creators_name: Situngkir, Hokky creators_id: hs@compsoc.bandungfe.net type: techreport datestamp: 2008-12-17 22:13:26 lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:57:17 metadata_visibility: show title: Deconstructing Javanese Batik Motif: When Traditional Heritage Meets Computation ispublished: pub subjects: phil-epist subjects: comp-sci-complex-theory subjects: comp-sci-hci subjects: bio-ani-cog subjects: comp-sci-mach-dynam-sys subjects: phil-mind subjects: phil-sci subjects: soc-psy subjects: cog-psy subjects: percep-cog-psy subjects: bio-socio subjects: behav-neuro-sci subjects: psy-phys full_text_status: public keywords: batik, fractal, attractor, iterated function system, affine transformation, culture anthropology, generative art abstract: The paper discusses some aspects of Iterated Function System while referring to some interesting point of view into Indonesian traditional batik. The deconstruction is delivered in our recognition of the Collage Theorem to find the affine transform of the iterated function system that attracts the iteration of drawing the dots into the complex motif of – or at least, having high similarity to – batik patterns. We employ and revisit the well-known Chaos Game to reconstruct after having some basic motifs is deconstructed. The reconstruction of the complex pattern opens a quest of creativity broadening the computationally generated batik exploiting its self-similarity properties. A challenge to meet the modern computational generative art with the traditional batik designs is expected to yield synergistically interesting results aesthetically. The paper concludes with two arrows of our further endeavors in this field, be it enriching our understanding of how human cognition has created such beautiful patterns and designs traditionally since ancient civilizations in our anthropological perspective while in the other hand providing us tool to the empowerment of batik as generative aesthetics by employment of computation. date: 2008-10-07 date_type: published institution: Bandung Fe Institute department: Computational Sociology refereed: TRUE referencetext: [1] Barnsley. M. F. (1988). Fractals Everywhere. Academic Press. [2] Barnsley, M.F. & Hurd, L. P. (1993). Fractal Image Compression. AK Peters. [3] Doellah, H. S. (2002). Batik: The Impact of Time and Environment. Danar Hadi. [4] Fraser-Lu, S. (1986). Indonesian Batik: Processes, Patterns and Places. Oxford UP. [5] Kappraff, J. (1991). Connections: The Geometric Bridge between Art and Science. McGraw-HIl. [6] Kigami, J., Strichartz, R. S., Walker, K. C. "Constructing a Laplacian on the Diamond Fractal". Experimental Mathematics 10 (3). [7] Kirk, W. A., Khamsi, M. A. (2001). An Introduction to Metric Spaces and Fixed Point Theory. John Wiley. [8] Peitgen, H-O, Jurgens, H., & Saupe, D. (2004). Chaos & Fractals: New Frontiers of Science 2nd Ed. Springer. [9] Situngkir, H. (2005). “What is the Relatedness of Mathematics and Art and Why We Should Care?”. BFI Working Paper Series WPK2005. [10] Situngkir, H. (2008a). “The computational generative patterns in Indonesian batik”. BFI Working Paper Series WP-V-2008. URL: http://www.bandungfe.net/?go=xpg&&crp=48764471 [11] Situngkir, H. (2008b). “Evolutionary Economics celebrates Innovation and Creativity based Economy”. BFI Working Paper Series WP-X-2008. URL: http://www.bandungfe.net/?go=xpg&&crp=48d7d9ef [12] Sondari, K. & Yusmawati. (2000). Batik Pesisir. Cultural Media Development Project – Departement of Education and Culture, Republic of Indonesia. [13] Tirta, I. (1996). Batik: A Play of Light and Shades. Gaya Favorite Press. [14] Wright, D. J. (1996). Dynamical Systems and Fractals Lecture Notes. Online Publication. URL: http://www.math.okstate.edu/mathdept/dynamics/lecnotes/lecnotes.html citation: Situngkir, Hokky (2008) Deconstructing Javanese Batik Motif: When Traditional Heritage Meets Computation. [Departmental Technical Report] document_url: http://cogprints.org/6295/1/2008-13.pdf