2010/09/03

squangle


romeo, squangle, © 2010 by revad david riley
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One component from a continuing line of enquiry exploring visual cyphers constructed from basic geometric shapes.

Inspired by Mel Bochner's lists; Sol LeWitt's serial investigation of incomplete open cubes and use of pamphlets as a record; Victor Vasarely's use of circle, square and triangle in his plastic alphabet; this quote "...what one does essentially as an artist is that you create a highly limited situation in which to operate and then you use it in such a way that people don't think it’s limited at all..." from Michael Craig-Martin talking to John Tusa in Tusa's book The Janus Aspect; and my own use of logic and number sequences as a 20th Century systems engineer.

The complete SQUANGLE series can be explored further here.

And there is also a book available from blurb.com.


squangle, © 2010 by revad david riley
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template update

I have tweaked the width of the columns and been editing back the number of labels used on each post. The aim with labels is to allow the cloud archive in the side-bar to reflect my major interests without becoming cluttered with too many secondary ideas.

If you remember something and can't find it then just e-mail me and I will send you a link by return.

the logic and influence of circle and square


circle or square, the logic and influence of circle and square,
© 2009 by revad david riley

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One component from a series based upon the truth tables of the basic one and two input logic functions: not, and, or, nand, nor, xor and xnor.

The complete series can be viewed at revad.com.

2010/09/02

circle and square phi gesture


315, circle and square phi gesture, © 2009 by revad david riley
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One component from the crossover of three lines of enquiry: phi, circle and square, and gesture.

The complete series can be viewed at revad.com

circle and square phi


180 rotation, circle and square phi, © 2009 by revad david riley
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One of a series of nine components made to be installed as a 3 x 3 grid.

The complete series can be viewed on revad.com.

2010/09/01

co-od-de


od, co-od-de, © 2009 by revad david riley
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One of a sequence of three coded images exploring the fusion of analogue and digital.

The series can be viewed at revad.com.

2010/08/31

seven gestures


seven gestures deconstructing unlikeness, psa exhibition installation,
© 2008 by revad david riley


An installation made for an exhibition on the theme of Process, Surface and Abstraction.


gesture : n : t, seven gestures colour and contour, © 2008 by revad david riley
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Following on from the exhibition piece came a series exploring colour and contour.
The full series can be viewed at revad.com.

2010/08/30

shakespeare's vowels


sonnet #1, shakespeare's vowels, © 2008 by revad david riley
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A deconstruction of Shakespeare's sonnets. Each sonnet has been reduced to the vowels and then displayed in a very specific way.

Here we see just one of the one hundred and fifty six sonnets reduced to vowels and organised as a print.

There is a book containing all one hundred and fifty six reductions - now available at blurb.com.


shakespeare's vowels, © 2008 by revad david riley
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Please consider the book to be an art work rather than a conventional book.

Also sonnet #1 is chanted as vowels over at revad.com.

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2010/08/28

new template

The new blog template is done.

There is now more room for images of up to 600 # 550 pixels wide and a cleaner more spacious feel overall. The colours are also a closer match with revad.com, which should give less of a jolt when linking between the two.

# updated 2010-09-01

near 300 places


near 300 places, 88 weeks near 300 places, © 2008 by revad david riley
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The static component from an unusual diptych marrying a drawing and a data driven video. A fusion drawing made from a large permanent marker pen on art paper drawing and digital wash overlays.

The diptych can be viewed here. You may need to wait for the video element to load.

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2010/08/27

blog template update

I am massaging a new template into shape, so things might change a bit over the next few days. Please bear with me until things settle down.

2010/08/26

ba dissertation wordle


wordle, ba dissertation, © 2010 by revad david riley
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A first look inside my BA dissertation: the logic and influence of circle and square. This wordle gives you a flavour by exposing the most used keywords from what is a thesis of some 6,500 words.

I am debating with myself as to whether or not I publish a PDF of the thesis.

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random : x : y


random : 8 : 1, random x : y, © 2007 by revad david riley
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This was a fun series to make. (With their permission) I used the work of fellow students as seed material to feed a rule based process. This is one outcome from merging the work of two fellow students and the predefined rules I designed.

There are eight components in the series which can be viewed here.

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