6500 : 1 by Willem Besselink

6500 : 1 by Willem Besselink is an interesting analytics based installation at Stichting IK. Willem collected a lot of sorts of data about himself, translating the daily routine into numbers and data, including wieght, heart rate, the amount of food eaten, drunk fluids, amount of pee.. Then 19 different data ranges, gathered for 19 days eventually formed the input of the installation 6500 : 1. The installation is being exhibited at Stichting IK (The Netherlands) till next December 30, 2012. See more;

Multiple made for the exhibition, 18 x 18 x 12 cm, for sale at Stichting IK

Robert Strati

These are new technical drawings from Robert Strati who is presenting this work in two different exhibitions, one called "Signs, Ciphers, Script" at awcz galleries in Zurich, Switzerland until next October 27 and the other one called "Prints and Objects" at oficio, Boston until next December 1.

"Robert Strati's prints are made using Adobe Illustrator and printed digitally. They are explorations of diagrammatic representations. Arranged in different patterns, these simple points, lines and planes represent a vast array of differing information, such as musical notation, architectural schematics and celestial mappings, all of which are made from the same fundamental elements." - I took this info from a previous post where there is more work from Strati, see here. See more;

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Ahn Min Jeong

Stunning autobiographic data analytics based illustrations created by south korean Ahn Min Jeong who says; “My work appears to be emotionless and analytic, but when you take a close look at it, the majority of my work employs motifs from personal memories, people around me and things that I have.”. See more;

Self-Portrait, digital print, 2007

(88×210.3cm)

"Creating a portrait of my body in this piece, I employed signs and symbols, like those commonly used in blueprints or mechanical drawings, thus leading viewers to imagine someone whom they haven’t met and possibly to reconstruct a “new” person out of the complicated and yet clearly descriptive anatomy. Technically speaking, I first measure each body part, including the length, distance and angle, and then transfer the measured dimensions onto the paper. In the process, even small moles, scars and pimples on the skin are carefully observed and translated into symbols. In addition, I also try to quantify the aura of the figure in kilometers, which refers to an invisible spirit and soul, drawing halo-like curves around the head."

Six-Membered Family Portrait: Mother Distributed Aloes of Her Own Cultivation among Her Family, digital print, 2007

(400×78.4cm)

"In the piece, six members of my family gathered together massaging with aloes that my mother had grown herself. Through this artwork, I tried to capture stories of family and the relationships between family members. The halo around the mother’s head represents her warm energy and aura. Yellow rays coming out from the mother’s forehead represent the “light of love” that she has toward her family. Also, I used the hormone, Oxytocin which is related to motherhood, for my older sister’s love and care for her baby sister."

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Bilingualism, digital print, 2007

(91x91cm)

This piece was on display at the exhibition titled Visible Sound held in 2007. In collaboration with hearing-impaired students, I interpreted their sign language into different images. Here, sign language and the visual image work in tandem to convey the same contents. In this artwork, I used the symbols from circuit diagrams to express the interrelationships between figures, the situations they are in, their appearances, how often they met, as well as how and why they met, etc.

Six-Membered Family Portrait: All Goes Well, digital print, 2008

 91x91cm

"This piece is about a good family as a unit of responsible individuals. The most popular Korean phrase for a family motto “가화만사성(Ga-wha-man-sah-seong)” meaning “when one´s home is harmonious, all goes well” is repeated making concentric rings and embracing the entire pictorial space. Underneath it, all the family members are assembled into a single human body. The faces of the parents, who are the foundation of a family, appear as turns in a main circle which becomes the head of a bigger figure, while their four daughters form the body."

Self-Portrait: Painting, digital print,  2008

240x180cm

"This is me painting. I tried to express my thoughts on painting, my perspective on the world, and the energy of an artist."

The Power of a Kiss, digital print, 2008

73.2×68.4cm

"Based upon my personal memories where I would never go to school without my mom giving me a kiss good bye, in this piece, I tried to analyze what power a kiss can hold. It clearly shows that what moves the human mind is neither by the order of the brain or muscle movements nor is it by the energy generated from food.

When I was a primary school student in 1989, I was hard to go to school alone. However, my mom kissed me whenever sending me to school, by then, I was encouraged to go to school. Even when she sometimes forgot to kiss me, I got kissed by all means, and then I was highly excited to go to school like a rabbit. When I was tired to walk on the way to school, I recharged the power of mom’s kiss saved on my face. I arrived at school after the power of her kiss was exhausted, and I spent many days in this way. By the time I am used to going to school alone, neither mom’s kiss is able to encourage me any longer, nor she kisses me anymore."

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Irrational Computing by Ralf Baecker

Irrational Computing by Ralf Baecker, 2011, is an artistic test of material, esthetics and potentials of digital processes. The installation is based on semiconductor crystals – the basic commodity of information technology. The installation consists of five interlinked modules that use the varied electrical and mechanical particularities and characteristics of crystals and minerals and, through their networking, form a kind of primitive macroscopic signal processor. “Irrational Computing” is not supposed to “function” – its aim is to search for the poetic elements on the border between “accuracy” and “chaos” amplifying the mystic and magic side of these materials. See more;

“Irrational Computing” investigates material, aethetics and potential of digital processes. The basic raw materials of our surrounding information technology are semiconductor crystals such as silicon, quartz or silicon carbide, which, thanks to today’s advanced microtechnology and extremely sophisticated procedures, are processed into transistors or integrated circuits (IC), with the materiality of modern microprocessors having long since ceased to be graspable. The extreme miniaturization and the black-box set-up elude visual interpretation. The Installations circuit runs counter to the developments in information technology, representing the system in a dimension that is enlarged many times over. The project thus corresponds to an extreme zooming-in on the smallest “physical” units of digital processes.

The installation consists of five interlinked modules that use the varied electrical and mechanical particularities and characteristics of crystals and minerals and, through their networking, form a kind of primitive macroscopic signal processor. The crystals used for the purpose are either taken directly from nature, industrial waste products or have been especially cultivated for the purpose. A silicon carbide crystal, for example, is made to light up at numerous points with the help of electrodes (LED). On the crystal piece, there appears a kind of display, which is targeted by the data flows generated by other modules. At the same time, the crystal functions as a sound generator, since the electrical impulses change the surface of the crystal, causing it to vibrate. Via loudspeakers, these microscopic reverberations are made audible for visitors.

Digital systems, in their function, are conceived logically and rationally. The lowest physical or electro-technical level (crystals with semiconductor properties) are based, however, on quantum mechanical, i.e. statistical or unpredictable processes. Modern computer technology has thus tamed and domesticated the chaotic, so to speak. In his work, Ralf Baecker comments on this paradox by examining the aesthetics of the materials from which has developed a global digital network. “Irrational Computing” is not supposed to “function” – its aim is to search for the poetic elements on the border between “accuracy” and “chaos.”

Irrational Computing by Ralf Baecker, produced by DOCK e.V. with support of the Schering Stiftung.

Piece for Words and Views by Jorinde Voigt

"In her new series of 36 drawings, “Piece for Words and Views” Jorinde Voigt is concerned with processes of perception and imagination. The artist took Roland Barthes’ “Fragmente einer Sprache der Liebe” (2004) (Fragments d’un discours amoureux, 1977) and Douglas R. Hofstadter’s “Gödel, Escher, Bach. Ein Endloses Geflochtenes Band” (Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, 1979) as patterns for this work. Voigt transposes words from these classics into her encoded language of notation and collage technique. The division of the series into three blocks with 21, nine and six sheets reflects Voigt’s study of the different chapters in the books. The drawing cycle was produced as a direct continuation of the collages “308 Views on Plants and Trees” and “100 Views on Chinese Erotic Art. From 16th to 20th Century” (2011). After the worlds of botany and fine art, the artist has now turned to literature as a field of research." - Lisa Sintermann. See more;


The concept of "Piece for Words and Views" was written by Lisa Sintermann who made a complete essay about this new series by Jorinde Voigt. She speaks about the form and color, movement, melody, rhythm, imagination, notation and collage. It helps to understand better the new work of Voigt, I recommend to download it here.  

See the new work of Jorinde Voigt at David Nolan Gallery, New York until April 28, 2012  and at Lisson Gallery, London until next April 28.

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Musical spectrum analysis by Jon-Kyle Mohr

A circular musical spectrum analysis generated by Jon-Kyle Mohr who tells; "A musical tone consists of multiple overlapping sine-waves oscillating at varying rates. This motion graphic represents the isolated frequencies and rhythmic patterns of Ryan York's “If I Am This Forest”. Of particular interest is the swell beginning at 0:45, and multiple simultaneous frequencies which form the single melodic vocal line at 2:05.  

Andrew Ohlmann expanded on this by writing a Quartz Composer sketch which dynamically generates a similar form. To explore the spectrums of familiar compositions I suggest downloading ReFreq." See more;

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