{"id":4069,"date":"2015-02-10T08:14:11","date_gmt":"2015-02-10T08:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christophermadden.art\/contemporary-art\/?p=4069"},"modified":"2024-04-12T18:59:17","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T18:59:17","slug":"28-disks-interacting-simple-shapes-forming-complex-shapes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christophermadden.art\/contemporary-art\/28-disks-interacting-simple-shapes-forming-complex-shapes\/","title":{"rendered":"30 Disks &#8211; interacting simple shapes forming complex shapes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"padding:100% 0 0 0;position:relative;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/926548673?badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" title=\"30 disks\"><\/iframe><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This video starts slowly. Don&#8217;t stop watching it during the first 20 seconds or so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">30 Interacting Disks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Abstract moving image &nbsp;&nbsp;  February 2015<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>An abstract moving image work from a series in which multiple copies of a single shape move and interact using simple computer algorithms, creating complex shapes.<br>In this work 30 disks follow circular paths. Where even numbers of disks overlap they present white, while where odd numbers of disks overlap they present black.<br>A key motive behind these video animations is the linking of art and science through the exploration of the creation of complex forms from the interaction of simple forms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below are some still frames from the animation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.christophermadden.art\/contemporary-art-images\/complexity-from-simplicity-2.jpg\" alt=\"art and science - complexity from simplicity\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.christophermadden.art\/contemporary-art-images\/complexity-from-simplicity-3.jpg\" alt=\"art and science - complexity from simplicity\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.christophermadden.art\/contemporary-art-images\/complexity-from-simplicity-5.jpg\" alt=\"art and science - complexity from simplicity\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To see higher resolution videos and more information about this series <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christophermadden.art\/moving-image-contemporary-art\/video-list.html\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This video starts slowly. Don&#8217;t stop watching it during the first 20 seconds or so. 30 Interacting Disks Abstract moving image &nbsp;&nbsp; February 2015 An abstract moving image work from a series in which multiple copies of a single shape move and interact using simple computer algorithms, creating complex shapes.In this work 30 disks follow [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85,117,10,107],"tags":[55,67],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christophermadden.art\/contemporary-art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4069"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christophermadden.art\/contemporary-art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christophermadden.art\/contemporary-art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christophermadden.art\/contemporary-art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christophermadden.art\/contemporary-art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4069"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/christophermadden.art\/contemporary-art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8551,"href":"https:\/\/christophermadden.art\/contemporary-art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4069\/revisions\/8551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christophermadden.art\/contemporary-art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christophermadden.art\/contemporary-art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christophermadden.art\/contemporary-art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}