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comment by b_b
b_b  ·  4641 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Untitled - 1991
Re: Recursive structure. Did you follow a formula, or were you just eyeballing a pattern?




alpha0  ·  4641 days ago  ·  link  ·  
It is a precision drawing, first drafted and then colored in. A geometric structure so it is spatially algorithmic - if I remember correctly, it was a trisected line with an extension at 30 degrees and a self similar grid can be obtained. This happens to be one instance of a possible tiling of the space. If you note, this panel has (discounting the border black blocks which would extend way out into a much larger surface) 3 degrees of recursion. The middle rectangle is identical to the overall image and also contains a tiny image of itself.
caio  ·  4641 days ago  ·  link  ·  
I looks a bit like the Golden Spiral. I like it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_spiral
alpha0  ·  4641 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Right, same exact idea, but if you note, with the simple Golden Section you only get to partition a space (n-dim) into two parts.