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Illoominated 2 was in Aurora, Illinois this fall at @aurorapublicart gallery for Lumenaura Festival.
For those who are asking, the video and artwork were created by @11d.agency !!
Some of the other artists you might see (inside the gallery) include @robin.wobbles @art_pacojfs2 @amy_tannenbaum78 @warriorsperry @fundthemental__ dadasoulface @talento_creations @chatitosart @issaxartt @anton___ant (let us know if we missed you), plus many others outside in the festival.
20 E Downer Pl, Aurora, IL 60505
With @monochronicle_network in @cityofaurorail
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I've seen some art that makes me shake my head at modernity. This, THIS, is incredible. A marvellous concept executed with aplomb.
What witchcraft is this 😮🙌❤️
This was one of the coolest installations I’ve ever seen when I first encountered it in Portland. Very well done.
Full circle moment for computer programming
You know what’s really cool though? Actual weaving - like with cotton or wool or silk, it’s amazing, and you can make really useful things like clothing that isn’t plastic or tote bags for groceries! There’s even weaving patterns that hold liquid! I mean true, textiles don’t generally emanate light but they don’t need to be plugged in either! Lazers and projectors are super cool too but personally etc etc and so forth. ..
I really appreciate the cord management in this! And the attention to details—the rate of spin of the spools, the fact that the beams run back and forth on the spools, the handle of the (printing press? Wait a minute) turns at the rate of the tapestry coming out… really clean work! Not to mention the actual construction—bending the screens, etc 👏👏👏 It’s a cool piece and it’s beautifully executed. Ton of work to make it look that simple. 👊
From the poster that accompanies the piece: Going back to the 1700s, looms have been surprisingly complex machines and precursors to mechanical and then later, electric computers. In 1804, the Jacquard loom was patented, which stored data mechanically and used punch cards to program various patterns. Soon after, Charles Babbage worked on the Difference Engine and Analytical Engines, early mechanical computers that used many techniques taken from the loom. Babbage has been credited as the "father of the computer", but it was actually his protégé, the precocious Ada Lovelace who saw beyond mere calculation and imagined machines that could be programmed to do anything.
"Turing Complete" refers to any computer, whether mechanical, electronic, or biological, that is sufficiently advanced that it can simulate the behavior of any other computer. The term "computer" is used loosely, because it can be any system that supports certain basic functions. One of those systems is cellular automata, a type of algorithm which is used for the generative output of Illoominated II (seen on the tapestry). In this case, the system is a 6-state, 1-dimentional rule-universe described by the number 62556620991588118164089965300297552193934650966268789830.
We can see complex emergent behavior from the simplest of algorithms, and perhaps the emergence life itself, with universes existing inside other universes via Simulacra and Simulation.
Idk this fabric seems a little light for a blanket
Be really cool if this was actually real. /yawn
How did you get the variance for this past the CDRH?
I would simply watch this for hours
Legit mind blown. This makes me think of mentions in Dolores Cannon’s work of reality being written and recorded on a cosmic tapestry. Stunning.
How are the lasers visible?
I already miss walking by this nightly 😢 but also, CONGRATS!!
This is incredible. We just saw it at the Portland Winter Light Festival. We went back night after night. BRAVO.