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A new series of 3D pieces - 'sprawl'. The idea is simple, just create a spontaneously formed branching structure, by hand, that spreads out in all directions. Here you see the animation of the object's creation and some views of the structure from different angles (using Blender). I am currently working on some software that animates this object so that I may play it like an instrument. I am working on a series of these structures - each one serving as a document of internal state. By 'playing it like an instrument', I am revealing some of the creative content of the object, and thereby revealing aspects of the living presence, the psyche, that is encoded within it. Each structure will have its own signature tune. I like to call them 'readings'. Like so much of my other work, there are two steps; the spontaneously formed object generated by a hand made formula, the second stage of analysis/deconstruction/sonification/visualization. Here you see the start - the creation and viewing the object from different angles. This is a long term project and as it develops, you will see many different forms of analysis. As I have mentioned in other videos, I am learning and exploring many different systems such as complex systems, cellular automata, and other non-linear systems. I will also be exploring my own ideas as well as what can be learned from existing science. The software is nearly done so you will see the results soon. Over time I will be building up a library of different modes of analysis - each one targeting a particular aspect of psyche. What aspects? That is a question I have to find specific answers to. As I have said in other writings, ultimately this is artwork and is meant to be received as such, so the aspects of psyche that I speak are communicated and understood through this non-verbal domain - though I do aspire to define specific elements quite deliberately as well. There is much to do, I still feel like I am just getting started - but the foundation has officially been established.

The audio is a more fun piece that, believe it or not, I composed on my cell phone (iPhone8+) using Garage Band. I am pretty surprised at how well this software works and the sound quality. I was actually sick with Covid when I put this audio together, so I was literally laying in bed creating the whole time when I created this (the audio not the visuals).




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