> New Turbulence Commission: Ekpurosis by Xavier Pehuet
> http://turbulence.org/Works/hollow/index.html

i have visited this piece several times over the last few days. my most recent visit was the
longest one so far; i spent about an hour with it.

this is among the most visually/algorithmically interesting algorithmic art works i've seen. the
audio is quite good also; you take your cue as much from the audio as the visuals concerning the
state of the progress; the audio builds and changes, subsides as you go through it, and some of
those scenes when the audio is pounding and the screen is flashing are viewable for at least a
minute.

i like the mixture of approaches here. some of it is symmetrical/geometrical, some is not. some
is quite abstract, some is playing with representation. the representational aspect appears, is
suggested, and as quickly shifts or copies quads. the theme, Ekpurosis, of cosmic regeneration
is well-suited to this dynamic sort of work.

i like the intensity of approach and the length and unfolding of this meditation on the image
and sound.

you can see relation with the work of servovalve (also from France), say, as in "ligne de ville"
at http://www.servovalve.org/2000/1230/1230.html or "urbanizer" at
http://www.servovalve.org/2003/0104/0104.html . This is 'imaging lingo'. flash is good with
vector animations, but director works with bitmap animation very well. Pehuet is using
Director's ability to copy and deform bitmaps and parts of bitmaps, down to the pixel (or larger
areas) with subtle gusto.

for those curious about learning 'imaging lingo', a good place to start, assuming you know
Director and some Lingo, is http://mediamacros.com/item\_files/1006687089/devcon.zip ; this is a
Director .DIR file by Chuck Neal of www.mediamacros.com , one of the best Director resources
sites. This .DIR shows how to use many of the 'imaging lingo' commands in not all elementary
ways. It is by no means 'all there in that .DIR file', but the stealthy .DIR reader will
nonetheless find it fascinating.

i see Xavier has also worked with Jean Luc Lamarque on Pianographique and has a site of his own
at http://seelans.net .

it really ekpurosises me (oop!) to see work like this! thanks!

ja


> June 16, 2003
> New Turbulence Commission: Ekpurosis by Xavier Pehuet
> http://turbulence.org/Works/hollow/index.html
>
> EKPUROSIS is a micro-universe in a cycle of random regeneration. Pehuet
> invites the user into an environment that is constantly mutating and to
> which users may contribute. Mouse movements and clicks propel the work
> forward, and users