My drawing machine consists of a remote controlled car, a constructed wooden holder for two markers, and a potentiometer switch. By soldering connections to the switches on the back of the chip in the remote control, I was able to program movements for the car. I had some issues in the beginning because…

            Though his work Casey Rea’s has explored the idea of letting go of order and structure with the use of “organic algorithms” and pushes the effect of randomness.  He touches on the fact that the early artist society and they’re work came from a time where art was strict and…

Hey everyone! I was checking into that book Casey Reas collaborated on, and I found a complete eBook of it on an MIT webpage. Just thought I’d share. 🙂 http://trope-tank.mit.edu/10_PRINT_121114.pdf Best, Brian VK

P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } Casey Reas begins his talk by stating that it has always been an artist’s job to maintain order. Artists are the ones who have created order and organization and provided people with an image that allows others to visuals abstract ideas. Reas then introduces the concept of bringing chaos into…

After watching the video all i can think is about how the guy has code that does random things and yet all i can think about is how this can be validated at all. If my family saw this my brother and father would both say that Casey Rea should be applying this technology for…

In his presentation Chance Operations, Casey Reas, delves into the new media art of software-generated artwork. As someone relatively unfamiliar with the field of artistic work I found his presentation to be not only informative but very enlightening. Throughout the presentation he established the history and progression of his artwork, also incorporating the work of…

Casey Reas, in his presentation, speaks about order and chaos which is reflected in much of his artwork. His art is taking chaotic elements and implying an order to create his art. These chaotic elements come from organic pieces such as human vision and spreading cancer cells to less organic chaos like television signals and…

In his talk, Casey Reas talks about the motivations and thought processes behind his work, particularly his generative art. Although he works with new media, he also references artists like Mondrian and Duchamp; his themes of chance vs. order draw on a history of playing with structure in modern art. Reas is interested in how…

Response to Reas Influenced by the Dada and Fluxus movements Casey Reas explores the role of order and chance through computer software to create art. Unlike other artists investigating “the system”, Reas is interested in breaking apart the notions of why the system exists and how the viewer responds to changes within that system. In…

Casey Reas presentation of his work was really interesting to watch because he explains different tools and processes that he uses to create his work. In the beginning he shows prints that he made and as he explained them it was hard to believe the amount of planning behind each piece. He wanted to create…

Casey Reas, a visual artist, presents us with the concept of history influencing art throughout decades. Reas introduces his audience to what he refers as order and chaos, which wraps up the concept that influence many artists till this day. Art has gone from the traditional period to a brand new concept of modern art….

Casey Reas starts his presentation by discussing chaos and order. He shows us some of his first programmed work from 1998 and he explains how he learned to start using precise geometry to make his work exactly how he wanted. Later in the presentation, Reas talks about something called Fractal Invaders, which uses a 5×5…