Having its roots in cinematic modes of presentation and spectatorship as well as in scientific simulation, data visualisation and statistics, the development of animation has been influenced by the paradigms deriving from these fields. Contemporary forms of animation enable an evolutionary endogenic design that is complex, transitory and emergent. The ‘spaces’ that are generated, differ from the outworn model of Cartesian space, that is, of a stable, ordered, inert, neutral and void space that is fully controllable through the use of Cartesian co-ordinates. Essentially therefore, the ‘spaces’ emerge from the fields of cymatics & Quantum Physics, the contexts of informationalism and connectivity.

The new kinds of space emerge through informational fields & flows, they are dynamically multi-causal, nonlinear, relational, irreducible and incidental, as constants have been substituted with variables. Consequently those spaces conform neither to the notions of ‘ground zero’, singularity and objecthood, nor and the norms of Modernist abstraction and disciplinary autonomies.

The architectural designer, theorist and academic Greg Lynn’s work is based on a creative investigation of the ways in which digital animation can be adapted as a tool for architectural design, through an in-depth engagement with the dialogue between architecture and animation and the ways the one changes the other. As we can see in Lynn’s work, Computer Aided Design provides the opportunity to “retool and rethink” architecture, as “calculus-based design” is introduced. Such a digital tool enables the creation of spaces of emergence, through non-linearbehaviour (interaction) and new kinds of geometry such as “motion or action” geometry, as termed by Lynn.

Please see Digimag online magazine for the full articles. There are two articles in this series. You can also see the Archives for Dr Eugenia Fratzeskou. Also available in Italian.

Visit SARCHA Associates  for more research updates.

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Drawing on the move

Sketchbook Pro – download this useful drawing app for your Smartphone

Drawing Physics Games

Numpty Physics 2D Drawing Game – interesting drawing physics game for download
Crayon Physics Drawing Game – this is an excellent example of a drawing physics game

Drawing with Brushes

Watercolour Brushes for Photoshop – something for your digital experiments

Drawing with Fractals

Canvas Drawing – great for creating backgrounds [use screendump]

Drawing with Light

Drawing by Tracing [Rotoscope]

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The very roots of the concept of interstitiality and interstitial space can be found in Plato’s definition of Χώρα (Chôra) that set the foundations of the concept of spatiality, place, and placing, while the influence of Plato’s cosmology is evident even in contemporary science. Alongside ‘Models/Ideals’ and their ‘imitations’, Chôra is defined as an ‘invisible and formless receptacle… of all becoming’ where ‘Forms’ are materialised, in a sense close to space.

The most important characteristic of Chôra [1] is that its relationship with its contents is a dynamic one, as Chôra interacts with its contents, while being simultaneously distinct from them in an “unexplainable and complicated way”. [2]

A continuous becoming takes place, as asymmetry causes motion and change. Chôra is full of unbalanced and heterogeneous forces; she is both “shaken and shaking”. [3] Shapes are created through ideas and numbers. In such creation of the universe, the elementary triangles of the elements are restructured. For instance, during the transitional phases of this creation process, cubes may be disorganised by been cut either at their edges or at the primary triangles from which they have originally derived, resulting in floating flat shapes. Diverse elements are “bonded” with each other through the use of mathematical analogies, so that, “intermediate definitions” are connected. [4] In such a way, a mathematical matrix characterises the Platonic Chôra and enables the ‘birth’ of forms. [5]

Please see Digicult magazine online for the full articles. There are three articles in this series. You can also see the Archives for Dr Eugenia Fratzeskou. Also available in Italian.

Visit http://www.sarcha.gr/ViewAssociate.aspx?associateID=134 for more research updates.

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Mel Strawn presents his second collection of drawings that can be viewed through is ebook (see link below).  Both representational and abstract drawings are included; many of the drawings are sketchbook, working drawings and some are integral to prints and paintings-reflecting a working life as an artist.

View Drawing2_MelStrawn

For more information visit Mel Strawn’s website: www.strawn-art.com or blog: www.melsbrush.blogspot.com

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The aim was to create a visual record of the objects which are important to us now, in 2010 – a kind of people’s encyclopedia.  The original call recieved a fantastic response.  The drawings recieved have been sent by all ages, and all abilities, and whilst the project has proved very enabling for the participants, the end result and the juxtaposition of all kinds of drawing styles portraying all kinds of objects is very powerful, and very telling. Because of AccessArt have extend the deadline, and to continue to invite audiences to contribute over a much longer period of time, and to let the project grow.

AccessArt are now looking for a partner to help us maximise upon this exciting project. They had originally intended to create an online gallery of the drawings, which they still intend do this, although the cost of doing this has obviously grown as the response from participants has escalated. Additionally they would also like to investigate the possibility of working with a partner to curate a physical exhibition of the images, and/or a publication.

Anyone out there interested in partnering with AccessArt to help us reach new audiences?

Please contact Paula Briggs, Director of AccessArt on 01223 262134, or by email: paula@ACCESSART.ORG.UK

For more information  about the project please visit: www.accessart.org.uk/?p=1564
To join the Studio Project: www.accessart.org.uk/studioproject/

For more information about AccessArt please visit the following websites:
Visual arts teaching and learning resources: www.accessart.org.uk/
Inspiring and enabling the use of sketchbooks in schools: www.accessart.org.uk/sketchbook/
Sketchbooks in Informal Learning: www.accessart.org.uk/sketchbookspace/

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This first video shows a brief history of the Google Doodle – the various designs for Googles logo on the home page. The video explores the origins of the Doodle and how creating these designs has created a worldwide community of contributors.

The Human Face

This video demonstrates the basics of sketching the human face. The outline of a face, drawn by creating an oval shape, is divided into equal proportions then features added. You might want to turn the sound down – the music gets really annoying after a while!

Adobe Illustrator 1.0

This Illustrator 1.0 demonstration is taken from the original VHS cassette released way back in 1987. Makes interesting viewing for those who have been using Illustrator over the years!

Take On Me – A-Ha

These two videos probably mean the most to those who grew up in the 1980′s. Take On Me was a landmark music video created for MTV whether you appreciate the finer points of A-Ha or not. The rotoscoping style and interesting story made it one of the most original music videos ever made. Here is the original video and also, a second video showing interviews with the animators and band.

The original MTV music video

The interviews

Tron

Following on from the previous 80′s theme is a video showing the making of the first mainstream computer animated film “Tron”, which was released in 1982 but overshadowed by the release of ET. This innovative and groundbreaking piece of work is often overlooked and underated.

Making a drawing video

If you can get past the awful introduction sequence, this video covers some of the basics [such as white balance, focus, exposure] of creating a live drawing video. One solution for digital drawing would be to download some screen capture software and record the screen whilst you draw with an input device – free software like http://camstudio.org/ would do the trick nicely [I used that to create the DRN demo video on the top right]. Download directly.

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Between Site-Specific Drawing and Spatial Digital Diagramming

by Dr EUGENIA FRATZESKOU (Author)

(Contact: eugenfratz@yahoo.com)

Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing (March 25, 2010)

ISBN-10: 3838351932

ISBN-13: 978-3838351933

Publication Abstract

Computers are considered to be highly ordered and overtly deterministic devices, offering predetermined outcomes. Nevertheless, the algorithmic paradoxes of an architectural software derive from the complexity of its infrastructure and cause non-linear processes of diagramming. According to the architect Bernard Tschumi, any “transformational sequence” (animation) is a kind of “operative drawing”: a “prescriptive” and thus, non-descriptive activity. Nevertheless, a “transformational sequence” is not, by definition, “operative”. Operative drawing emerges when the uncertainties of our reasoning, spatial perception and the paradoxes of digital diagramming, are creatively exposed. This can only happen through the superimposition, but not the material construction or cinematic projection, of a virtual spatial configuration onto its pre-existing actual referent. This inter-passage between a virtual (absolute, alienating) Cartesian space and an actual place is where the relationship between the digital and physical boundaries of built architecture can be delineated. Entering this inter-passage is entering a diagram itself: a destabilising, interpretative activity in progress.

Ordering:

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Books on Demand (BoD, Germany): http://www.bod.com/index.php?id=3435&objk_id=343759

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Dr Eugenia Fratzeskou : Keynote Lecture : Unfolding Space

Where: Dortmund, Germany
When: 27^th August 2010

More details to follow on:  http://isea2010ruhr.org/conference

Tickets & Registration: Online-Registration and advance booking have started: 15% discount by purchasing your tickets until 13 June 2010. Visit  http://www.isea2010ruhr.org/service/registration for more information.

About ISEA: The International Symposium on Electronic Art is one of the most important festivals for digital and electronic art. Being one of the projects of RUHR.2010 European Capital of Culture, this year the symposium will be held in Germany for the first time! At several venues in the cities of Dortmund, Essen and Duisburg, the festival presents current works and debates in Media Art worldwide. To that end, international artists and scholars will meet in the Ruhr metropolitan area. More than one hundred speakers will present recent developments in contemporary art and digital culture and exchange ideas with local creatives. All conference contributions have been selected in a peer-reviewing process by an international jury from over thousand proposals.

General information: http://www.isea2010ruhr.org/

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Nicholas Hutcheson

“Out there, you have a constant awareness of movement and time. Some of it is so slow – gigantic icesheets flowing towards the sea at seemingly imperceptible rates –  but then, you can also watch the sea water become ice, and weather fronts moving across the horizon.  And the majority of what makes up the landscape is frozen water. It’s defined by this ever-creeping whiteness – in compositional terms, a mass of negative space.”

In a response to how to capture this within his drawings, Nicholas began to play with making experimental short animations – these time-lapse drawings of the landscape.

You can view many more of these animations here: www.vimeo.com/album/231684

You can also see more of Nicholas’s drawings and work by visiting his website: http://nicholashutcheson.com/antarctic/flash_content/overview.html

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