EXTRA SPECIAL OPS (2007/2008)
In "Extra Special Ops", pixelated versions of four chance derived blown ink drawings go through cellular automata processes to simulate imagined population growths over dunes of snow white silica sand.
Using John Conway's "Game of Life" (an early virtual intelligence model) as a catalyst for the sculpture, the context of these cell divisons is changed through choice of materials and presentation. Now the abstract figures resemble data with no fixed value; and the data in the program itself becomes a point of meditation. These patterns play over white noise, as populations divide and conquer, creating a shifting topology over the sand relief akin to battlefield strategies.
The reflection/breakdown of the projector's color wheel on the sand creates an illusion of color as it mingles with the chaotic white noise being projected. "Territorial wars" run rampant throughout the work on a continuous loop.
Using John Conway's "Game of Life" (an early virtual intelligence model) as a catalyst for the sculpture, the context of these cell divisons is changed through choice of materials and presentation. Now the abstract figures resemble data with no fixed value; and the data in the program itself becomes a point of meditation. These patterns play over white noise, as populations divide and conquer, creating a shifting topology over the sand relief akin to battlefield strategies.
The reflection/breakdown of the projector's color wheel on the sand creates an illusion of color as it mingles with the chaotic white noise being projected. "Territorial wars" run rampant throughout the work on a continuous loop.
