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the month of July, 1997, twelve young artists came to MIT to take a journey
through the worlds of mathematics and art. Using computers as well as traditional
media, these artists spent four weeks exploring the elements and operations
of transformational geometry through advanced projects in graphic design.
The "postcards" from this journey through Escher's world of geometry and
design show how mathematical functions such as rotation, dilation, and
translation can be used to create artistic effects such as movement, depth,
and emergent forms in a static, two-dimensional medium. Like the work of
the Dutch artist M.C. Escher (1898-1972) that inspires these pieces, the
results are both pleasing to the eye and provocative for the mind.
The artists would like to thank David Williamson Shaffer, Joseph Press, Laura Bouwman, Don Stidsen, Kimberly Alexander Shilland, Seymour Papert, William Mitchell, Mitchel Resnick, James Kaput, Paul Goldenberg, Thomas Gallemore, Benjamin Kou, Jason Han, Mary Leen, Arthur Ganson, Diane McLaughlin, Sonja Laska, Florence Williams, and Carole Li for their help, advice, and support in making this exhibit possible.
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