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From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyberculture <cyberculture@zacha.org>
Subject: becoming-digital
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 23:33:31 -0400 (EDT)
large tree-scan world images similar to a scanning electron microscope, two images of a moving tree with enormous detail were stitched together, warped, merged, and analyzed at every stage. the result is a planetary configuration; one can travel for at least an hour or two through the detailing. at times threads or tubes appear; at times there are planes, sharpened edges, odd holes and gaps. a tetrahedral mapping was employed. it is this _acute_ exploration of acute angles of inner worlds that fascinates me. the mp4 file is small and an enormous amount of detail is lost, but you get the idea. there are videos as well of course. here is the resurrection of encapsulated movement-into-landscape of a five-story tree outside the virtual environments laboratory at west virginia. http://www.asondheim.org/treee.mp4