人算不如天算
I was asked to make a blog for the NYU IMA Low Res graduate program. (I started with no tangible experience in interaction design.) Math is nature’s poetry, and these are just diary entries.
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I was asked to make a blog for the NYU IMA Low Res graduate program. (I started with no tangible experience in interaction design.) Math is nature’s poetry, and these are just diary entries.
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WHAT: IMALR-GT-102
If you want to know where I am while I’m writing this, you need to know at least two coordinates: a latitude and a longitude (unless I’m in the sky or for some reason, underground- in which case, you also need my altitude/depth). However, Einstein’s Theory of Relativity claims that there is a fourth temporal dimension: time. To accurately describe an event, you also need to know when it occurs.
Within this theory, I’m particularly fascinated by the idea of wormholes and their potential to connect parallel universes. This sketch is an attempt to visualize my understanding (maybe belief is the better word) of the construct of time. It is yin and yang. Contraction and expansion. Fluid and still. Forever seeking balance.
Perlin noise was a fabulous function to explore here. It is structured chaos, compared to the anarchy that is the “random();” function. I was hoping to be able to create more of an expansion/contraction effect where the circumference of the circle would also appear to have a slightly denser concentration of “time loops” fading outward; however, I wasn’t quite able to figure that out... I also would’ve loved to explore particle systems, but I didn’t quite get there either.
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I wonder- In a universe tangent to ours, am I still sitting across from her writing this? Or, am I sitting across from you, in a firelit cabin, reviewing our grocery list?
Sources:
The Coding Train - Perlin Noise
The Coding Train - Noise Vs. Random
The Coding Train - Graphing Noise
Inspiration: Roni Kaufman