Near Chaos in Graphic Drawings from Analogue Machines

Chaos is now recognised as one of three emergent topics of study in the 21c. It is seen as appropriate to examine this in art practice. The paper examines the author’s recent research into ‘near chaos’ and describes how the original default position i.e. ‘simple instructions leading to complex images’ has been extended. The intent is now to disrupt the programming input, moving the drawings towards ‘near chaos’. The tipping point is approached where an image almost descends into chaos but just remains visually coherent. Evaluation and philosophy are discussed. The Power Point presentation will include practical and theoretical underpinning, and detail the workings of the machines, via still and video images.

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Jack Tait

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Publication date: July 2019

Publication date (Print): July 2019

Pages: 103-111

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/EVA2019.21

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Conference name: Proceedings of EVA London 2019

Conference acronym: EVA 2019

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Conference location: London, UK

Conference date: 8 - 11 July 2019

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts

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P. Klee 1997 Painting Music Prestel Verlag Munich
K. Martin 1975 Chance and Order Tate Gallery
E. O’Hanrahan 2005 Drawing Machines: the machine produced drawings of Desmond Paul Henry in relation to conceptual and technological developments in machine-generated art (UK 1960–1968) Unpublished MPhil thesis Liverpool John Moore’s University, UK
J. Tait 2011 Programmable Analogue Drawing Machines PhD thesis MIRIAD Manchester Metropolitan University
J. Tait 2013 Bronydd Press Clyro
J. Tait 2017 http://taitographs.co.uk retrieved 12 March 2019 )
J. Tait 2019 ‘Secondary Near Chaotic Patterns from Analogue Drawing Machines.’ Special Issue Topological Modeling Mathematics 7 1 January 2019
A. Turing 1952 The Chemical Basis of Morphogenesis Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond 237 doi:10.1098/rstb.1952.0012.

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[1] R. J. Collingwood 1958 The Principles of Art Oxford University Press

[2] J. Gleick 1987 Chaos, The amazing science of the unpredictable Vintage London

[3] E. H. Gombrich 1960 Art and Illusion: a study in the psychology of pictorial representation Phaidon London

[4] P. Klee 1997 Painting Music Prestel Verlag Munich

[5] K. Martin 1975 Chance and Order Tate Gallery

[6] E. O’Hanrahan 2005 Drawing Machines: the machine produced drawings of Desmond Paul Henry in relation to conceptual and technological developments in machine-generated art (UK 1960–1968) Unpublished MPhil thesis Liverpool John Moore’s University, UK

[7] J. Tait 2011 Programmable Analogue Drawing Machines PhD thesis MIRIAD Manchester Metropolitan University

[8] J. Tait 2013 Bronydd Press Clyro

[9] J. Tait 2017 http://taitographs.co.uk retrieved 12 March 2019 )

[10] J. Tait 2019 ‘Secondary Near Chaotic Patterns from Analogue Drawing Machines.’ Special Issue Topological Modeling Mathematics 7 1 January 2019

[11] A. Turing 1952 The Chemical Basis of Morphogenesis Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond 237 doi:10.1098/rstb.1952.0012.

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