"Chaos and Computation" Lecture – April 6th

"Chaos and Computation" Lecture – April 6th

Image above: a Harmonogram of Ivan Moscovich, from 1968. Not a chaotic artwork, but definitely a generative one. On April 6th, I’ll be giving a lecture in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. The talk is called The Confluence of Chaos and Computation in Generative Visual Art and will be an expanded version of the talk I gave at the AMS meeting last November. I’ll be speaking twice, first at 12:30pm at the Lake Worth Campus, Room NS129 and later at 6:00pm at the Eissey Campus, [Read More...]

Alluvial Fan II

Alluvial Fan II

Part of what inspires me about this form is its resemblance to aerial photographs of river deltas and other geological phenomena. Perhaps it is a minimalistic interpretation of what an alluvial fan looks like from above.

Sprites

Sprites

I found these intriguing lightning creatures hidden in the infinite possibilities of strange attractor space. It turns out there is an electrical phenomenon that happens high above thunderclouds, called a sprite.

The Art of Nathan Selikoff Opens at Palm Beach State College

The Art of Nathan Selikoff Opens at Palm Beach State College

From Maxine Schreiber on the West Palm Beach Fine Arts Examiner: Those who attended the opening reception on February 16th were treated to an informal lecture by the brilliant young artist. For those who missed the opening, on Wednesday, April 6, Selikoff will give two visiting artist lectures titled, “The Confluence of Chaos and Computation in Generative Visual Art.” The first lecture takes place in Room NS 129 in the Natural Science building on the Lake Worth campus, 4200 Congress [Read More...]

Process & Influence Opening Reception (photos by Steve Wimmer)

Process & Influence Opening Reception (photos by Steve Wimmer)

View the photos on Flickr View the photos on Facebook Last Wednesday, Feb 16th, I had an opening reception for my first solo exhibition, down in Palm Beach Gardens, FL. A huge thanks to Steve Wimmer for photographing the opening. And a huge thanks to my wife, Karla Walter and all the other folks at Palm Beach State College, my family, and my friends for helping make this happen! For all my Orlando friends that wanted to go but couldn’t [Read More...]