2017
archival pigment prints on hot press cotton rag created with electromyography (EMG) data-driven patterns
Commissioned by NYU Langone Medical Art Collection
New York, NY
24 H x 24 W in each
Two new prints for the Recursive Expressions series were commissioned by NYU Langone for their medical art collection. These prints were commissioned to accompany an acquisition including the first print in the series. Recursive Expressions uses electromyography (EMG) data collected while squinting to generate form. The numerical EMG data was visualized in custom software that was written to repeat, rotate, and randomly colorize EMG waveforms. The computer-generated images “weave” the waveforms together in both directions—warp and weft. While the overall image has a geometric, unified, and even tidy form, upon close inspection one can see the chaotic structure of each end of each waveform that has been altered “by hand”. Using a vector-imaging program, the flat zero value at the beginning and end of each waveform has been teased out and reshaped to create a woven fabric-like appearance to the overall image.
Two new prints for the Recursive Expressions series were commissioned by NYU Langone for their medical art collection. These prints were commissioned to accompany an acquisition including the first print in the series. Recursive Expressions uses electromyography (EMG) data collected while squinting to generate form. The numerical EMG data was visualized in custom software that was written to repeat, rotate, and randomly colorize EMG waveforms. The computer-generated images “weave” the waveforms together in both directions—warp and weft. While the overall image has a geometric, unified, and even tidy form, upon close inspection one can see the chaotic structure of each end of each waveform that has been altered “by hand”. Using a vector-imaging program, the flat zero value at the beginning and end of each waveform has been teased out and reshaped to create a woven fabric-like appearance to the overall image.
