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Mandala (occam’s razor) Cruft

January 3rd, 2012 | art, cruft, mandala | Permalink

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Mandala Cruft
This cruft algorithm extracts an image from the CNN home page once every eight hours. The image is then processed into a mandala, with the addition of the original source image and caption. CNN presents a constant stream of images of violence, potential terrorism, and the imminent hurricane or earthquake, as well as the daily dose of political polarization. As an artist I want to take these powerful source images and convert them into equally powerful images of peace. I hope you enjoy them, while also being reminded of the transformation from which they were created.

http://www.robertspahr.com/work/mandala/

Mandala 11 (self-portrait)

December 29th, 2011 | art, mandala | Permalink

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Mandala 10 (study #7 for a cruft)

December 29th, 2011 | art, mandala | Permalink

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Mandala 9 (study #6 for a cruft)

December 29th, 2011 | art, mandala | Permalink

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Mandala 8 (study #5 for a cruft)

December 28th, 2011 | art, mandala | Permalink

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Mandala 7 (study #4 for a cruft)

December 28th, 2011 | art, mandala | Permalink

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Mandala 6 (study #3 for a cruft)

December 26th, 2011 | art, mandala | Permalink

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