The artist I am focusing on today is Jessica Rosenkrantz from the Nervous System art studio. Her work takes scientific theory on pattern formation in nature to create algorithms for design. What I admire about her work is that I can recognize what these generative patterns remind me of in nature. For instance, her project Porifera (2018) resembles a sea sponge. And her project Growing Objects (2014) resembles a crystallized snowflake. I don’t if these were patterns she was drawing from, but having that reference for me grounds these highly computerized projects into a context I understand. Jessica graduated from MIT in 2005 with degrees in biology and architecture, then from Harvard’s Graduate School of Design (for architecture) in 2008.
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[OLD FALL 2020] 15-104 • Introduction to Computing for Creative Practice
Professor Tom Cortina • Fall 2020 • Introduction to Computing for Creative Practice