Dimension of Time in Strange Attractors

Friday, February 15, 2013
Room 311 (Hynes Convention Center)
Robert J. Krawczyk , Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL
Scientific phenomenon has an artistic aesthetic that transcends its ability to attempt to explain the world around us.  Structured, unstructured; visible, invisible; logical, illogical; perfect, imperfect; intentional, unintentional; two-dimensional, three-dimensional. An unpredictable assembly of scattered points congregates into perceptual patterns. Our visual perception overrides any logical order we wish to establish. Color causes the crossover of dimension. Many of these images could have been inspired from natural forces such as, wind and water, or earthen formations; the stone series explores the possible subsurface patterns in nature that are not visible to us; the smoldering images smoke, others; folding, bending, twisting, draping and crumpling of identifiable materials or organisms.