Capacity" and "Conflict" were given to one of the original minicomputer companies named Computer Control Company, Inc. Crystallography is the study of the arrangements of repeating patterns of ions, molecules, matter and atoms in crystals. The "Intergrids" series is a micro-assimilation of the "Homage to the Square" series by Albers.
This piece was originally shown with two fluorescent DMX (black light) strobes flashing unsynchronized and directly onto the surface of the canvas. Previous network layers were also based on research into the speculative design of the internal structuring of activation centers found within the crystal networks of both fluorescent and phosphorescent minerals. A segmented line path that sits on top of the base background acts as a framework for the dotted texture field.
Similar to designing and reading the grid on the opposite page, you will need to start with the four square set at the top left of this piece. This crystal grid field will be positioned directly within the circle of trees and act as a healing and energy bed. After the second week of visiting the lake, I began to observe a small, quiet and remote island in the back corner of the lake.
There was also talk of using mycelium as a form of bioremediation to cleanse the earth's soil. This piece needed to contain a grid that could anchor all the different functions it could serve. The root ball structures of the willows would develop over time and interweave to create the mycelial ring beneath the earth's surface.
The ancient rainforests of Siberia contain one of the two largest and oldest mycelium layers in the entire world. Another key component of the work was embedding a quartz crystal grid into the center of the willows, which would sit 2-4 feet below the ground. Intentions would be set while all the crystals were placed in the mesh bed and would help tune people while they rested in the piece.
This was one of the most complicated grids I've ever created inside or outside of Adobe Illustrator. Originally called "Adobe Illustrator Dog Shit Brown", the idea behind this piece was to create a subdivision grid field that would visually change as you approach it. Any yellow tones begin to blend into the surrounding colors and help darken the initial overall bright yellow surface.
Colors have changed drastically over the past couple of years and much can be attributed to changing seasons, weather, foliage, relationships and many other aspects of daily life.
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The micro details found in diatoms have been a great source of inspiration for me in the development of my pattern and textile design work. Sundaram and the technical assistance of James Ronner during my second semester in EIA, I performed a series of firing and casting experiments with fluorescent materials and a series of commercial glasses. Research into the activation centers, disorder and order transformation of crystal lattices and the light absorption rates found within fluorescent minerals inspired me to visualize new interactions and color networks.
Research in this collection includes experiments with fluorescent minerals such as Willemite, Wallstonite, Calcite and Fluorite that were cast and melted in glass. These formative tests allowed me to see how glass interacts with fluorescent minerals and visualize the future of programming minerals as "natural computers." How light can be trapped in a specific combination of fluorescent and phosphorescent minerals to reflect the functionality of a solar panel cell.
The light absorption rates of fluorescent and phosphorescent minerals are varied and consist of many complex color spectra that we cannot see without the help of long-wave and/or short-wave UV light. Presented in the Scholes Library during my second semester at EIA, this volume of research represents my experiments conducted through the lenses of optical art, fluorescent minerals, patterning, and microelectronics design. Layers of laser cut and fluorescent acrylic sheets are placed in the lightbox structure and activated with two DMX fluorescent black lights.
The light box was created as a tool for tuning light waves, where you can change the color coming out of the box by repositioning yourself around the piece. Directional Improvisation Wave Points: A series of colors assigned to a particular row of shapes within a grid network. For example: The “L” shapes in row four from the top would be colored shapes within a grid network.
For example, the “L” shapes in row four from the top are colored with a specific color assignment of: Red, Blue, Yellow, Yellow, Yellow (Repeated to the edge of the page). After the color row has been established in the shape of an “L”, the same set of colors is shuffled in order and distributed under or over. The “L” shaped rows are not arranged in an even order per row, so the order has a stunning visual effect.
Bi-Poly Wave: Within a grid system this visualizes 2 series of dots switching colors back and forth throughout the width of a wave
Bi-Poly Wave: Within a grid system, this visualizes 2 sets of points switching colors back and forth across the width of a wave.
Counter Dot Reflection: A circle is cut in half and a color is assigned to each half circle shape. These shapes are then rotated as they are using in specific instances and to give the effect of rotation and
Dot Line Dot: Left to Right/Right to Left/Middle to Left, Middle to Right: A simple string of colored dots is repeated across a composition and the ordering of color is then switched slightly across each
Inter-Wave Reflection Warp Layering: When an unidirectional string of objects is set to a specific color ordering system and (duplicated) then when used again in close proximity to the last usage this
Josef Albers: The Last Color: The scene opens with Josef Albers on a bed in the hospice with Anni and several friends, as well as a rotating cast of old friends and extended family. Josef begins to rethink his color explorations and experiments which led him to publish his landmark book on color. As his health begins to decline, Albers begins to hallucinate and begins to rethink all of his research on his "Homage to the Square" series.
He begins using an audio recorder to document all his visions for a new color system based on the spectrum of fluorescent and phosphorescent colors. This story documents Albert's last two days at the inn with Annie at his side desperately trying to properly document these visions. On his last night, Anni records his last words in which he describes a spectrum of colors never seen before.
He talks about the advanced color systems of mantis shrimps, fluorescent and phosphorescent minerals activated through short and long wave light, and color systems in butterflies. The Guggenheim Foundation, the Anni and Josef Albers Foundation as well as the Walker Art Center, this information has finally been released and as a result all copies of Alber's book,. The master transcripts made from the 8-track audio tape recordings are published in the Smithsonian for the first time in a powerful 14-volume collection, available exclusively from Yale University Press, in association with the Library of Congress.
Light Trap: Exchange the discovery of a wasp trapped in a Jurassic-age sap formation with a beam of light trapped in a massive fluorescent and phosphorescent mineral structure. Can a light wave frequency be trapped in the activation center of a fluorescent mineral or phosphorescent mineral and remain suspended for more than 100 to 1000 years. Could such a ray of light be hidden below the surface of the earth, where it hangs in the activation center of the mineral.
Perhaps it could exist in a part of the earth where the surrounding mineral material slowly anneals at a careful rate without cracking the central mineral core. Perhaps this type of "light discovery" will be found somewhere in the depths of the Siberian rainforest where the climate cools and heats at a specific range of temperatures over centuries. An ever-glowing wave of light suspended in a mineral activation center, looping endlessly around a crystalline superstructure, forever glowing and clinging to the memory of its last reflective surface.
