Owl King
Posted on March 27th, 2010 in Faces of Chaos. 7 Comments.
What do you see? An owl, spider, space ship… something else? There is an incredible partnership between solid form and fine filigree-like structure in this artwork.
Mathematical Background
This artwork is a two-dimensional plot of the Lyapunov exponent of a chaotic dynamical system. The Lyapunov exponent is a measure of how chaotic the system is, and in this case, the system is a strange attractor with a four-dimensional phase space. Two of the dimensions are static, and the other two vary in the x and y directions of the image. A custom program renders four 16-bit grayscale images, which represent the different “components” of the spectrum of Lyapunov exponents. These images are combined in Photoshop using a pseudo-color technique to bring out subtle coloration in the final artwork.
7 thoughts on “Owl King”
On September 29, 2010 at 3:29 am, 9 obras de arte, diseño y algoritmia en ALT1040 (Ciencia) said:
[…] con fórmulas matemáticas provenientes de la física, bien controladas por el artista.6. OWL KING (Selikoff, 2010)Un trabajo bidimensional pintado a partir de la manipulación de un sistema […]
On September 29, 2010 at 6:01 am, 9 obras de arte, diseño y algoritmia » com3.es said:
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On September 29, 2010 at 6:11 am, 9 obras de arte, diseño y algoritmia | Tuiter.com said:
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On July 28, 2011 at 10:52 pm, Roberta said:
Grade A stuff. I’m uqnuestonialby in your debt.
On July 29, 2011 at 5:25 am, nathan said:
Thanks Roberta!
On September 29, 2010 at 10:23 am, 9 obras de arte, diseño y algoritmia | Estoy Informado said:
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On September 29, 2010 at 6:00 pm, 9 obras de arte, diseño y algoritmia said:
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