Communicating with Machines: Bezier Curve as ‘Informational Ontology’

Novel methods of parametric processes have created a specific formal aesthetic; onewhich is similar to what the cultural theorist Siegfried Kracrauer referred to as a ‘massornament’ informing all scales of objects, from tooth brushes to buildings. These objectsare usually characterized as having smooth surfaces of free forms consisting of somehomogeneous plastic-like material, initially referred to within the architectural disciplineas ‘non-standard’ forms or ‘blobs.’ And while these complex surfaces are strikingin their appearance as buildings, the formal means employed to bring about thesecreations never seem to be rationally justified, or appear arbitrary. One way to accessthe aesthetic value of these new forms may be to delve into the industrial heritage ofmany of the curve tools employed in software programs used to create them.

Volume Editors
Robert Corser & Sharon Haar

ISBN
978-1-944214-03-6