{"id":2369,"date":"2011-01-21T13:16:46","date_gmt":"2011-01-21T18:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orbittrap.ca\/?p=2369"},"modified":"2011-01-21T13:16:46","modified_gmt":"2011-01-21T18:16:46","slug":"an-internet-fractal-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/orbittrap.ca\/?p=2369","title":{"rendered":"An Internet Fractal Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Mona Lisa is the most popular artwork in the Louvre, the most famous art collection in the world.\u00a0 It measures 77 x 53 cm (30 x 21 in).\u00a0 That’s the size of a high-end computer monitor, today.<\/p>\n

The world has the Louvre, and the the Louvre has the Mona Lisa, but Orbit Trap has something better than all that.\u00a0 It’s called the internet.<\/p>\n

Here at Orbit Trap we’ve created the world’s first art gallery with absolutely no artwork in it.\u00a0 And it’s huge!<\/p>\n

Well, enough of the hype.\u00a0 It’s a list of hyperlinks to fractal art that’s currently posted at various places on the internet.\u00a0 For each artwork, we’ve posted a thumbnail sized image along with the title and the name of the artist.\u00a0 Click the thumbnail, and see the artwork full-size on the artist’s own website.\u00a0 We just supply the navigation; how to get there.<\/p>\n

That’s the beauty of the internet: we’re all part of one big computer.\u00a0 It’s all here, already.\u00a0 Everything’s as close as your monitor, if you can just find it.\u00a0 On the internet, a good art gallery need only to be a page of links.\u00a0 The artwork stays in the hands of the artists and they control it.<\/p>\n

You’re probably wondering how we chose the artwork?\u00a0 Is it the Best Fractal Art Ever Made?\u00a0 Is this Orbit Trap’s pale imitation of the great Benoit Mandelbrot Fractal Art Contest Exhibiton?\u00a0 A new center to the Fractal Universe?<\/p>\n

We asked two questions:<\/p>\n

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  1. What is fractal art?<\/li>\n
  2. What can fractal art be?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The Fractal Art Collection is the answer to these two questions –a visual answer– in pictures, not words.\u00a0 It’s not a permanent exhibit.\u00a0 Links go dead and we also intend to change them as new examples come along and in order to keep it fresh and engaging.<\/p>\n

    The fractal art world is big; mammoth in fact, and we wanted to help any curious people out there checking out fractal art on the internet a simple way to get started.\u00a0 A Google image search just doesn’t work for that sort of thing.<\/p>\n

    It’s not an art contest with winners (and losers) or an Olympic event with gold, silver and bronze medals.\u00a0 It’s good examples of fractal art; some common and some not so common.\u00a0 It’s informative, not competitive.\u00a0 It’s art.<\/p>\n

    It’s also a work in progress.\u00a0 We’re not really sure where this will go or what shape it may take a year, or even a few months from now.\u00a0 We do think, however, that it will be of great benefit to the curious, first time visitor who just wants a summary view<\/em> of fractal art.<\/p>\n

    The link is at the top of the page under the Orbit Trap title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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