Charles A. Csuri: Aging Process
Artist(s):
Title:
- Aging Process
Exhibition:
- SIGGRAPH 2006: Charles A. Csuri: Beyond Boundaries (1963-present)
- More artworks from SIGGRAPH 2006:
Creation Year:
- 1967
Medium:
- Ink on paper, IBM 7094 and drum plotter
Size:
- 38 x 94 cm (15 x 37 in)
Category:
Artist Statement:
Within the process of image creation, the artist can delegate to the computer decisions that are at a lower level of the control hierarchy. He defines the elements and rules, which the computer has to follow. The elements might be flies and the rule chosen might be an equation that deals with conformal mapping. In one of his early works, Flies on the Miller Transformation (1967), Csuri had the computer generate a large number of flies. With a pseudorandom number generator, they were distributed and positioned in the region of a triangle. The flies then were mapped into the region of a half-circle. Another example is the morphing of a young woman into an elderly woman in the Aging Process (1967).
The drawings were broken down into line pieces, representing the elements to be manipulated. The rule then defined certain parameters of the dissolution of the young woman and the emergence of the old woman. All these procedures contained a certain aspect of surprise, although all events in the computer are strictly deterministic. Today, Charles Csuri says that these procedures have changed his “conception of control” and creativity:
“When I did a traditional painting, I was thinking in terms of start, beginning, and some end point–a painting, a drawing. Today I don’t have the expectation in the same way. I explore the computer as a search engine for art. I am hoping that when I set up that environment, there will be something I cannot think of.”
Already, while he was using the pantograph, Csuri started playing with the notion that he could not anticipate or imagine the result of the rules be had set up. In one of his first articles on computers and art, he stresses that the computer can help to overcome certain “set producing tendencies;” certain patterns of thinking. The artist “usually gets only slight variations on a basic structural theme. A mathematical orientation toward visual problem solving can enable the artist both to break down his biases and to express another range of solutions.”
All Works by the Artist(s) in This Archive:
- Charles A. Csuri
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Sine Curve Man
[SIGGRAPH 1986] -
Leonardo Man
[SIGGRAPH 1986] -
Hummingbirds
[SIGGRAPH 1986] -
Ritual Dance
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Ritual Dance
[SIGGRAPH 1996] -
Goldenmask
[SIGGRAPH 1996] -
Sinescape
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
After Paul Cézanne
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
After Paul Klee
[SIGGRAPH 1998] -
The Past Casts Shadows
[SIGGRAPH 1998] -
Hummingbird
[SIGGRAPH 1986] -
Grass
[SIGGRAPH 1986] -
Anima 2
[SIGGRAPH 1986] -
Real-time Art System
[SIGGRAPH 1986] -
Hand
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Aging Process
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Origami Swallows
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Computer Films
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
She's Watching Superman
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Contemplation
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
After Albrecht Dürer
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
After André Derain
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
After Jean-Auguste Ingres
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
After Pablo Picasso
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
After Francisco Goya
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
After Albrecht Dürer’s Study of Genti...
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
After Paul Klee
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
After Piet Mondrian
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Dignified Lady
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Five Faces
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Bearded Man in a Circle
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Leonardo da Vinci Series
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
3D Path and Transformations
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Sketch Flying Around the Drawing
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Stereo Pairs
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Man Moving Through N-Space
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Sine Waves Scramble
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Sine Curve Man
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Sine Curve Man
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Hummingbird II
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Aging Process
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Birds in a Hat
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Numeric Milling
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Plotter Drawing of Numeric Milling
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Random War
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Feeding Time
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Silent Statues
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
A Child's Face
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Caroline
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
The Hungarians
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Death of My Father
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Faces
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Mask of Fear
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Brick Landscape
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Cosmic Matter
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Gossip
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Wondrous Spring
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Dance of the Sorcerers
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Surrealist Dream
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Golden Mask
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
A Happy Time
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Garden Lovers
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Horse Play
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Political Agenda
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
ribbonVASES
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Horse and Rider
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
A Frozen Moment
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Balancing Act
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Clearly Impressive
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Aurora
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Dream Gazing
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Raphael Voglass
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
doodleFourteen
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
19th Century Space Station Frame 0321, s...
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Coral Frames 0001–0050, afish series
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
texturePERHAPS
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Strawscape
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Entanglement
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Brick Figures
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Coral Frames 0501, 1050, 1401, 1601, afi...
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Venus in the Garden Frame 73, venus seri...
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Venus in the Garden Frame 127, venus ser...
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Venus in the Garden Frame 64, venus seri...
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Origami Flowers Frame 89, simpleFLRS ser...
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Emily’s Scribbles Frame 300, fishscrib...
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Festive Frame 47, leo series
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Glorious Grass Frame 28, bush series
[SIGGRAPH 2006]