Variations: Casey Reas
Guestbook: Casey Reas on the infinite space between Molnar’s hand-drawn sketches and her automated drawings
My current fascination in Molnar’s work is comparing the hand-drawn sketches to the automated drawings. The space between them is a world to explore. I can see the seed of an idea start in a sketch or diagram, then be pushed through the process of plotting, tuning, plotting, tuning, etc. The exhibition at the Beall Center was the first time I was able to see the sketches and raw computer plots side by side. It cracked open my understanding of Molnar’s work.
Casey Reas is an American software artist and educator based in Los Angeles. His works have been shown at museums and galleries around the world and are part of private and public collections, including the Centre Georges Pompidou and SFMOMA. Reas is a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. In 2001, together with Ben Fry, Reas initiated Processing, a widely popular open-source programming language and environment for the visual arts.
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