Lightning Fields 128 by Hiroshi Sugimoto
I learned to capture the lightning shock…
–Roger McGuinn, “Lover of the Bayou”
The fractal properties of lightning have long been evident in dramatic photographs of self-similar jagged bolts caught in a split-second of illumination. But few have pursued lightning so deeply “to its hiding place,” as Victor Frankenstein once put it, …
[Photograph seen on Manshion.]
Here are some selected shorts. Apparently, I have no grand vision to impart to start the New Year.
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Orbit Trap has published several recent posts exploring the nature of fractal art, and Tim explicated an image by Guido Cavalcante and analyzed its artistic expression. In response, several commenters wondered why we haven’t …
A framed print of To the Joust. My cat studies its intricacies for hours.
I’d like to talk about my experience with making prints. Let me begin by making clear that I’m not claiming to be any kind of expert in this area. There are plenty of professionals who know more about the ins and outs …
La Pietà (1499) by Michelangelo
Michelango’s statue is beautiful and well-crafted. But it is also a widely recognized example of representational art. It can also be interpreted as meaningful. Even Wikipedia gets it:
The Madonna is represented as being very young, and about this peculiarity there are different interpretations. One is that her youth symbolizes her incorruptible purity, …
Art and photograph by adak’76
Repeat viewings of the 2009 Benoit Mandelbrot Fractal Art Contest winners consistently leave a bitter aftertaste.
I’m convinced, especially after reading Tim’s latest OT series on the distinctions between art and craft, that very little of what BMFAC will exhibit next year merits being called art. The winning works are, at best, …
Have we got a deal not for you…
Photograph: The Scam Truck by jepoirrier
I know how exciting it is when someone contacts you and wants to purchase your work. Who among us doesn’t want to be discovered and sell or display our art? Just make sure those who come knocking have good intentions.
In the past …
Ups and Downs. Design by Roller Coaster Tycoon.
The 2009 Benoit Mandelbrot Fractal Art Contest results have been announced. If you’re a regular OT reader, you already got this news. We announced it on Thursday — apparently before the contest itself was ready to do so. When, on the UF Mailing List, one of the judges …
“It was already dead, so I didn’t see any point in keeping it around.”
One of the few extant group blogs on fractal art got its plug pulled recently. This was no surprise since the wedream(ed)incolor blog, run by Keith Mackay, had been on life support for some time. In fact, Tim wrote …
The Garbage Path by Guido Cavalcante
[Click on the image above to see a large-scale version.]
Editor’s Note: This is a guest posting by Guido Cavalcante. His image was made using Ultra Fractal. Excerpts in this post were taken from “Our Oceans Are Turning into Plastic…Are We?” by Susan Casey. For …
“I’m the decider!”
Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.–Lord Acton
The recent revelatory leak that a pre-sorted “winners page” was being built by the director of the Benoit Mandelbrot Fractal Art Contest leads to an inescapable conclusion. The competition is indeed a one man show. The director, Damien M. Jones, appears to be …
Verdict first. Trial later.
I showed in my last post what OT found: a winners page for the 2009 Benoit Mandelbrot Fractal Art Contest that displayed current contest entrants placed into three categories: exhibition winner, alternate, and honorable mention. How could some entrants already have won when the contest does not close …
And the winner is…
Elvis’ alien clone better move over. What is one to make of this?
Just by accident, OT wandered into the “winners” page of the current (and ongoing) 2009 Benoit Mandelbrot Fractal Art Contest and found it active and showing thumbnails of entries listed as exhibition winners, alternates, and honorable mentions.
You can see for …
