Frank Smullin: Labayrinth of Data List
Artist(s):
Title:
- Labayrinth of Data List
Exhibition:
Creation Year:
- 1981
Medium:
- Sculpture (working drawings), Corten steel cylinder
Size:
- 111 x 135 x 120 in.
Category:
Keywords:
Artist Statement:
The sculptures were designed and fabricated with an interactive computer technique that I have developed over the past 8 years. The model for the cylindrical network is a mathematical one consisting of orthograph gonal coordinates of the intersections of cylinder axes, a list of connections between these vertices, and the diameter of the cylinders. Analysis, graphic inspection and modification of the model is accomplished by invoking a variety of vector operations encoded in my program, SCULPT. At present the programs are in PLI, accessed under TSO. The graphics have been plotted on CALCOMP and on a TEKTRONIX 4052 using PLOT-10 Terminal Control System. The actual sculpture is fabricated using mitering data and templated drawn either on the plotter, by an analog device that I invented or by standard projective geometry graphics.
Technical Information:
Hardware: Calcomp 1051 plotter, Amdahl 470-V8, Tektronix 4052
Software: Frank Smullin, Perspect
Affiliation Where Artwork Was Created:
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
