Dr. Clandestino at Geek Pop 2010!
Participação do Dr. Clandestino no festival online de música Geek POP 2010!
When I am working with FractMus and manipulating random algorithms, I inevitably come across something that intrigues me and I am sucked into the digital world. When I hear something extraordinary in a fractal, the inherent feeling I get is that it's not mine alone, it's for the world and I must share it with them. You see, the numbers have always been there. The mathematics of fractals has always been with us, we just haven't been able to process it until the computer era. Yet there are some who think, "I made this great fractal. I rendered it and here it is: my fractal!" My opinion is that even at the completely rendered stage, the fractal is not owned. It's the worlds fractal. The explorer just found it! Surely, a photographer does not claim, I saw this great forest of trees on a mountain. I took a picture of it, and here it is: my forest of trees on my mountain! Now that Ive expounded on this idea somewhat, you might understand the dilemma I have with fractal art. When does a fractal song fall under ownership? Is it the application of scripts chosen by the artist? Is it the moment a title has been slapped on it? At what point in the fractal exploration process can one call the fractal truly their own? This question has plagued me from the beginning. This is why I insist on altering a fractal song in some way to make it truly mine. Unless I have manipulated it in order to make it my own artistic statement, I do not feel right putting my name on it..
My theory is that enlightenment can be obtained through the introspective exploration of fractals. What can be truer than the fundamentals of mathematics? We know that we can add and multiply, subtract and divide for infinity and arent these the basic fundamental laws that hold reality as we know it together at the seams? We can see the principles of polarity at work in fractal mathematics, positives and negatives work together, not in opposition or conflict, but a united whole. This is a concept that Eastern cultures have been able to grasp for ages and it is the simplicity of this balance that inspires me even when creating intricate and chaotic fractal art. Through studying fractals, we can better understand our state of existence in a physical world in which infinity can be explained and explored, yet exist just within the realms of our mental grasp. Some theorists question the existence of infinity. After all, we cant prove that it does exist because it is completely unobtainable to us as individuals, but maybe through generations and generations of individuals it can be realized. Think of it this way, a Mandelbrot fractal contains smaller generations of self-similar Mandelbrot patterns, but the entire lot is considered one entity, the Mandelbrot set. Isnt it also true of humanity? In this way, fractals have caused me to open my eyes to the oneness of the human race. Will we, as a race continue forever in the infinite fractal loop? We could mutate, meld, learn and expand, continuing to form miniature near replicas of ourselves from generation to generation (well, unless we blow ourselves up, of course, but that's another subject entirely). In the end, though we are all unique in our individuality, we are all a part of the same entity. The human race..
I firmly believe that by engaging in free sharing of information, knowledge and expertise, a community can grow collectively in leaps and bounds. We see this happening already in our scientific projects like the Large Hadron Collider. Multiply this by infinity, and you might get a glimpse of how quickly humanity could progress if only everyone engaged in these activities..
Now, perhaps you realize the significance of fractal art to me.
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