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Tilt-Ikeda

Creative coder Patricio Gonzalez Vivo has been developing many graphical shaders for maps recently, and his latest is a tribute to well-renowned tech artist Ryoji Ikeda.

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A so-called Brocken Spectre as seen in the Tatra mountains in Zakopane, Poland. A Brocken Spectre is a rare optic phenomenon that can be observed in mountains when an observer standing on higher altitude can see his own shadow cast onto a cloud at a lower altitude below him. The head of the figure is often surrounded by rings of coloured light.

Mathematical Spirals

According to Wikipedia, a spiral is a curve which emanates from a central point, getting progressively farther away as it revolves around the point (similar to helices [plural for helix!] which are three-dimensional). Pictured above are some of the most important spirals of mathematics.

Logarithmic Spiral: Equation: r=ae^bθ. I must admit that these are my favorite! Logarithmic spirals are self-similar, basically meaning that the spiral maintains the same shape even as it grows. There are many examples of approximate logarithmic spirals in nature: the spiral arms of galaxies, the shape of nautilus shells, the approach of an insect to a light source, and more. Additionally, the awesome Mandelbrot set features some logarithmic spirals. Fun fact: the Fibonacci spiral is an approximation of the Golden spiral which is only a special case of the Logarithmic spiral. 

Fermat’s Spiral: Equation: r= ±θ^(½). This is a type of Archimedean spiral and is also known as the parabolic spiral. Fermat’s spiral plays a role in disk phyllotaxis (the arrangement of leaves in a plant system). 

Archimedean Spiral: Equation: r=a+bθ. The Archimedean spiral has the property that the distance between each successive turning of the spiral remains constant. This kind of spiral can have two arms (like in the Fermat’s spiral image), but pictured above is the one-armed version. 

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Daylight

Digital art display service which focuses on presenting works of local artists in local spaces:

By using new technology, Daylighted transforms places such as hotels and restaurants into digital art galleries and offer them an opportunity to easily display and sell an exclusive collection of art from worldwide and local artists.

Artificial ███████ Machine

Data installation by Polygon Future presents info on drone strikes with toy gunshots and details printed in receipt paper:

Artificial Killing Machine is an autonomous interactive mechanical installation.  This time based work accesses a public database on U.S. military drone strikes.  When a drone strike occurs, the machine activates, and fires a children’s toy cap gun for every death that results.  The raw information used by the installation is then printed.  The materialized data is allowed to accumulate in perpetuity or until the life cycle of either the database or machine ends.  A single chair is placed beneath the installation inviting the viewers to sit in the chair and experience the imagined existential risk.  

Shard Party June 2015 Mike Creighton

Shard Party was a contribution to the PDX Creative Coders group project called C.A.R.D.S. (http://thecardsproject.com). Ten Portland artists were asked to participate, each creating a series of 150 unique code-generated images. The images were then printed as art trading cards and bundled into packs of 10 (one card from each artist).

This series was written in Processing (http://processing.org), with the additional help of toxiclibs (http://toxiclibs.org) for geometry creation and Sunflow (http://sunflow.sourceforge.net) for the global illumination rendering engine.

A reminder that the inside of the cell is as beautiful as outer space.

Digital Renders by Evan Ingersoll & Gael McGill

Stephen Shames: Street Kids

The world has an estimated 150 million street children—some as young as six years old. On the streets they fall victim to violence, abuse, and are unable to attend school or learn a trade. They work begging, picking up trash, as porters, in markets, washing cars. Unable to continue in school or earn a decent living, and entirely without adult guidance, many are driven into crime and prostitution.

The pictures were taken in nine countries on five continents: Romania, Brazil, Bangladesh, India, Philippines, Honduras, Uganda, Kenya, and Vietnam.