Ben Laposky

Ben Laposky was born September 30, 1914 on a farm south of Cherokee Iowa. At age 4 his family relocated to Colorado Springs. In 1942 Laposky join the US army as a technical sergeant, he was wounded in the right foot during a Japanese bombing raid at Rendona Island, Solomon Islands, in July 1943. Were he received the Purple Heart for his wounds. After spending 10 months in army hospitals. He was discharged in May 1944 and returning to his home town in Cherokee, Iowa. He became known as a mathematically and artist.

In 1950 Laposky began to experiment with cathode ray oscilloscope with sine wave generators and various other electrical and electronic circuits to create abstract art. He became known as the first person to use an analogue computer to help to create his graphic images. He called these images Oscillation.

In 1980 Laposky gave an interview with Arts Magazine that describes how he created his work. Here is a part of that interview that with Art Magazine

	" The color photos of the Oscillons were mostly made originally on Aero Ektachrome film, both 35mm and 4x5. This was used because it had good color density and contrast - also because it was less costly as surplus for some years. Exposures vary from 1/20 at f1.2 to f2, closeup at about 15 inches from scope screen. Cameras used were a Praktica and a Nikon. For the 4x5 work I used a B&J press with a German war surplus aerial lens, an f2 tessar if 120mmf.1. Most of the 35mm images were in motion in some or all of the traces (besides the electron beam motion itself). The 4x5 traces were taken at about 1/2 second, also at f2, and usually were static, the trace motion stopped by sync circuits in the oscilloscope. The black and white photos were made mostly on Linagraph film, a special high contrast film by Kodak for oscillograph photography. Some 4x5 work was done on Royal Pan and other fast films."
—Arts Magazine, "Ben F. Laposky: A Midwestern Pioneer of Absolute Light Form" June 1980

Laposky's art was published more than 160 times and displayed at more than 200 exhibitions before the emergence of computer graphics upstaged him in the mid 1960s.

Loposky died in 2000, after his death none of the 10,000 negatives he claimed to have taken have ever been found, and out of his original set of 102 mounted image only 101 remain.

SUMMER: Days of are Lives pt4

Over the last weekend I went to a family wedding. As we where waiting for the wedding to start my son and the main subject this project "Summer: Days of are Lives" began to play with his little cousin. This was the first time two has ever played with each other. As I began to cast an eye over two little boys, I became apart of their interactive play. A sense of communication began to develop between the two. Here is some images that where taken daring this time.

"The two meet" 16x24

"Hey you" 16x24

"down" 16x24

"UP" 16x24

Char Davies

Char Davies was born in 1954 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Originally a painter, Davies became interested in the possibilities of computer graphics and animation. In 1985 joined Softimage, shortly after its founding. She played many roles within the company, sitting on the board of directors (1988-1994) and serving as vice-president of visual research (1988-1994) and director of visual research (1994-1997). After leaving Softimage in the late nineties, Davies has started an active independent artistic career.

«Osmose», 1995
Phaedrus or Blue World

Davies creates a Virtual Reality (VR), These VR environments consists of dozens of distinct world-several archetypical realms. The way these images are view though a head- mounted display. Turning and leaning alters the view and a location on a vertical axis.

Osmose is a three-dimensional Cartesian grid which functions as an orientation space. With the immersant's first breaths, the grid gives way to a clearing. In the centre of the clearing is a tree, within whose leaves it is possible to enter.

'Tree' real-time frame capture'
from Osmose, 1995

In Osmose, breathing is being used in a very specific way, not only for the navigational aspects but also to help people reconnect to the body which puts them in a certain state of mind. Davies wants to bring the viewer into a state of calm. and this feeling is at the center of central to this work and indicative of her commitment to challenging the limits.

Tree Pond,
from Osmose, 1994-95

Night Lights Pt 2

Here are some more images I took on my way home the other night. This time, think of subject matter as a key element in creating an artistic piece. I used the interplay of light, shadow and the movement the camera to create these images. I used the movement of the lights create a gestural flow throughout these image.

"Parking lot 2" 16x24


"Blur" 16x24

"Walking East" 16x24


"Dashboard" 16x24


"Gestural Play" 16x24

Night Lights

Here is some images that I took will driving down I435 and Rosehill Dr in the Kansas city area. What I did was open the shutter on my Digital camera to 60 sec. Will I was moving around 65 miles. I hope you enjoy.

"Rosehill Road" 16x24

"I435 at 60" 16x24


"I435 and I35" 16x24

"Parking Lot" 16x24

"I435" 16x24

SUMMER: Days of are Lives pt3

Unlike the other images in this group these images where taken in the house where he was playing and exploring the objects around him. I feel that it is important document what he is exploring as he finds his way into a new world.

"Whats in here" 16x24

"Hi Daddy" 16x24

"Whats her phone number" 16x24