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I like to write about interesting art projects, so give me a heads up if you have new project and I'll write about it.


Don Relyea
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Blogs:
Chris Ashley
Tom Moody
BLDG blog
Walker Art Center
turbulence.org
collisiondetection.net
She Dreams in Digital
kevan.org
2blowhards.com
thinking about art
artblog.net
the generator blog
The Presurfer
Mike Butler
Erik Smartt
patentlysilly.com
angrypirate.com
Chris Jagers
Paperback Writer
lifehacker
Mark Gould
asquare.org
m.d. mcmullin
amovablefeast
accuracy and aesthetics
phawker.com

Bombshell



Agendas Under Fire



110th Assembly


Meret Oppenheim portrait


Image Reconstruction


Ready Made Glitch


Slit Scan 3d Images


Systemic Sky


Slit Scan Photography



Monochrome Generator


Space Filling Curve Art



Hair Particle Drawing

Arts and New Media
Sect of Homokaasu
Roman Verostko
Jared Tarbell
Marius Watz
Juergen Schwietering
MIT Media Lab
eyebeam.org
ARS Electronica
mocoloco.com
rhizome.org
runme.org
core77.com
IAAA
furtherfield.org
Cory Arcangel
Philip Galanter
Roy Stanfield
Adrian Ward
ambienttv.ne
Alex Dragulescu
toxi
generator x
database of virtual art
Blast Theory
Institute for Applied Autonomy
0100101110101101.org
Bathsheba Grossman
Ariel Malka
BLF
Art Crimes
Buff Monster
Hactivist
rtmark
Faile
Mute
Crumb
the Yes Men
Marcel
X257.com
moma
amoda.org
artforum
metropolismag.com
neural.it
EFF
{G2}
Kate Armstrong
no-org.net
mnartists.org
Casey Reas
Vlad_Nanca
digitalsouls
Transmediale
Media Art Net
treasurecrumbs
Art Interactive
Electronic Arts Intermix
artsjournal
MTAA
Suzanne G
onreact
Wooster Collective
computergraphica.com
hardisco.com
inhabitat.com
c505
recyclart
ultra eczema
Kris Davidson
Robert Spahr
drainmag.com
Thor Johnson

Algorithmic Geometric Art

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Space Filling Curve Abstract Geometric Art This series is a collection of modified space filling algorithms that generate abstract geometric art. A modified Hilbert curve is the first subject of this group of work and the series will be available as limited edition giclee prints very soon. The project page includes some source functions and background info on the Hilbert "space filling" curve.

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Ugly: Pat Robertson

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I have added the Pat Roberson to the Ugly category of the Good the Bad, and the Ugly series of algorithmic pixel portraits. I have been waiting for someone to do something stupid enough to get added to the Ugly category. I had considered adding Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes but then the whole movie pre-marketing romance hype thing made feel icky, so I decided to pass on it all together. But alas I could count on good ole Rev. Pat Robertson to open his mouth and utter something nutty. As you are probably aware he called for the assassination of Hugo Chavez, elected leader of Venezuela. Since when did preachers start calling for assassinations? Did someone not read the part about"thou shalt not kill".

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Eradicate mp3

evilcomputergenius

Eradicate(Exterminate ext. mix)(8.2mb) Eradicate(4.6mb)

Prodigy-esque old school breaks inspired track featuring thick guitar chord stabs and samples from the old Dr. Who science fiction show. This song has really low bass drops.

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l-system drawing prototype

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L-System Drawing Prototype The L-System Drawing Prototype(click to launch shockwave) makes a simulated vine with flowers that grows while you watch. This is really just a prototype, I plan to release this later as a more polished abstract art drawing engine. But it is pretty cool as it is.

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RTCAG exe beta1
If anyone is bored and wants to fiddle with the new improved Real Time Contextual Art Generator in exe form, I just posted a beta of it with all the controls in the file menu area, you can save jpgs resize the screen etc.

Zip of Beta is here: RTCAG.zip(2.5mb)

If you play with it please email me with subject line "RTCAG" to say "Hey it worked great" or "I tried to do this and it did not work" and so on. Also it unzips with an image.gif, try deleting that file and let me know if it still works ok. Program icon shows up ok? Saving images works etc. Its intuitive or not, needs more help text an so on.

The Real Time Contextual Art Generator generates art from user entered queries.
Thanks,
Don

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Nuclear Winter
Nuclear Winter (Noise Mix) (7.6mb)  New mp3 release. Thick noise, feedback and heavy riffs mix to create a dark apocalyptic vibe. Giant lumbering beats and 440 drops beat your head senseless while radiation cooks you from the inside out.

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Hubris
Hubris (8.4mb)  New mp3 release. Without me you guys would have nothing. Pride comes before the fall.

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2d lsystem drawing engine

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I have been fiddling around with a modified 2d L-system (Lindenmayer system) drawing engine for the purpose of drawing organically inspired images and animated screensavers. I am pretty far along with it after only a few hours of twiddling. I have also implemented a resource manager in this engine so that if it tries to split off too many times the manager won't let it branch any more times than there are available resources. The primary node of the system is a complex curve and the sub nodes are currently lines. Right now the manager only lets the branches get about 3 deep at any time off the main curve. These settings result in a seemingly endless growing vine with flowers added at the end of the branches for added realism at a glance. Its not quite there yet but it is getting close, I need to add leaves, make better more varied flowers and set it so the manager allows for more branches. I plan to release this as a screensaver and possible in giclee print form later this year.

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Cute Ryan Picture

Ryan is such a handsome little man at 2.5 months. He is very expressive and interacts with us frequently already. He watches what we say and tries to emulate. Although he has little control of his mouth he will coo and can copy simple sounds like "ah" and "aga".

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Assault Crucifix I

Giunta Pisano (click for more)

Orioli (click for more)

Assault Crucifix '94 (click to enlarge)

Assault Crucifix I (click to enlarge)

The Assault Crucifix Series : Algorithmically generated religious iconography for the conflict generation. Symmetry and color reveal the hidden beauty in instruments of war. The crucifix is generated algorithmically by placing colored alpha channel fills of assault rifles in strategic regions on the screen.

This project was originally inspired by the works of brilliant Byzantine era Italian artists done from around 1200 A.D. to around 1500 A.D. such as Giunta Pisano and Pietro di Francesco Orioli(above left and center). It was in 1994, I had just been to an exhibit and spent some time in the European painters section and was inspired to create a digital iconic piece (above right). I decided to revisit this idea now in 2005. It just seems like an appropriate time for a conflict and religion remix considering all the conflict in the world today, especially the altercations caused by the clashes between radical Islam, liberal western culture and Christendom that can be traced back to the sacking of Jerusalem and the Crusades.

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Growing like weeds

The Kids are growing like weeds. Sophie is potty training and doing well, she is talking and she likes bugs, bulldozers and firetrucks. Ryan is cooing and generally happy now except when he is supposed to be sleeping. He still has a little colic but he is getting much better.

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