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