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From: "andrew cooke" <andrew@...>

Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 13:17:54 -0400 (CLT)

To really enjoy the creations of New York-based John F. Simon Jr. (b.
1963) you often need to know a little bit about them. Simon is a true
'nerd' artist with a background in planetary and earth sciences and also
art school. Years ago, while looking for a creative outlet for his
thoughts, he came across Mondrian's Broadway Boogie Woogie (1942-43) - a
graphical drawing of Manhattan seen from above - and realized that art
doesn't need organic shapes. He made ComplexCity (2000), which is also
Manhattan but in Simon's version everything moves, controlled by a
computer program: cars drive, stop for red light, elevators move up and
down. ComplexCity is run by an old laptop - bought on ebay (auction site
ed.), the artist says - rebuilt as a screen placed vertically on a wall. -
http://www.kopenhagen.dk/netkunst/articles/simon.htm

From Eyebeam - http://www.kopenhagen.dk/netkunst/articles/simon.htm

Andrew

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