Kinetic Art
Application of Abstract Algebra to Objects with Computer-Controlled Flashing Lights and Sound Combinations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10264246 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Vladimir Bonacic (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1974 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 193 |
| Publication date | 1974-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Leonardo (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0024-094X • E-ISSN: 1530-9282 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1572890 |
| OpenAlex | W2327687384 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 11 |
The author describes three schemes for using digital computers for artistic purpose. He is sceptical of the attempts to produce computer art with commercially available display equipment and through play with randomness and by the deliberate introduction of errors in programs prepared for nonartistic ends. He favors the approach in which art objects are controlled by a computer with feedback from a viewer to the object or to the computer or both. He describes his kinetic object with flashing white lights in which the sequence of patterns is controlled by a special purpose computer for generating fields of abstract algebra or Galois fields. The second object he describes is more complex in that the frontal panel of flashing lights is made as a relief; colored light is used; the sequence of Galois field patterns can be changed in rhythm; and sound combinations corresponding to the patterns can be produced by the object. The mathematics of Galois fields generated by polynomial equations that was used for determining the sequence of patterns in the objects is described. One of the most interesting aspects of this work is the demonstration of the different visual appearance of the patterns resulting from the polynomials that had not been noted before by mathematicians who have studied Galois fields
Acoustics · Algebra over a field · Computer graphics (images) · Flashing · Physics · Pure mathematics · Sound (geography) · Architecture and Computational Design · Art, Technology, and Culture · Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques · Computer Science · Materials Science · Mathematics
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Computer Program for Artists
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Science and Technology in Art Today
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The Creative Process Where the Artist Is Amplified or Superseded by the Computer
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.06 |
| Citation span | 1975 - 2008 (34) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |