My current focus in art is the visual nature of mathematics and numbers. In genreal, we use a number system that utilizes a base of ten for day to day living. In the background of our computer use is a number system of base two - the binary system. It is fascinating that the fastest thinking objects we have uses a series of ones and zeros to access not just numbers, but words and symbols. About a year ago I started playing around with binary numbers and what they look like. The challenge for me was how could I use them as a tool to create a two-dimensional artwork that looked interesting and had meaning beyond what it looks like.
As with many things, a little bit of conflict can push your ideas. I wanted to make a birthday gift for my father that had math content utilizing binary numbers. The actual birth date became the gift translated into binary code as a series of cells in which occupied one of two colors. Each of the colors was assigned a value of zero or one and the paint by number binary code began!
What does your birth date look like??!!
