• 07Nov


    Digital Art by Charles Csuri

    Search Engine Art

    For many years I have used the computer as a search engine to uncover art. My software is designed so I can invoke a mode where there is no single solution to a problem. I may ask for 500 variations or pictures of the same idea. I set the initial conditions or rules. The spatial relationships and orientation between individual parts change within every picture. Color relationships can also change. Most of the results are very bad but some reveal solutions I ordinarily would not think of. It’s like sorting through a junk pile searching for art. Afterwords, I pick out a small number eventually selecting one. Sometimes I make a few
    minor adjustments.

    I tried artificial intelligence approaches to creativity which never worked for me. There is too much of an emphasis on linear logic and predictability. Besides in the final analysis I really won’t know what makes something art. It’s still very illusive and a mystery. I may as well play and have some fun.

  • 03Nov
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    Digital Art by Charles Csuri

    Sketch

    I view this image as a sketch. My primary concern was about abstraction with a focus on visual structure. But a concept of structure which has connections to art history. A formalization of it comes from gestalt psychology and visual perception. Yet because of the 3d perception of space you may see it as a “thing”, a sculpture, ribbons or tangled wires. It might suggest a photograph. The missing 2d picture plane
    supports this notion.

    At a later point you might appreciate my view as abstraction when you see similar imagery as animation. Once the segments move, tumble or rotate the idea of “thing” will most likely disappear, maybe not.

  • 31Oct
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    Digital Art by Charles Csuri

    Frozen Moment

    I made instances of the same figure and placed them in a circle. Their orientation is random. Made of glass lines they are fragile. Most of the time I try to create images which would be difficult as a conventional drawing or painting. The feeling of line, glass, lights, space and shadows introduces special qualities.

    One of the challenges with computer modeling is to pose a figure in an interesting way. Modeling a figure in clay is much easier. Then have the clay model scanned and entered as a file. In the above pose I used computer modeling but I was lucky. She has the feel of a fashion model.

  • 25Oct
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    Digital Art by Charles Csuri

    Infinite Universe

    The sense of depth and scale to the universe is like science fiction. Where are the boundaries or the edges? It is indeed awesome! At the same time this is still nature but at a grand scale. Instead of looking at the landscape of earth we can look up at nature where there is no floor plane or background. Just space and matter or forms.

    Here is a fragment of my infinite universe. A snapshot or instance in time. I can show millions of viewpoints of this universe. We could travel for billions of years. The visual cues provided by perspective, depth of field and layers of transparency enhances the qualities of space and form.