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Mimesis/Synthesis

Images
Date
October, 2010
Medium
software
Java
Processing
plotter
pen
vellum

In these plotter drawings two systems of representation are contrasted: mimesis, wherein the form of the representation is derived through a process of imitation; and synthesis, wherein the form is derived by a process of virtual ontogenesis -- that is the form is made in a way analogous to the process of growth in the referent.

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