Robert Krawczyk

"Ring Unraveling II"

Digital print, 2003



"Within Shell IV"

Digital print, 2003



Robert J. Krawczyk is an Assistant Professor in the College of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago focusing on digital craftsmanship. In addition to teaching, he is an advisor in the PhD and Masterís programs on form generation and other related digital design methods. Robert has been active in many national and international conferences and exhibitions on the intersection of art, architecture, science, mathematics, and technology. His work has covered architectural studies, sculpture, interactive pieces, and prints.

"Scientific phenomenon has an artistic aesthetic that transcends its ability to attempt to explain the world around us. Strange attractors generate repeating point patterns in two-dimensional space while their coloring algorithms which represent time which can produce images of coherent three-dimensional forms. The third dimension is determined by the perception of the viewer coupled with a created intent. The forms include a ghostly view into an imaginary core. The swirling patterns gently display possible subsurface structures that cannot be logically followed through any dimension. Dimensions become ambiguous as your perception attempts to combine the individual points so they complete a whole, one that is devoid of context.

"All of these images were created algorithmically using a series of related strange attractor equations with coloring schemes that bring out the time element of the computational process. Each was developed by the computation of between twelve-to-fifty-seven million points."

Contact information:
www.iit.edu/~krawczyk and home.netcom.com/~bitart
krawczyk@iit.edu