A Mathematician Breathes - opens June 23 @ The Red Head Gallery, Toronto
The Red Head Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition by Bill Ralph Wednesday June 23 - Saturday July 17, 2010
Opening reception: Saturday July 3 from 2 to 5 pm A Mathematician Breathes Bill Ralph writes unique computer programs to create abstract videos
and digital work that are windows into mathematical worlds he
constructs. At the heart of his show is algorithm 031-073 that he
designed to show the intimate connection between art and mathematics.
He asks us to think of this algorithm as a single work of art that we
experience indirectly and imperfectly through a handful of the
infinity of works it can create. The computer code he has shaped over
the last fifteen years contains sections that define the colour, form
and texture of each piece. What drives his process is the
extraordinary and often chaotic mathematical behaviour of systems
built on the iterated function sequence x(n+1) = f(x(n)) where f is a
function carefully constructed for its mathematical and artistic
interest. His work offers a visual connection to the enormous
complexity and unity that lies within the rich mathematical objects
that inspire his images. The artist says that making art this way is
like creating a sculpture from a pile of leaves by blowing on them. www.billralph.com Open Wednesday to Saturday noon to 5 pm or by appointment Red Head Gallery
115-401 Richmond St. W
Toronto, ON
M5V 3A8
www.redheadgallery.org
Opening reception: Saturday July 3 from 2 to 5 pm A Mathematician Breathes Bill Ralph writes unique computer programs to create abstract videos
and digital work that are windows into mathematical worlds he
constructs. At the heart of his show is algorithm 031-073 that he
designed to show the intimate connection between art and mathematics.
He asks us to think of this algorithm as a single work of art that we
experience indirectly and imperfectly through a handful of the
infinity of works it can create. The computer code he has shaped over
the last fifteen years contains sections that define the colour, form
and texture of each piece. What drives his process is the
extraordinary and often chaotic mathematical behaviour of systems
built on the iterated function sequence x(n+1) = f(x(n)) where f is a
function carefully constructed for its mathematical and artistic
interest. His work offers a visual connection to the enormous
complexity and unity that lies within the rich mathematical objects
that inspire his images. The artist says that making art this way is
like creating a sculpture from a pile of leaves by blowing on them. www.billralph.com Open Wednesday to Saturday noon to 5 pm or by appointment Red Head Gallery
115-401 Richmond St. W
Toronto, ON
M5V 3A8
www.redheadgallery.org
