Artist post- Pascal Dombis

Pascal Dombis is a digital artist living and working in Paris. He first received a degree in Engineering from Insa University in Lyon, and later became interested in using computers for producing artwork while taking a digital art class at Boston Museum School. His work is famous for reproducing simple patterns using computers and algorithms, and inputting these patterns until new and unpredictable forms emerge.

"Artisana II" (2000-2008)

Through his process and the actual images he produces, Dombis tries to create a paradox between chaos and order. Although the pattern and the rule he applies to it may be simple at the beginning, repeating it to excess results in new images that can't be predicted by the programs he uses. This is supposed to be representational of the chaos and order that coexist in today's world. 

"Right Rong" (2011)

While the message behind his work is a little high for me, I do think Dombis achieves his idea of creating something new from simple patterns and rules. A lot of his work has a symmetry to it that hints at the rules and algorithms governing his process, but at the same time the images have an energy to them that I wouldn't expect from something that is based so heavily in algorithms, math, and logic. It's an interesting application of something I wouldn't first think of crossing over with the art world.

Interviews with Dombis and information on his work were found on his website.