Fragments of an Infinite Field #923

Monica Rizzoli

Exhibited
Fragments of an Infinite Field #923

“Fragments of an infinite field” is a compositional system in which an idealized plant species is generated and arranged in a potentially infinite field of foliage. The main environmental parameter of the composition is the determination of a season of the year. The season determines the landscape’s colors and defines specific phenomena for each of them, such as rain in summer, snow in winter, petals falling in autumn, and pollen in spring. The flower has several possible variables, which can be macro aspects, affecting the entire population of the species, or micro, affecting each individual of the species differently. For example, the number of petals can be equal in all individuals or not. The number of filaments and other structures of the flower can undergo minor deviations, generating small mutations. The confusion between the figure (plant) and the background (earth, sky, other natural elements) is fascinating from a compositional point of view. The background colors are, most of the time, colors present in the figures, often breaking the boundary between them and, therefore, generating chromatic masses. In this project I also intend to research the following question: How to create parameters that resemble a living organism's growth? In this sense, the project approaches digital morphogenesis and the development of procedural organisms.


Artist
Monica Rizzoli
Biography

Monica Rizzolli is best known for her computer so wares that transform environmental cues into landscape animations. The simulations explore themes such as: the image of the city, environmental psychology and the human perception of space. Rizzolli has exhibited in the US (MAK Center’s Artists and Architects, LA), Brazil, Germany, China and Spain. Awards include MAK Schindler Scholarship (MAK Vien- na) and Sweet Home (Hablarenarte, Madrid). Currently, she develops a series of educational projects related to art and technology, is part of the Contrast project (art, design and technology) with Tony de Marco and organizer of projects such as “Noite de Processing”, a meeting about code art. Born in São Carlos, Rizzolli a ended the IA-UNESP (Fine Arts, São Paulo, Brazil) and the Kunsthochschule Kassel (Drawing, Kassel, Germany). She lives and works in São Paulo.

Collected
September 13, 2021
Exhibited