Zerø K (Joshua C. Wilson)
"Dirty Space"
Mounted Durst Lambda with Ultraviolet Lamination, 24" X 30", 2005.
Using source photograph of dust
through a microscope,
I applied multiple fractal filters of varying opacity
and depth. One can see multiple infinite points of the
Mandelbrot set, looking very much like galaxies.
"Flame Arrow"
Mounted Durst Lambda with Ultraviolet Lamination, 24" X 30", 2005.
Using source photograph of a bonfire,
I applied multiple pinch vortex filters, and a
Mandelbrot set, playfully forcing chaotic fire into
scaled semi-spherical dimensions.
"Jellyfish Bubbles"
Mounted Durst Lambda with Ultraviolet Lamination, 24" X 30", 2005.
Using source photograph of a
jellyfish at the Vancouver Aquarium, I applied
multiple spherical algorithms and Mandelbrot sets.
Jellyfish are among the oldest and simplest forms of
life on earth, yet contain some of the most
beautifully complex organic structures.
"Growth Rings (Variation 2)"
Mounted Durst Lambda with Ultraviolet Lamination, 24" X 30", 2007.
Based on a source photograph of a
crosscut redwood stump in Muir Woods, California. The
fractal filters applied translate new colors on a new
layer sensitive to the backing layer. This is a visual
remix of a piece from my "Windows to Infinity" series.
"Donostia"
Mounted Durst Lambda with Ultraviolet Lamination, 24" X 30", 2007.
Fractal mathematics was initially developed in part from the study of coastline
models. I was inspired to create this piece, based on high resolution satellite
imagery of Donostia, specifically for the Bridges Conference 2007.
Zerø K (Josua C. Wilson)
Freelance Artist/Photographer/Representative for Nakamichi Centroamerica (A/V
Systems)
Playa Flamingo, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica
"I was initially inspired fifteen years ago by the book 'Symmetry and Chaos'
by Michael Field and Martin Golubitsky. Having a strong background in media
with "analog" chaotic processes (like raku glazing), I sought out a number of
programs that would allow me to alter digital photographs using fractal algorithms.
These "metafractals" are often based on subjects with obvious natural fractal
properties: clouds, trees, sand dunes, and so on. The further I explore, the
more I see that everything is fractal in structure, if viewed at the appropriate
scale. I see what inspired Benoît Mandelbrot to break the impasses of Euclidean
geometry that held science back from understanding the true shape of the universe.
I also find that what I have is a new form of Rorschach test, inviting modern
psychology as well as mathematics into the gallery.
Both in creation and discussion, my work embodies the joy of discovery that
strict scientist and dabbling alchemist share. In my work, one might see the
beautiful intricacies of the Mandelbrot set, or simply an ethereal nautilus
shell. My love of fractal mathematics, coupled with the "sampling" of the real
world with a camera, makes this work so exciting to me. It bridges mathematics
to psychology, photography to printmaking, and simulation to reality."
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