a visual representation of an algorithmic process in chart form.
The creation of a flow charts may be of use when approaching a problematic task or process, and I believe that the possible consideration of laying out the problem at hand as a visual algorithmic chart may aid in the achievement of better results or the clarification of problematic situations.
Using algorithmic thinking can help aid in the clarification of complex step-by-step processes.
As someone who both uses and does not use computers for the creation in artwork (I don't truly code or produce artwork that is focused around the idea of it being generated by a computer, but use computer programming to aid in the creation of designs) this was a bit of a puzzle for me to create something that was truly in response to the ideas presented in the reading and what I would apply the ideas presented in the reading to.
The reading presented ideas about algorithms and mathematics being used to produce artwork that could only be produced through the application of such processes to computer programming. The reading presented the definition of an algorithm either being a set of rules, a procedure to be followed to obtain specific results, a formula for solving a problem, or something likened to a recipe.
I took this project in a slightly different direction that the ideas that were focused on in the reading, which focused more on the applications of algorithmic sequences in computer aided design and programming. The definition of an algorithm at the beginning of the reading especially stood out to me, and despite the project ideas it brought to mind for me not totally being of the same focus as the reading, I found it hard to shake such ideas out of my head (hence the creation of the project below... which is not the best representation of the artistic possibilities presented in the reading).
It was a little hard to find an artist from the supplementary readings that fit well with my project (though I am aware I am possibly approaching this from the wrong end- as in choosing a project, then trying to find and choose artists and ideas that fit with it...), though the artist Roman Verostko seems a good fit through his ideas about the possibility of artwork being a visual manifestation of the dynamic procedures by which they grew.
Responding to the above mentioned portions and ideas of the reading and their possible application in their most basic form to my own practice, or the processes of creating the items of my practice, I decided to create a visual representation of an algorithmic process in chart form.
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| (Full chart documenting the process of creating a simple ring band (ignore my lovely, fuzzy socks...)) |
Above is an algorithmic chart documenting the process (and some of the possibilities of error) in creating one of the first pieces of wearable jewellery that a student often makes. The process is rather simple in practice, but it was interesting how complex it appeared when all the steps are written out, including possible problem-solving techniques.
The creation of a flow charts may be of use when approaching a problematic task or process, and I believe that the possible consideration of laying out the problem at hand as a visual algorithmic chart may aid in the achievement of better results or the clarification of problematic situations.
Using algorithmic thinking can help aid in the clarification of complex step-by-step processes.
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