Sunday, February 1, 2009

Complexity-Complexus
"Entwined" or "Twisted Together"

“Complexity necessarily depends on the
language that is used to model the system”
_Edmonds B.


1996


Complexity tends to characterize the level of difficulty one has to endure to complete a task. An intricate amount of variances in an assignment emcompassed in non-simple idea. Complexity deals with amounts, levels; like noted before, the more levels, variances and elements added into a pattern or idea the more complex the ides starts to evolve from. Edmond states that, “In order to have a complex you need two or more components, which are joined in such a way that it is difficult to separate them.” As a many of fact, he also states that in the event you try to separate them the idea is destroys because the meaning only exist between them and without one the meaning is lost. It starts with simplicity and ends with difficulty or complexity. Exploration is another important variant in complexity. What is the thought process behind the objective? What do I want to show or control, what information is significant, and how do I clearly convey all this information so one might understand the overall proposal. An artist by the name of Lee Jang Sub wanted to explore major cities around the world focusing on how urban cities transportation have spread out and evolved over time. He used patterns formed by roads in each city, combining the idea of natural and manmade systems. The image above is an abstract map of Moscow’s transportation systems. Korean born designer Lee Jang Sub is known for his complex graphic configurations. So in turn, the idea behind complexity in some artist’s works deals solely with illustration. Visual Complexity in a many of speaking, focusing on the artists work which refer to one variant, and a point of information which is another variant and when you put the two together they a form a cohesion idea that may be difficult to comprehend at first site. After the viewer investigated the work and the artist give an explanation of the piece, the viewer will see the image in a more comprehensive way. But there are other components to complexity such as understanding because it is one issue to solve; it is another factor to interpret. Interpretation can be a task that not many can achieve.
_rcd

References:

Edmonds B, What is Complexity?
http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/COMPLEXI.html

Image:”Complexity” (Image adapted)
http://www.visualcomplexity.com/vc/project_details.cfm?id=630&index=630&domain=

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