Creation, that is to say
the act of creating, has always intrigued me. Specifically, where does the
genesis of the Idea come from? Often times, it is generated by the need to
solve some posed problem or resolve some issue. The seed idea is created
through the intentional actions that are born out of the need to resolve or respond
to some dynamic force or action with a set of defined goals. This is the process that enabled man to fly
with the evolution of airplane, and a tiny little robot to land and explore the
desolate grounds of Mars. But not all creation is generated with a specified
goal in mind, or is a response to a problem that needs resolution. Other acts of creation, be it the writing of a
book, composing of song or creation of a sculpture. Most often, but not always,
the idea is not generated with a specific goal in mind. It is born through
random imaginings and organic exploration. The act of creating becomes a
dynamic process where the end result is unknown and the possibilities endless. In
many instances there is an accidental aspect to the process where something is simply
discovered with absolutely no prejudice of thought or intent. I have often thought that it is these
products, regardless of what they may be, are the most intrinsically honest and
the most intriguing specifically because of the absence of artistic prejudice
and intent.
Below is a series of
images that were created from the elevations of a house that I am designing. As
anybody within the architectural industry knows, building elevations are simply
a tool to convey information to the contractor on what to build. Elevations are
simple diagrams that display heights, indicate material, and so forth.
Obviously, as I am designing the house, artistic intent and aesthetic judgments
are being infused into the design as it evolves, but not necessarily as a flat
composition of elements that visually interact with each other. The other
aspect of the images below that I find intriguing is that they are products of collaboration
between man and machine. The collaboration
of a machine (Asus laptop and Revit software) interpreting and rendering,
within its graphic limitations, an object that I designed. In other words, if I
decided to specifically to render these elevations either by hand, or with some
software program, the result would not have been the same. There are things the
computer either couldn’t understand, and utilized its default settings, that I
simply would not have thought of, even if I were trying to create a composition
of 2dimensional elements with varying colors, rhythms and textures.
Strip the elevational
aspect away from the images below and they become something else, something
that was discovered by accident, through a collaboration of man and machine. I
find the results most intriguing and reinforce the notion that the idea, the very
act of creation, the genesis of discovery and exploration, is often by mere
chance…..
And yes, the overlap of the black border is also by accident, and only reinforces the notion of this post!
RBP
4.18.13
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