Patterns

Kaleidoscope

A kaleidoscope is a device used to create symmetrical images using mirrors and light that reflects from mirror to mirror, these images can change depending on what objects are in the kaleidoscope and how many mirrors there are. I find it unique for a kaleidoscope to represent a part of art, it shows perfect symmetrical objects which could represent an unlimited or infinite feeling of creation. Where as I see art as a more limited and mortal creation just like us humans. Also from using real live imagery, it can create a sense of parallel universes within the device. I see from pages like here that it looks like the images themselves could also be considered objects such as artifacts. I also thought that the consideration of the kaleidoscopes being used in current technology such as televisions and laptops gave it more use than just entertainment. But this is because of the math and symmetry behind it rather than the art which I think can really make the kaleidoscope a hybrid of math and art.

Modern Artists And What I See Mathematically

Julio Le Parc

http://www.julioleparc.org/en/open_image.php?aw_cat_id=16&aw_id=328

In this art the most obvious is the repetition of the structure of the picture. If this is the full art picture too then it would seem not each of the five images are of the same size and the spacing between each is off as well. I also noticed the background light changes from one side to the other as the pictures progress, as if there is a sort of rotation happening.


Reginald H. Neal

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/dc/Reginald_Neal-Double_Hexagon_1967.JPG

With this one there is the two obvious hexagon shapes. They appear to both be centered with one rotated 45 degrees. There is also an abysmal flower pattern created from the hexagons as they become smaller and smaller inside each other centering into the middle. Since the shapes intersect each other they are able to create a flower pattern out of the black spaces between the lines that make the spaces look like they are curving. I find this fascinating to see curved patterns within straight lines as the relationship between the two mines are very different.



Victor Vasarely

 

http://images.worldgallery.co.uk/i/prints/rw/lg/2/5/Victor-Vasarely-Vonal-KSZ-25890.jpg

This image gives the illusion of a 3 dimensional shape. I think it is not only from the quadrilaterals and where they are positioned and shaped but also the use of colour too. Its as if it is a topographic map that measures height instead by colour with the brown and white being either shortest or highest point on the map. This of course means the depth would go up and down like a wavelength. The quadrilaterals are also not centered, except maybe the smallest one, this makes it look as though we are looking around a corner to the right of a hallway.