Simulated Drawings - Spurious Engravings

exploring what computers do best - simulation.

Cephalic Atoll 

2001-2015

14 prints à 11 x 14 inch

pigment ink on fine art paper (12 plates)

pigment ink on glass, mixed media, (2 plates)  

in wooden box

Edition: 3 + 1 EA

The black and white information of a human brain MRI is used as a displacement map to create topography - a cerebral island, complete with landscape texture, ocean and passing clouds. 

A virtual camera pointing outwards is placed in the center of the island. It creates a 12 part panoramic view, turned into simulated ink drawings by a contour filter.