Some Notes on VarLinS:



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To start Java Applet -click on image
(To bring up process menu: right click on Java image  when Applet is running)
Use left mouse button to control Interface buttons
Use browser navigation buttons to close or leave the process window

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This work, is a "parametrification" of NomadS (formerly Meta-Weaver).

Instead of being a compendium of separate works -the underlying principles have been categorized -and ordered -allowing them to be placed under individual (more detailed) control -having been integrated into a single "conceptual space" -with the menu reflecting the underlying parameters relating to the conceptual analysis which is used to categorize and define the space involved. A space which both contextualizes and creates the (new) work..

The "Box" feature in NomadS has become a "meta-space" which makes the "image area" variable. ("line" has been dropped -because it seemed to have no relevant equivalent in the new system). The "Fig" features have also been removed (for development separately -as these are more complex variations of the simple basic principles (of moving and plotting a variable object). In this case, the "object" can be constructed from (two or more) line segments,  the manner of connection of which can be, to a certain extent, determined by the control system.

Both Meta-Weaver and LinSys needed to be updated because of changes (by SUN) in the menu system prevented their correct operation in later versions of java.

Original Notes on LinSys:

This work is basically a Parametrification of MetaWeaver : The individual processes in the "compendium" having been integrated into a single " conceptual space " -with the menu reflecting the underlying parameters relating to the conceptual analysis which is used to categorize and define the space -which both contextualizes and creates the (new) work.

Because other distractions (and severe attention deficit disorder in the artist) have prevented "completion" of the work -some combinations of potential configurations work less effectively than others. The construction of a "grammatical" system which eliminated "bad" combinations would presumably save frustration by the user -but would also mask the significance of the problem.

mini screenshot of programme output


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