Computer Generated Art

1984 - present

This page represents the relatively limited amount of computer-generated artwork I have done on my own. (I've done plenty of computer work, but usually there has been a client or project involved - you can see that work in the Installation section.)

In the early days access to the good stuff (hardware and software) was quite restricted. Looking over these images now, I realize they are more a collection of science experiments than fine art.

The first three images were shot off the monitor at the Fantastic Animation Machine in New York in 1984. Exhibit one is my very first 3D digitized head - all editing of the polygonal mesh was done by tweaking arrays of numbers without any recognizable user interface. Exhibit two was a fake 3D environment using 2D paint strokes and Exhibit three was a jungle I created with Eric Hoffert. All colors were done by number - notice my fascination with Red, Green and Blue, literally.

The next three images created in 1991 are actually stereoscopic environments. The first was created for the Desert in the Garden Show in Stockholm and uses the colors, textures and motifs found in the actual installation. Viewers peered into a peephole to see it. For the next image, I scanned a handful of leaves and then floated them in 3-D space so that the viewer would have the feeling of being perched in the sky.

The final image shows a contemplative Neptune. The recurring topiary garden which also appears in the other two images becomes a chess set here.

The final three images are some characters I have been sculpting at Nichimen. I have been using motion capture data to get them to dance - the Pear-Shaped-Man does a mean mambo.

There will be more to come now that I have access to a computer which is not being rented by the hour...