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It’s recently been suggested to me that since fractal art deals mostly in mathematical objects, it isn’t really art. It is true that the Mandelbrot set is only the graph of a recursive function; it is true that its structures are always the same. However, this in no way prohibits fractals from being art. My work is an art form in the same sense that photography is an art form; comparison between photography and fractal-art creation proves this. When I sit down to create, the first thing I do is pick a formula and begin surfing the depths of that fractal. The entire fractal itself—the graph of that formula—is no more art than a mountain or a forest is. However, the whole unadulterated fractal isn’t what constitutes the art. As I poke around within it, I’m looking for some small structure that strikes my aesthetic fancy, just as a photographer prowling the forest or the city looks for a scene worth shooting. One I find something that strikes me, I use framing and color to bring it out and show others what it says to me. The way I frame the scene, the colors I use, and the algorithms that bring out or hide away different parts of the scene are my tools, very much akin to the photographer’s lenses, camera angles, and lights.In short, it's not the fractal itself that constitutes my art, any more than the Rocky Mountains or the American Southwest make up Ansel Adams' art. Rather, it's the interpretation of the subject matter that makes up the creative element, in my work or anyone else's. |
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