Flash

In addition to the superimposition of images, there is a time-based strategy of accumulation of variation in sequence. These two pieces use this technique. They also embed the curve within other systematic relations.

The animations came after an extended exploration of the Bezier curves (as described in the main project's documentation).

In the previous work, I had output instantiations serially; while each instance stood alone, it also had a relation to the sibling productions and to the parent system. Taken together, a series of instantiations implies the system. In the animated variations, the implication of the system becomes legible in time.

The project Bezier consists of experiments exploring the properties of the Bezier Curve – a workhorse of computer graphics. These elegant lines are the constituent elements of vector-based drawing and their mathematical basis finds its way into other aspects of visual display as well. For example, in motion graphics, the "ease-in" and "ease-out" functions used to create naturalistic movement can make use of bezier curves.