Woven Bodies

From Bart Hess:

For this work I have found inspiration in the so called ‘Turing pattern effect’. This effect was named after the British mathematician Alan Turing. The theory, formed by Alan Turing during the fifties of the last century, explains how patterns originate based upon the interaction of two different substances. One serving as activator and the other serving as inhibiter. These patterns can be visible in for example the shape of stripes or patterns on the skin of an animal, but also as the lines in the soft palete of a mouse. All the examples mentioned involve patterns that evolve slowly but gradually. The effects of these patterns are self-reinforcing, if by cause of a small disbalance a majority of the activating substance is present, this presence will only become bigger and bigger over time. The surrounding production will slow down because of this effect. Small islands will appear, spots, stripes, or lines. What these patterns look like depends entirely on the shape and size of the surface on which the patterns form themselves.”