Stone Fields: An Arrangement by Algorithm

Wednesday 10.05.2011 , Posted by Benjamin Starr

What appear to be precisely arranged circles of rock are actually far more complicated than what meets the eye. Italian designer Giuseppe Randazzo was inspired by the outdoor rock sculptures of Richard Long, deciding to create his own renditions based on computer algorithms, some simple, some complex. The brilliant white ‘rocks’ in his pieces are actually photo-realistic computer renderings, lending a level of near imposible precision and beauty to the works. Find out more about his Stone Fields at novastructura.net.

Above: Simple attractor exponential field
Below: Interferences from several spherical Perlin fields

Polar 2d Perlin field

Field based on y distribution

Field based on three attractors

Simple 1d linear polar field

Simple mono attractor linear field

Spherical Perlin field interference

Written by Benjamin Starr

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