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Chaos/Information as Ornament: A Tribute to Louis Sullivan , 1989
A fractal produced by feeding the results of three mathematical equations into those same equations again and again. The result of each of these equations can be plotted as a point in space.

 

Credits:
Randy Johnson, Ellen Sandor & Stephan Meyers, (art)n Laboratory
Dan Sandin and Tom DeFanti, Electronic Visualization Lab, School of Art and Design, University of Illinois at Chicago

Media: PHSCologram rendering output to Cibachrome film, mounted on plexiglas
80" x 100"x 17.5" sculpture

Software: Proprietary

Exhibitions:

  • Gahlberg Gallery: The Arts Center, College of DuPage, IL
  • Gallery 2, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
  • Bronx Museum, New York, NY
  • Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL
  • SIGGRAPH 1989 Art Show, Boston

Literature:

  • Mattei, Maria Grazia, "Arte all'ennesima potenza" (article), Virtual, April 1994, pp. 31-34
  • McCracken, David, "Gallery Scene" (review), The Chicago Tribune, section 7, January 17, 1992, p 68
  • Science in Depth catalogue, Museum of Science & Industry
  • "Computer Art in Context: ACM SIGGRAPH '89 Art Show" Leonardo, Supplemental issue, 1989
  • Kimmelman, Michael, "Searching for some Order In a Show Based on Chaos" (review), The New York Times, September 15, 1989