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Reality and Imagination - for real (2024) Drawing by Elkement (Elke Stangl)

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Fine art paper, 11x8 in
  • Pencil on Paper
  • Dimensions Height 11.4in, Width 8.1in
  • Artwork's condition The artwork is in very good condition
  • Framing This artwork is not framed
  • Categories Science
An abstract structure from math. Celebrating the beauty of a seemingly simple function: Real and imaginary part of complex function 1/z - "Reality and Imagination". For the first time drawn traditionally on paper "for real". Geometric drawing - axonometry, creating the "3D view" from the view from above - "cloverleaf-like", placed in the center of [...]
An abstract structure from math. Celebrating the beauty of a seemingly simple function: Real and imaginary part of complex function 1/z - "Reality and Imagination".

For the first time drawn traditionally on paper "for real". Geometric drawing - axonometry, creating the "3D view" from the view from above - "cloverleaf-like", placed in the center of the drawing - and from the side - where circles become just lines. Graphite pencil, watercolor pencils, ballpoint pens.

The contour lines of these functions are actually just circles whose radii decrease reciprocally with height, and which are aligned along one point of the circumference. The towers of reality and imagination can be rotated into one another. I also often call them "trumpets" - it's 4 trumpets, two blue and two red ones, each opening up to an infinite circle.

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elkement is crafting virtual sculptures with code (no AI!) and with pencils - structures based on mathematical functions. Her art is based on and inspired by physics, engineering, and tech. Inspired by the aesthetics [...]

elkement is crafting virtual sculptures with code (no AI!) and with pencils - structures based on mathematical functions. Her art is based on and inspired by physics, engineering, and tech. Inspired by the aesthetics of vintage patent drawings and by Sir Roger Penrose’s handcrafted sketches, elkement is searching for the nexus of science and art.

elkement enjoys spotting the uncanny in the allegedly simple and mundane. Having created virtual three-dimensional structures with code, she is always searching for an unusual perspective to challenge preconceived notions. She often juxtaposes her visual art with her Found Poetry when she presents her art (at elkement.art).

Recurring motifs in elkement's digital art are diffraction patterns. Since early childhood, elkement had been fascinated by the pure spectral colors of the rainbow and by the physics underlying their creation. Forming structures from diffraction patterns that are both based on exact math and that resemble the patterns you actually see encapsulates the beauty of the phenomena as everybody can experience them, as well as the beauty of the underlying math. 

elkement is a physicist by training who fondly re her high school classes in descriptive geometry and fine art.

(In case you read this in a language other than English, it is an automated translation.)

This gallery profile was in March 2022. Profits for artworks created in 2022 go to Ukraine aid - to 'Cards for Ukraine' - a small, transparent organization helping Ukrainian refugees in Austria. 

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