The proposed project

• Berlin born binary based art work– Computers use ASCII– I've invented a new binary to character mapping – Based on prime numbers and square numbers– Quite verbose – 8 bits needed for 1 character– Added Japanese phonemes (katakana)– Needed more numbers so added even numbers– Have produced a table– This will not be published!

First part of the system...

Artists to research

• Looked at some work, more to do:– Jeffrey Steele– Michael Kidner– Peter Lowe– Ian Davenport– Calumn Innes– Gillian Ayres– Ben Nicholson– Gillian Wise

Instantiations

• Instantiations so far– Glass rods– Glass sheets and powder– Glass sheets, stringers, and powder– Clay tablet– Mirrors and clear glass

Glass rods

Instantiations

• More instantiations to do this year– Use glass/ceramics lab while still available– Sandblasting glass/mirrors– More blobs in glass – primary colours– Jonathan Parsons struck a chord– Can relate to his work– Will do a “weave” work (under = 0 and over = 1)– Hope to do one in less than 150 hours!– Rossetta stone themed message

Rosseta stone

Instantiations

• Rossetta stone themed message– English (bottom bit of msg)– Hexidecimal (most of message)– Binary (top bit of message)

– The message will be a comment on the iniquitous closure of the art workshops due in July 2012

Instantiations

• Instantiations next year– Use the print workshop to have a go at:– Screen printing– Offset litho– Textile printing– Etching

– 3D workshop– Wood/metal/plastics works

– Do some paintings – acrylic and oils

– Work on secret messages– Icons as a pattern

– Other stuff as my eyes get opened…

Questions/comments?

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