quasi constraint

Alfred Jarry

For fun, I have been making drawings that appear to have been made according to a constraint, alas no. The foremost consideration here, is of the aesthetic and the method is without the expected mathematical rigour. Simply cut and rearrange, however it does pay tribute to an OuPeinPo constraint, namely the Taquinoïde (or as we know it in England, the shuffle puzzle) by Jacques Carleman.

the privileges of being an amateur

 

The privileges of being an amateur means that I can appropriate mathematical systems, notions, etc for my own purpose. But it is more than that of course. Here, I decided to test the four colour theorem against poetry, which resulted in this visual exploration. 

More of this sort of work is on the graph theory page. 

Upcoming exhibition with the OuPeinPo

Draft flyer for the upcoming OuPeinPo exhibition. It was held in London in October, and will be travelling to Paris for a second showing in April. The dates are still to be finalised, but the vernissage is on April 6th. Santé!

 

Finally updated my news & bio page

 What was I doing for two years?

concrete poem / snowball emoji

Snowball is usually a poem in which each line is a single word, and each successive word is one letter longer...

snowball emoji poem - objects

snowball emoji poem - food

snowball emoji poem - animals

En Vient aux Maths

This animated portrait of Henri Poincare is on show, March until July, at the Institut Henri Poincare, Paris, as part of an Oupeinpo exhibition.
The animation has an underlying structure of a Petersen Graph, which is one of my current interests. Other works exhibited are similarly, differently, mathematical.
The vernissage featured readings by members of the Oulipo. Other events are expected, but not yet confirmed.

crossings

This is only about 3 seconds, so keep pressing play. It shows a cruciform mobius strip. Two intersecting mobius strips. This one orientates itself by having a hole in the base, so I'm not sure how useful it is in the study of topology; without the hole, maybe it has some interest. I have tried to ask a mathematician, but I don't necessarily have le mots juste. The crossing over of languages, the mathematician's and the accidental amateur's is an enjoyable exploration. Having a tangible object helps.

This mobius tells the story of Achilles and the tortoise. The tortoise slips through the hole and defeats Achilles.