impal QIPITZ
"... This will all sound a bit vague if I do not mention briefly the function of this software: to model electric particles moving under the influence of their mutual attraction and repulsion on a toroidal surface. The electromagnetic fields generated by the particles can then be turned into coloured pictures.
This idea is quite simple, and to me aesthetically engaging. Although the resulting pictures have to be classed as abstract the subjective factor does not dominate in their production. One might even call these pictures realistic in so far as they are stylised impressions of a fundamental modus operandi matris naturae --- Coulomb's inverse square law of electrostatic influence. Akin to still lifes, but using electrons and positrons rather than apples or pears.
From my own particular standpoint doing this work has a secondary effect of motivating me to study certain aspects of mathematical physics. Curiously this time around I have found myself able to comprehend things which were formerly impenetrable mysteries, and this has given me greater insight into the development of the scientific world-picture.
My intention had been to do a lot of study and planning before writing any computer code. Suddenly, however, I found myself immersed in it, and in only three days got a first version up and running. The thrill was that this time I could see moving pictures. I watched these little movies for several hours in an almost trance-like state. They seemed to be communicating at a deep level. Then the computer crashed and the lights went out. My feeling of joy at the pictures was so great that it enabled me to take the blow quite calmly, though I did feel a little bit numbed for a few days."
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One of the (many) interesting things about the productions of impal Qipitz is that while they are to a certain degree autogenetic - and I am not sure to what extent - they also clearly bear the imprint of their supervisor's personality and mood at the moment of production: one day they can be breathtakingly optimistic and jolly, the next dark and troubled.
Perhaps impal Qipitz would suggest that on a mysterious level there is communicative feedback between human sentience and electrons and positrons; that human moods can hold sway over electromagnetic fields and particles.
These productions are small in real life, reflecting their supervisor's 'modesty is the best policy' approach to life. If you are ever lucky enough to receive one via snail mail, it will be the size of a postcard, or a 3cm x 4cm joyous rectangle tucked snugly into the corner of a page.
