Robert Trempe: Connections
Artist(s):
Title:
- Connections
Exhibition:
Creation Year:
- 2007
Medium:
- Vector line mapping generated from the contour sectioning of NURBS-based surfaces, printed on a large format printer
Size:
- 49 cm x 69 cm
Category:
Artist Statement:
Mapping quantitative information into a qualitative construction is a powerful means of generating beauty from data. This work maps the relationships of chance in GDP (gross domestic product) per country or region over the course of five years (2000-2005). Of great importance
to this exercise was determining a method to show both the gradients of change within a country’s GDP and the influence and overlap of one country’s GDP over another, producing a gradient through lines. Simple dots represent major cities, capital cities, and industrial centers throughout the world.
Technical Information:
Construction of the data began with a series of NURBS surfaces [in Rhino] with identical x/y dimensions, using one surface for each country or region. The CVs of each surface were then pulled about the Z axis (height) in accordance with the numerical value of the GDP for that country or region. A series of contours parallel to the ground plane were cut through each surface at repetitive increments. The resulting
NURBS curves were then post-processed in Adobe Illustrator for consistency and transparency.
