tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60744881887245368222024-03-12T21:15:30.122-04:00The Art of Giorgio VaselliGiorgio Vasellihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03568614407899756129noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074488188724536822.post-74107994977605707492013-10-20T23:04:00.000-04:002014-01-02T18:22:48.966-05:00IFS Fractals Maximize Artistic Complexity<div style="text-align: justify;">The most fundamental aspect of creating a visual artwork, a copy of either an existing or imagined object, is that of estimating the relative proportion and angle of some part to another, whether working based on a model or from imagination. These two aspects characterize the creation of forms in the piece, as well as their overall composition. Specifically, during the creative process - as reasoned an iterative one in time - the artist uses reference points to lay out the composition, of the whole and the parts. In fact the process may be said to be fractalline, in that the artist transitions between working out global and local details, often in progressively smaller regions. Meanwhile the proportion and angular relation of reference points serves the interpolation of curves to create forms / contours. From there, the rest of the task is shading or coloring. (Though the above steps often occur in a parallel and random manner, as discussed in earlier essays.)<br />
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Therefore the artistic process hinges on the two aspects of estimating relative proportion and angle, and the following philosophical question arises: what type of object poses the greatest complexity with respect to the described creative process? We reason that it is an IFS fractal, through modelling the creative process as the "copying" of existing or imagined visual objects.<br />
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A two-map IFS fractal.</div><br />
Clearly an object which has infinitesimally fine features (such as a fractal), beats any other object in complexity which has none. The mathematical compactness of the object is necessary for the convergence of the iterative copying process from global to local features / regions. Partitioning these features into discrete levels from larger to smaller, in a way that the features at each level contain the next, the iterative copying occurring level-by-level. The relation of a higher level iterate to its subiterates may be assumed to be a similarity transform, possibly involving sheer. The level structure tree can be assumed to be n-ary on average and the relations to be a set of similarity IFS not involving sheer, without relevant reduction of creative complexity to be manifested via the copying process.<br />
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Therefore we have reduced the class of highest complexity to that of similarity IFS fractals with n maps. Iterating to infinity, the attractor of such an IFS - the n-map IFS fractal - is thus an object of highest possible creative complexity.<br />
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In practice, by the equation H(F)=F (where F is the IFS fractal, and H is the Hutchinson operator induced by the IFS) the task of creating / copying F via a global to local iterative process, involves copying the convex hull C (or its vertices) and making n copies T<sub>k</sub>(C), k=1,...,n (by each IFS map T<sub>k</sub>). Then we execute the Hutchinson H on these copies, and so on, iterating to a "high enough" level, approaching infinity. Each level being the aforementioned next level of features / regions / convex hull iterates. The challenge of complexity being the proper execution of the Hutchinson by hand drawing - proportionality and angular errors apt to accumulate, signifying the complexity.<br />
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The above argument further illustrates how a visual artwork can be characterized as the attractor of the creative process (ignoring shading / coloring), as reasoned earlier.</div> Giorgio Vasellihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03568614407899756129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074488188724536822.post-75877256781809218722011-09-24T13:30:00.000-04:002011-10-24T13:39:57.704-04:00Energy Art Salon 2011 - Russia<center><iframe width="459" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/flZOY_s0iEQ?fs=1" frameborder="0" allowFullScreen=""></iframe></center>Giorgio Vasellihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03568614407899756129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074488188724536822.post-78928757825226965202011-09-12T13:27:00.000-04:002013-08-04T21:33:29.733-04:00Prismatic Channeler<div style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://vaselli.blogspot.com/p/artworks.html"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-i7YFD0YYCw0/TySTJzoWoHI/AAAAAAAAARo/0zsZfQZljv4/s825/Giorgio-Vaselli-Prismatic-Channeler.jpg" title="Giorgio Vaselli - Prismatic Channeler"></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074488188724536822.post-71096999849132410482011-06-15T14:04:00.009-04:002014-04-18T17:25:24.660-04:00The Future is in Your Hands: Child of Eden<div style="text-align:justify;">The newest video game by Ubisoft, which is really art creation made into a game... The energy bird looks just like Simon Haiduk's "Inside Clover Grove" one of the top finalists in the <a href="http://www.energyartmovement.org/projects/salon-2011/results-2011/" target="_blank">Energy Art Salon Competition 2011</a>, and an active <a href="http://www.energyartmovement.org/profiles/haiduk-simon/" target="_blank">member</a> of the <a href="http://www.energyartmovement.org/" target="_blank">Energy Art Movement</a>. An energy bird also appears in his 2007 video "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkyDjvpNDQM" target="_blank">Nagdeo</a>", created at the Vancouver Film School. This kind of 3d motion-based surrealistic art improvisation was predicted in my 2007 essay "<a href="http://vaselli.blogspot.com/2008/12/on-future-of-art.html" target="_blank">On the Future of Art</a>".</div><br />
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<object width="605" height="363"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nkyDjvpNDQM&hl=en_US&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nkyDjvpNDQM&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="605" height="363"></embed></object>Giorgio Vasellihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03568614407899756129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074488188724536822.post-55995650674757238062011-06-14T14:28:00.000-04:002011-06-15T14:57:57.214-04:00Enlightenment<a href="http://www.nrgizr.com/ptgs/Giorgio-Vaselli-Enlightenment.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.nrgizr.com/ptgs/Giorgio-Vaselli-Enlightenment.jpg" width="610" /></a>Giorgio Vasellihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03568614407899756129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074488188724536822.post-10606860252896438032011-04-16T19:42:00.003-04:002011-04-16T19:42:22.209-04:00Muro Doodle<div style="text-align: center; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/vaselli/5510634936/sizes/o/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5132/5510634936_f672d698ee.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/vaselli/5510634936/sizes/o/" target="_blank">Muro Doodle</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/vaselli/" target="_blank">Giorgio Vaselli at 8 Mar '11, 5.41pm EST</a>.</span></div><p align="justify">digital art<br /><br />Made using DeviantArt Muro.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074488188724536822.post-22862968684246914952011-03-13T14:17:00.006-04:002011-03-13T15:54:14.817-04:00Re: Seven questions for leaders<div style="text-align:justify;"><i>The following is my email response to <a href="http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2011/03/seven-questions-for-leaders.html" target="_blank">Seth Godin's blog post: Seven questions for leaders</a> which he posted today. Seth is a world-famous marketing professional and business owner, who has appeared on TED Talks several times.</i><br /><br />Hi Seth,<br /><br />I've been an avid follower of your blog for about a year now, since I saw one of your TED talks. I follow it because I believe it provides crucial information to what I do, ie. organizing the Energy Art Movement. Your last blog entry I felt spoke to me directly, clutching my conscience and dragging it in front of a mirror. So I felt that I must write you, because though you say there are no textbook answers, I kind of feel there should be moral solutions to these riddles. I'd like to ask for further clarification from you, as to what your opinion is on the "right" moral answers.<br /><br />At the same time, it also felt like being tagged, so here are my replies (I'm an INTJ, Myers-Briggs):<br /><br />> "Do you let the facts get in the way of a good story?"<br /><br />I'm not sure if I understand this question. I don't embellish stories, I always try to give the precise facts. I usually don't resurrect negative events, and leave them out of stories, unless they significantly affected the rest of the story. They can be very harmful to group motivation.<br /><br />> "What do you do with people who disagree with you... do you call them names in order to shut them down?"<br /><br />Depends. I have had members of the Movement disagree with me, and then I discussed it further with them. I did have to shut down ~3 people in the past (we have just over 100 members, and were founded in 2008). All three happened because they undermined the interests of the group - they caused significant trouble - not merely disagree. But as a consequence, that also meant they disagreed with me, since I always try to look at the interests of the group as a whole.<br /><br />> "Are you open to multiple points of view or you demand compliance and uniformity? [Bonus: Are you willing to walk away from a project or customer or employee who has values that don't match yours?]"<br /><br />I'm open to multiple points of view, but as it usually happens, I have already considered other viewpoints and discarded them, even before others have raised them. I tend to look at things from various angles when I'm planning something.<br /><br />As to the bonus question: it depends on the magnitude of the dissonance. Sometimes dissonance can work beautifully (Beethoven), often it's annoying and must be turned off. In general, I mostly put values/principles first.<br /><br />> "Is it okay if someone else gets the credit?"<br /><br />No, always the correct person(s) should get the credit. For instance, media has tended to mention me as the founder of the Movement, even though there were five. I try to set it straight the best I can, but you know the media...<br /><br />> "How often are you able to change your position?"<br /><br />You mean whether I ever allow myself to be convinced? I'm open to other ideas, but I only change my position if the other idea is the correct or better one, and then I definitely change it.<br /><br />> "Do you have a goal that can be reached in multiple ways?"<br /><br />All my plans or goals are like that. I only keep the destination in view, and have a couple of vague routes in mind to get there, which crystallize as I get closer.<br /><br />> "If someone else can get us there faster, are you willing to let them?"<br /><br />Yes! As long as it doesn't mean trampling over the group's values and other interests.<br /><br />Thanks for writing your blog!<br /><br />Giorgio<br /><br /><i>I've written him the above as an email, looking for his opinion, though I was aware the questions were meant to be rhetorical. In any case, his reply was: "it was rhetorical, you're on your own". Thanks man, that helps!</i></div>Giorgio Vasellihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03568614407899756129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074488188724536822.post-35834629387113853592011-03-08T17:47:00.004-05:002011-03-13T15:58:57.321-04:00Enlightenment<div style="text-align: center; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.nrgizr.com/ptgs/Giorgio-Vaselli-Enlightenment.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.nrgizr.com/ptgs/Giorgio-Vaselli-Enlightenment.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.nrgizr.com/ptgs/Giorgio-Vaselli-Enlightenment.html" target="_blank">Enlightenment</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/vaselli/" target="_blank">Giorgio Vaselli at 8 Mar '11, 5.34pm EST</a>.</span></div><p align="justify"><center>acrylic on canvas, 20" x 30", 50.8cm x 76.2cm</center><br />A Being of Light connects with one lost in Darkness, not without risk to herself. Their multilevel Bond floats in dynamic stillness on the Astral Plane, engulfed by the turbulent exorcism. Can the Enlightenment of another be accomplished without peril to oneself?<br /><br />The painting invests in realism, impressionism, surrealism, expressionism, abstraction, visionary art, dark art, and energy art, striving towards an ideal combination for the theme. </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074488188724536822.post-45172352670616614572010-09-30T13:52:00.003-04:002010-09-30T13:56:59.610-04:00Energizing Radiance 2010 - Interview 1/3<object style="background-image:url(http://i2.ytimg.com/vi/IZhYm2WYI00/hqdefault.jpg)" width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IZhYm2WYI00?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IZhYm2WYI00?fs=1&hl=en_US" width="610" height="494" allowScriptAccess="never" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object>Giorgio Vasellihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03568614407899756129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074488188724536822.post-30257885336318773272010-07-30T02:40:00.005-04:002010-08-09T18:13:43.797-04:00Energizing Radiance 2010<div style="text-align: center; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/vaselli/4843143206/sizes/o/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4152/4843143206_b9128e8451.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/vaselli/4843143206/sizes/o/" target="_blank">Giorgio Vaselli at Energizing Radiance 2010 - Gallery 56, Memphis, USA</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/vaselli/" target="_blank">Giorgio Vaselli at 30 Jul '10, 2.37am EDT PST</a>.</span></div><br /><div>View photos and artworks from the exhibit at the Energy Art Movement's <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Energy-Art-Movement/216322747513" target="_blank">Facebook fanpage</a> »<br /> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074488188724536822.post-47625414694091211362010-07-23T16:47:00.000-04:002010-07-23T17:00:55.263-04:00Mood of the Day<div style="text-align: center; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/vaselli/4821535111/sizes/o/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4078/4821535111_943ff07489.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/vaselli/4821535111/sizes/o/" target="_blank">Mood of the Day</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/vaselli/" target="_blank">Giorgio Vaselli at 23 Jul '10, 4.44pm EDT PST</a>.</span></div><p align="justify"></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074488188724536822.post-50348169189607804972010-07-05T21:28:00.005-04:002010-07-13T02:02:38.874-04:00Interview about the Energy Art MovementThank you to artist Peggy Mintun for the excellent questions, the professional design, and the opportunity to speak about the Movement. Appeared in issue 4 of the online magazine Sublime Rush, on pages 192-203. Please click the image below for a full-screen view.<br /><br /><div><object style="width:600px; height:300px;" ><param name="movie" value="http://static.issuu.com/webembed/viewers/style1/v1/IssuuViewer.swf?mode=embed&layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Flight%2Flayout.xml&showFlipBtn=true&pageNumber=193&documentId=100705014221-959f97d302454174b1c1457e47181578&docName=issue004&username=SublimeRush&loadingInfoText=Sublime%20Rush%20Magazine%20Issue%20004&et=1278365866365&er=35" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"/><param name="menu" value="false"/><embed src="http://static.issuu.com/webembed/viewers/style1/v1/IssuuViewer.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" menu="false" style="width:600px; height:300px; text-align:center;" flashvars="mode=embed&layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Flight%2Flayout.xml&showFlipBtn=true&pageNumber=193&documentId=100705014221-959f97d302454174b1c1457e47181578&docName=issue004&username=SublimeRush&loadingInfoText=Sublime%20Rush%20Magazine%20Issue%20004&et=1278365866365&er=35" ></embed></object><div style="width:600px;text-align:left;"> </div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074488188724536822.post-38806519959703308182010-05-19T20:44:00.013-04:002010-08-18T13:59:39.887-04:00Get a Free Hand-Signed Art Print!<div style="text-align: center; padding: 3px;"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3301/3451530776_bb4bd35d04.jpg" /><br /><span style=" margin-top: 0px;font-size:0.8em;">Resurrection of a Bioenergetic Phoenix</span></div><br />Choose the above picture or any one of <a href="http://vaselli.blogspot.com/p/artworks.html" target="_blank">my artworks</a> and get an 8.5" x 11" signed photo print!<br />All you have to do is suggest <a href="http://www.facebook.com/vaselli.art" target="_blank">my page</a> to <u>all</u> your Facebook friends!<br />*** That is... if you like <a href="http://vaselli.blogspot.com/p/artworks.html" target="_blank">my art</a>! ***<br /><br />1. Go to <a href="http://www.facebook.com/vaselli.art" target="_blank">my Facebook page</a> »<br /><br />2. Below the profile picture, click "Suggest to Friends" and the "Send Invitations" box will open.<br /><br />3. Copy and paste the following code into the top URL address bar, then hit Enter. This will select all your friends. Code to paste:<br /><br />javascript:elms=document.getElementById('friends').getElementsByTagName('li');for(var fid in elms){if(typeof elms[fid] === 'object'){fs.click(elms[fid]);}}<br /><br />4. Take two screenshots, before and after you have sent the invitations. Here is how to take a screenshot in <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/tips/screenshot.mspx" target="_blank">Windows</a> and on a <a href="http://guides.macrumors.com/Taking_Screenshots_in_Mac_OS_X" target="_blank">Mac</a>.<br /><br />5. Email me your two screenshots (jpg) and the chosen artwork's title to sales[at]nrgizr[dot]com, along with your mailing address... and I will be prompt on shipping you your print!<br />OR<br />Paypal me $24 to the same email for three(!) hand-signed 8.5" x 11" prints.<br /><br />*** Free shipping anywhere within North America!!! ***<br /><br />I'd like to give credit for the above idea to the <a href="http://theamericandollar.info/download.htm" target="_blank">coolest band</a> ever!Giorgio Vasellihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03568614407899756129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074488188724536822.post-40475643504407864652009-12-12T20:24:00.003-05:002023-04-14T23:18:45.290-04:00Postscript to my Definition Attempts for Art - Part 3/3<div style="text-align: justify;">Continued from Part 2/3: <a href="http://vaselli.blogspot.com/2010/01/artworks-as-attractors-in-practice-part.html">Artworks as Attractors in Practice</a>.<br /><br />As a postcript, I must mention the taboo these essays are breaking. For in fact today it is a taboo to talk about a definition of Art, because it is considered undefinable due to the currently prevailing ideas of "freedom of creation / interpretation". In other words, it is up to the viewer to decide if they consider something Art or not, worthy of their appreciation. This is a rather over-simplified and rarely-doubted view, analogous to early Humans' worship of what they could not explain.<br /><br />In these essays, I am suggesting a meta-definition existing independently of viewers or creators, since I believe that Art does exist on the meta level, and it does have a genuine universal definition, which may or may not be the ones I have proposed. However I do believe in the validity of my second (current) definition, as it is closely based upon my own experiences and inner feelings while creating. A more refined definition will only be possible if we uncover the biological mechanisms of artistic imagination within the brain, or possibly beyond it.<br /><br />Deep inside everyone feels that this quest for the true definition of Art is a potentially dangerous one. For if a rational/algorithmic method gets to be devised for creating an artwork, computerized machines may then be capable of envisioning, generating, and improvising genuine refined true Art, likely surpassing any Human Art. Many types of generative media already exist, including fractal art and abstract video art. However, I mean here algorithms capable of turning a piece of marble into a piece of Art, due to their ability to envision and improve a piece via their non-deterministic Taste, resulting in various Artworks from the same piece of marble. It is no surprise then that a deep fear resides in us for such an ominous possibility, which might easily surpass any visual art formerly created by a Human.<br /><br />However, I believe that Homo Sapiens won its dominance due to its intellect in devising tools to extend its abilities. Machines aiding the creation of Artworks through mathematics and programming, only represent new brushes, canvases and chisels for manifesting Human visions in reality. So then what is a greater quest than devising machines capable of envisioning and creating Art in a split second?<br /><br />In the future, artists must also become mathematicians and programmers, and that time is not far. As a first stage, their art may very-well become a combination of Human improvisation using computer-generated elements, resulting in a sort of performance-like "Cyber-Human Art", described in my essay <a href="https://vaselli.blogspot.com/2007/07/on-future-of-art.html">On the Future of Art</a>.<br /><br />As I wrote in that essay: "I hope that today’s generation of artists will remain open to any new advancements, and will profit from these opportunities when they become available, thus allowing themselves to open doors to higher levels of creative freedom."<br /> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074488188724536822.post-34077448577561735072009-12-12T20:24:00.002-05:002013-10-19T20:53:45.078-04:00Artworks Are Non-Deterministic Attractors in Imagination Space - Part 1/3<div style="text-align: justify;">My earlier essay <a href="http://vaselli.blogspot.com/2008/12/definition-of-art.html">A Definition of Art</a> suggested a theoretical yet statistically verifiable definition for the term "Artwork". The impracticality arises from the fact that the true (non-approximate) version of that definition depends on knowing the theoretical "Taste of God" - so it is also a deistic definition. The statistical side of the definition arose from approximating this opinion with the opinion of numerous Humans, who might carry a partial divine light within.<br /><br />In this essay, I intend to give a non-deistic definition of an Artwork. However, some certain mechanisms of it are mysterious enough to possibly still require a "divine light" to act. At the moment, my definition is still hazy to me, and this essay is only a sketch of a potentially deeper theory yet to unfold.<br /><br />As mentioned in my other essay, once the concept of an "Artwork" is defined, "Art" is simply the set of all Artworks, and an "Artist" is someone capable of making an "Artwork".<br /><br />Here we will assume the pre-existence of an "inspiration" or primary impulse producing a "vision" which the rest of the creation process follows in an approximate manner. The end result may in fact significantly deviate from the preconcieved vision. (Note that I prefer <a href="http://vaselli.blogspot.com/2009/04/drug-use-in-artistic-creative-process.html">unaided artistic visions</a>.)<br /><br />To begin the definition, first we will define "Taste". Let Taste be a finite set of contractive transformations (mathematical functions in the sense of Iterated Function Systems), which each transform a perceivable object into another, in one step. Define an "impulse" as a specific contractive transformation of Taste.<br /><br />Note that here "perception" is that of any conscious being (whatever consciousness means), not necessarily a Human, and the object may be visual, written, auditory, or other. What "contractive" means, is unclear to me at this point, but it certainly means that in an abstract space (not mere 3D), a certain mathematical measure (abstract volume) of the Artwork gets smaller due to the transformation. This abstract measure could be beauty, ugliness, dynamism, etc. depending on the impulse's given function in the abstract space. Let that abstract space be called (Collective Human) Imagination, and let the transformations of Taste (impulses) be operators over that space.<br /><br />The impulses likely have two main classes: creative and corrective. Creative impulses bring new elements into the object, while corrective impulses merely modify the object, or its certain part(s). The new elements could be the overall composition, color and tone patches, new note in a musical score, etc.<br /><br />A crucial question is how impulses act in time. Do they act one after the other, or in a parallel manner? In the second case, which is implied by Human brains being parallel processors, the impulses create a multilayered <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_(psychology)">flow of creation</a>, which nevertheless has a finite number of layers, as many as the impulses. Since for instance if there are ten acting impulses, each of them act sequentially by themselves, creating an individual sequence. So ten parallel sequences will make up the flow of creation. In the first case, there is only one sequence of impulses, where each sequence element is due to one random impulse.<br /><br />How do impulses acting in parallel create a new object as a whole? Each individually produces a result, but how do the results get combined? Possibly via a weighted average of the individual results, or by a simple set union, or there may be one additional complex "master impulse" directing their combination.<br /><br />What is the nature of the transformations? Are they genetically ingrained, learned over time, or inspired by a divine light? Possibly their biology have components due to each. This is the mysterious, potentially deistic point in my new definition. Impulses certainly have an evaluating element of the object under transformation, and they produce a result based on the evaluation.<br /><br />Impulses may not be deterministic, due to the fact that the Human brain is non-deterministic to an extent. In practice this means that Humans have "opinions" that may change - in other words for the same input, the brain produces a different output at a later time. The actions of impulses may vary similarly to some extent, based on probabilistic factors due to hormonal, emotional, etc. changes in brain chemistry, or for other reasons, at any moment.<br /><br />We have now arrived at defining an Artwork. The initial object which is acted upon by the impulses, could be anything. Visually it may be a blank canvas or a heap of trash. Define an "iteration" to be one acting step - when the impulses act in parallel to transform the object into a new stage (some impulses may skip acting in an iteration), while combined via a master impulse.<br /><br />Thus the impulses transform the object iteration by iteration, acting upon the previous result in a recursive manner. Since impulses were defined as contractive in the abstract space of Imagination, we thus have a contractive Iterated Function System (IFS) which by the Banach fixed point theorem has one unique fixed point, as the iterations tend to infinity. Let this fixed point / attractor be called an "Artwork".<br /><br />Continued in Part 2/3: <a href="http://vaselli.blogspot.com/2010/01/artworks-as-attractors-in-practice-part.html">Artworks as Attractors in Practice</a>.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074488188724536822.post-4012567935746602892009-12-12T20:24:00.001-05:002013-10-19T20:54:51.872-04:00Artworks as Attractors in Practice - Part 2/3<div style="text-align: justify;">Continued from Part 1/3: <a href="http://vaselli.blogspot.com/2010/01/artworks-are-non-deterministic.html">Artworks Are Non-Deterministic Attractors in Imagination Space</a>.<br /><br />During the creative process, how does one know if they have arrived close enough to creating an Artwork (after many iterations)? The solution is trivial and in agreement with what an artist instinctively does: one must apply their Taste to transform the object, until an application results in no further improvement. In other words, Taste produces the same object after any new iteration. This is also a sign that Artworks are indeed fixed points of an artist's Taste.<br /><br />Individual observers may test if something is a good candidate for being an Artwork, by applying their own Taste to it, and if their Taste is universal enough (close enough to some ultimate Taste, possibly that of God) and the artist's is universal enough as well, then they should arrive at the creating artist's conclusion, that the piece indeed cannot be improved (within its own theme and context). Note that there must likely exist an ultimate High Taste, as also conjectured in my essay <a href="http://vaselli.blogspot.com/2008/12/definition-of-art.html">A Definition of Art</a>.<br /><br />Let's discuss our new definition and the above in practice, regarding Human visual artworks. When someone looks at an object, say a piece of stone, they may see certain parts which seem out of place by their Taste, so they wish to "fix" it by chiseling that part. When they again look at the stone (evaluate it with their Taste), they may find another part to correct, and so on. Someone with a very refined Taste (an Artist) would likely continue on for many-many iterations, to "perfect" the stone to their liking (Taste). The iterations may follow one another in the split of a second, making the process look continuous. When a painter paints, s/he is able to bring new creative elements in and modify the existing ones (by their impulses of Taste). Thus iteration by iteration they get closer and closer to a fixed point, or Artwork, which theoretically is impossible to improve, thus they reach a fixed point (an attractor).<br /><br />Note that the iterations may start before the physical object is created/transformed in reality, since the Artist may create in advance, or in "imagination", before actually acting on their creative impulses. The creative act is usually the result of a mysterious "inspiration". Imagining in advance, may serve the purpose of coming up with alternative results over some iterations, projecting creation into the future, and picking and taking the most desirable route.<br /><br />From the definition, it also follows that it is impossible in practice to create an Artwork, since an infinite number of iterations are necessary to reach one. We can only go down the infinite sequence of iterations to a very large number, and if one's impulses are "acute" enough, the process should be efficient and practical enough to arrive at a near-Artwork.<br /><br />Note that in this definition "Artwork" is analgous to "true Artwork", and "near-Artwork" to "high Artwork", as defined in my previous essay. "Low Artwork" would correspond to a low iteration number, thus an object not sufficiently refined by the iterations of Taste impulses.<br /><br />My definition is again in full agreement with Michelangelo, who said: <br /><div style="text-align:center; padding:5px;">"The true work of Art, is but a shadow of the Divine Perfection."</div> For we may only reach a finite number of iterations (a shadow), from the infinite number necessary to create an Artwork (divine perfection). So "visual value" or the quality of an artwork, is really just the level of refinement due to the number of iterations carried out by the Artist according to their Taste.<br /><br />The above also sheds light on certain aspects of visual creation. One is that artists tend to create from sketchy to refined forms, the refining taking place in smaller and smaller regions - just as IFS fractals appear (which are also attractors in 2D space, not Imagination space). It also shows why imagination in its freest form contains so many spirals, since they are basic fractals/attractors themselves. Impulses creating IFS fractals are simple mathematical mappings, which in words state: "rotating, transposing, and contracting an object will make them 'look better'", and two or more impulses create an IFS fractal.<br /><br />An Artwork will become energetic in composition, due to the increased Taste for motion, resulting at the extreme in visual elements flowing turbulently at high Reynolds numbers. The theme of an Artwork may heavily influence the impulses in creating an Artwork, thus turbulence may not always be desirable, while in certain other cases it may well-serve to increase visual value as described in the <a href="http://www.energyartmovement.org/manifesto/" target="_blank">Energy Art Movement Manifesto</a>.<br /><br />Continued in Part 3/3: <a href="http://vaselli.blogspot.com/2010/01/postcript-to-my-definition-attempts-for.html">Postscript to my Definition Attempts for Art</a>.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074488188724536822.post-39286889282948438302009-12-11T21:00:00.004-05:002010-03-27T19:54:59.956-04:00Energy Art Salon 2010<div style="text-align: justify;">The Energy Art Salon 2010 is the first annual exhibition of the Energy Art Movement, showcasing the finest energetic art today on the international scene.<br /><br />The We Are Connected theme shall permeate the event, celebrating our inherent unity as a global human race. Artworks will revolve around this fundamental theme, taking a stance against the feeling of separation coming from many channels today.<br /><br />2009 competition finalists will also be showing their works, who submitted top-ranking art from various countries.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.murphyhillgallery.com/" target="_blank">Murphy Hill Gallery</a><br />Address: 3rd Flr, 3333 W Arthington St, Chicago, USA<br />Exhibition duration: Jan. 15 - Feb. 25, 2010<br />Reception: Jan. 16, noon - 11 pm<br /><br />Movement Organizers and some members will be attending the reception.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=201252752162" target="_blank">RSVP on Facebook</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074488188724536822.post-69723693123848999982009-12-04T23:19:00.001-05:002010-01-30T20:23:53.144-05:00Higher Connection: A Self-Portrait<div style="text-align: center; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/vaselli/4158784557/sizes/o/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2576/4158784557_a37c75df4c.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/vaselli/4158784557/sizes/o/" target="_blank">Higher Connection: A Self-Portrait</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/vaselli/" target="_blank">Giorgio Vaselli at 4 Dec '09, 11.14pm EST PST</a>.</span></div><p align="justify">digital art - Photoshop, DAZ Studio<br /><br />Me receiving a vision from the Higher Source to which we are all connected. As a bed of flowers share the same soil of nutrition, so are our souls and minds nurtured by the subconscious visions of higher planes, while swimming through fields of energy.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074488188724536822.post-75222791017626824572009-10-23T13:05:00.008-04:002009-10-23T13:18:00.903-04:00We Are Connected<div style="text-align: justify;">Lately I have been thinking a lot about all the issues of the world and realized that one factor significantly contributes to all problems: our inner feeling of separation from others. Whether by "others" one means individuals or groups, it holds true. So if we were to realize some fundamental connections we share with every other human being, then it may change our fields of perception towards leading a better life. The Energy Art Movement which I organize has undertaken a project by this theme.<br /><br />To learn more about our fundamental connections, please visit the <a href="http://www.energyartmovement.org/principles/projects/we-are-connected/" target="_blank">project page</a>.<br /><br />Please do come out for our show in Chicago with opening ceremonies lasting Jan 15-17, 2010 (Fri-Sun).<br /><a href="http://www.murphyhillgallery.com/" target="_blank">Murphy Hill Gallery</a><br />Third Floor - Historic Sears & Roebuck Bldg.<br />3333 W Arthington St. Chicago, Illinois 60624, USA<br />Exhibition duration: Jan. 15 - Feb. 25, 2010<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074488188724536822.post-79105802681359925092009-09-29T17:48:00.001-04:002009-09-30T13:46:18.677-04:00Group Show at the Seed Gallery<div style="text-align: center; padding: 3px;"><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/vaselli/3966556049/sizes/o/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2580/3966556049_52ca6f48d2.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/vaselli/3966555939/sizes/o/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2640/3966555939_4f799f8423.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/vaselli/3967333908/sizes/o/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2437/3967333908_fd4f70ee25.jpg" /></a><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074488188724536822.post-89812571226033738982009-09-24T17:24:00.009-04:002009-09-29T17:51:22.062-04:00Webdesign for Ulla Lenzen Butt<p align="center"><a href="http://www.nrgizr.com/designs/ulb/v01/index.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.nrgizr.com/designs/ulb/v01/pics/main.jpg" width="400" height="400"/></a></p><p align="justify">I've been commissioned by Ulla a few weeks ago for a portfolio website to present her paintings. Her specific request was for it to be "striking" and "exciting" at the same time, while not drawing away the focus from her work too much. So after some extensive discussions about her idea, and putting in some of my own (including the "eye concept"), we finally arrived at the necessary specifications, and I got a 20% deposit. Being the rebel I am, of course I deviated a bit, resulting in the <a href="http://www.nrgizr.com/designs/ulb/v01/index2.html" target="_blank">first version</a> of the site.<br /><br />I guess she found the fonts and reflective titles a bit too modern, so I went with the fonts on her business card and moved the menu and reflections around a bit, resulting in the <a href="http://www.nrgizr.com/designs/ulb/v02/index2.html" target="_blank">second version</a>. The music was a specific wish of hers, but being copyrighted, I solved it through embedding a tiny-sized playlist from <a href="http://www.playlist.com/" target="_blank">Playlist.com</a> (just a tip). Her own web address, hosting her website files, will soon be up and running, looking exactly the same.<br /><br />If you are interested in having your own unique site designed by me, just drop me a line at vaselli[dot]giorgio[at]gmail[dot]com. A couple of other websites I have designed are <a href="http://www.energyartmovement.org" target="_blank">the movement's</a> and <a href="http://www.giorgiovaselli.com" target="_blank">my own</a>. I am working on another site at the moment, but will try to make time for yours.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074488188724536822.post-48087510627241347402009-09-08T10:05:00.003-04:002010-03-27T19:54:59.956-04:00Energy Art Competition<div style="text-align: justify;">This competition is an excellent opportunity for artists around the world to bring their art into the light for a worldwide audience. Our jury is composed of high-caliber internationally well-known artists. With their acute artistic sense, they ensure that purely by your talent, you will be recognized for your unique artwork.<br /><br />An opportunity shall be granted to winners and finalists, to exhibit their entry artwork free of charge, at the Murphy Hill Gallery in Chicago (USA) during the month of January 2010. The exhibition is going to be titled the Energy Art Salon 2010.<br /><br />Entries must be energetic either in composition or in subject matter. Participants may enter one picture only, either into the primary (above 22) or junior (under 22) category. Both 2D and 3D, traditional and digital mediums are accepted.<br /><br />Call for entries: [ <a href="http://www.energyartmovement.org/competition/" target="_blank">link</a> ]<br />Submission: [ <a href="http://www.energyartmovement.org/competition/submissions/" target="_blank">link</a> ]<br />Deadline: Sep. 15, 2009<br /><br />Please let your friends know too.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074488188724536822.post-20259032819745540482009-07-31T19:51:00.003-04:002009-09-29T17:50:17.869-04:00My First Solo Show<div style="text-align: center; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/vaselli/3714369134/sizes/o/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3465/3714369134_998a802fa5.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/vaselli/3714369134/sizes/o/" target="_blank">First Solo Show - Sunrise Gallery - View 08</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/vaselli/" target="_blank">Giorgio Vaselli at 12 Jul '09, 4.38pm EDT PST</a>.</span></div><p align="justify">View the complete <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/vaselli/sets/72157621349826838/show/">slideshow</a>.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074488188724536822.post-43622230953052694942009-07-31T19:46:00.001-04:002009-07-31T19:53:04.247-04:00The Miracle of Birth - color<div style="text-align: center; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/vaselli/3766543811/sizes/o/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3521/3766543811_1de4862927.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/vaselli/3766543811/sizes/o/" target="_blank">The Miracle of Birth - color</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/vaselli/" target="_blank">Giorgio Vaselli at 28 Jul '09, 6.51pm EDT PST</a>.</span></div><p align="justify">pencil on paper colored digitally, 16.5" x 11.75", 42cm x 29.7cm<br /><br />Two life forces, represented by the two larger vortices, radiate or flow outward through their energy currents, to later unite in a septuplet of baby vortices. The picture intends to depict the wonder of initiating a new life force, bestowed to us by the Creator.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074488188724536822.post-91322383291043546292009-05-28T17:37:00.001-04:002009-05-28T17:45:54.016-04:00Good vs. Evil<div style="text-align: center; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/vaselli/3542392423/sizes/o/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2368/3542392423_6472428ba0.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/vaselli/3542392423/sizes/o/" target="_blank">Good vs. Evil</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/vaselli/" target="_blank">Giorgio Vaselli at 18 May '09, 12.53pm EDT PST</a>.</span></div><p align="justify">digital brush painting, DAZ Studio model<br /><br />The Human struggles between the Right and the Wrong, becoming a battleground for Good and Evil. Good embraces its Soul, Evil invades it. The Soul lapses into both realms, creating a vertigo of inner turmoil, twisting and stretching to the extreme. Will it find the inner power to overcome the Forces of Darkness, and join with the Light, or will Evil suck its Soul into the Depths of Hell? A battle of the moment which every Human must face.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nrgizr.com" target="_blank">website</a> | <a href="http://twitter.com/vaselli" target="_blank">twitter</a></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com