Recursive Digital Fabrication of Trans–Phenomenal Artifacts

Stephen BARRASS

Recursive Digital Fabrication of Trans–Phenomenal Artifacts

Stephen BARRASS

Creative & Cultural Practice

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Abstract

The concept of a trans–phenomenal artifact arose from a project to digitally fabricate a series of bells, where each bell is shaped by the sound of the previous bell. This paper describes the recursive process developed for fabricating the bells in terms of generic stages. The first bells fabricated with this process raised the question of whether the series would converge to a static attractor, traverse a contour of infinite variation, or diverge to an untenable state. Reflection on these early results encourages further development of the recursive fabrication process, and lays groundwork for a theory of trans–phenomenal artifacts.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	xCoAx 2013: Proceedings of the first conference on Computation, Communication, Aesthetics and X
Editors	Mario Verdicchio, Miguel Carvalhais
Place of Publication	Online
Publisher	COAX
Pages	139-151
Number of pages	13
Volume	1
ISBN (Print)	9789897460173
Publication status	Published - 2013
Event	International Conference on Computation, Communication, Aesthetics and X - Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy Duration: 27 Jun 2013 → 28 Jun 2013

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Computation, Communication, Aesthetics and X
Abbreviated title	xCOAX 2013
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Bergamo
Period	27/06/13 → 28/06/13

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BARRASS, S 2013, Recursive Digital Fabrication of Trans–Phenomenal Artifacts. in M Verdicchio & M Carvalhais (eds), xCoAx 2013: Proceedings of the first conference on Computation, Communication, Aesthetics and X. vol. 1, COAX, Online, pp. 139-151, International Conference on Computation, Communication, Aesthetics and X, Bergamo, Italy, 27/06/13. <http://2013.xcoax.org/pdf/xcoax2013-barrass.pdf>

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