San Base
Canadian artist born in Russia
Painter and Mathematician.
Came upon this process through traditional painting and lack of canvases in USSR post economic collapse.
Found himself subconsciously using colours that would harmonize with the content underneath, became interested in this process and the and stated deliberately transforming his pictures over and over again, now his painting had a new dimension, time.
Decided that this painting process was a slow way to achieve this process and put his mathematics and programming skills to creating his new art on computer swapping screen for canvas.
Differs from much of the other generative art by the amount of control particularly over Composition. San carefully chooses the palette, components and composition rules for each painting as well as rules for the transitions, he writes shaders to achieve the electronic brush strokes for each painting.
My interest in temporal art often comes from art in nature ,clouds sunsets, light on mountains, a crash of waves, the beauty of the moment.
Sand castles, a brief laugh or twinkle of the eye. The memory of the moment. The long for whats no longer there and the surprise of what about to be.
I’m interested in ambient animation and interactive art.
An artwork that can live a life of its own, or one that you can play with.
Inspired by
Brian Eno
ipod art apps
Interactive art
Bright Nights, Union Square Park, NYC 12/8/06
Zack Booth Simpson – 22TW gallery talk – 2005
Info about San Base
http://www.sanbase.com/art/technology.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/san-base-computer-graphics-avant-garde,1639.html