Susan Happersett
"Syncopated Chaos Day"
Ink on Paper Drawing, 18" x 18", 2006
"Syncopated Chaos Night"
Ink on Paper Drawing, 18" x 18", 2006
Susan Happersett
Artist, Jersey City, NJ
"My fascination with mathematics and my love of visual arts has led me on a journey to build a link between mathematics and drawing. It has become my mission to express the intrinsic aesthetic value of Mathematics in a purely visual language. My drawings are an intense accumulation of lines and mark making resulting from my predesposition to counting. In my recent drawings, "Syncopated Chaos Day" and "Syncopated Chaos Night", I use the repeittion of self-similar forms through many interations. I start with a basic structure, in this case eight equal line segments radiating from a central point at equal angles. Then the midpoint of each line segment becomes the starting point for eight equal line segments at one-half the scale. This process continues through a number of iterations. I use templates that have a small margin or error. By doing everything by hand there are slight imperfections that amplify and overlap, creating a sense of chaos. Through these drawings I hope to reveal the grace and balance in the mathematics of nature and technology. "
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