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Quarry 1: Times Square 1, 12G, 1
Quarry 1: Times Square 4, 12G, 1
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Quarry 1: Times Square 1, Figmented-G 6.1
Quarry 1: Times Square 1, Figmented-G 13.1
Quarry 1: Times Square 4, Figmented-G 10.1
Quarry 1: Times Square 4, Figmented-G 12.1
Quarry 1: Times Square 4, Rendering 9.1

Index to and links to all the "Quarries" works in Quarry 1: Times Square completed thus far
Index to and links to all the "Grids" works in Quarry 1: Times Square completed thus far
Index to and links to all the "Twos" works in Quarry 1: Times Square
Index to and links to all the "Figmented" works in Quarry 1: Times Square completed thus far

This first group of "Quarry" works is based on photographs I took in May, 2005, in Times Square, New York, New York. To construct each of the "Grids," a single image is divided into between 4 and 169 parts, and these parts are then rearranged using random processes. My use of randomness here is different. I believe, than in much other art. It is my hope that because of the choice of images and the ways the parts are rearranged and presented, each work creates a kind of opening-out effect, suggesting to the viewer that seeing, and the seeing of a single image, offer a nearly infinite diversity of possibilities. More can be found on the Quarries main page and in my Artist's Statement.

For one group, the "Quarries, Figmented," I divided the original image into grids between four by four and thirteen by thirteen, and then puts each cell in the grid through a treatment related to that used in "Figments" works, creating 35 lower resolution versions of each of the 36 cells, and then using random numbers to decide which of those along with the original cell to use. Each work has nine differently-modified versions of the original image. Be sure to click on the larger version and move around in your browser to compare different treatments of the same image.

The "Quarry" works use random numbers to select between three and thirteen cells from each of the grids, but then my judgment is used to arrange them. For the "Twos," randomness is not used at all; I choose two cells to juxtapose from one of the grids. The newest group, the "Quarries, "Figmented," divides the original image into a six by six grid, and then puts each cell in the grid through a treatment related to that used in "Figments" works, creating 35 lower resolution versions of each of the 36 cells, and then using random numbers to decide which of those along with the original cell to use. Each work has nine differently-modified versions of the original image. Be sure to click on the larger version and move around in your browser to compare different treatments of the same image.

As I work on these Times Square images, the "Quarries" treatments seem especially appropriate, underlining the multiple divisions between objects and areas within the urban landscape, as well as the arbitrariness of the arrangement of parts in a space such as Times Square. I hope, too, that the power of signs and logos is somewhat diffused by these rearrangements. One viewer commented on these that the fragmentation gives a better sense of the place than whole images would. So far I have made works in this group based on three different images ("Times Square 1," "Times Square 2," and so on), but eventually I'm planning to use ten or more.

The "Twos" are constructed without the use of random numbers. I select cells from the "Grids" from eight by eight to thirteen by thirteen and juxtapose them with the smallest possible white band between, looking for connections and disconnections, logic and paradox. They will be limited to 63 per image, each an edition of one, so for the first three images used all the "Twos" have been constructed. The "Quarries" sheets also use cells from the "Grids," from three by three to thirteen by thirteen, using random numbers to order them and then using my subjective judgment to decide on the best "architecture" for the sequence of cells.

The sizing of the "Twos" and "Quarries" is proportional to the sizes these cells have in the original "Grids" sheets. Thus the sizes of the "Quarries" sheets decreases as the number of images increases. In the Web versions, I have settled on a fixed enlargement, so that the sizes of the "Twos" and "Quarries" on screen are proportional to their actual sizes; on some screens, screen size and actual size may be close. In the viewing the first few "Quarries," you may find the image larger than screen size; if you change the final "html" to "jpg" in the address bar and have your browser set to resize images to fill screen (in Firefox, type about:config in the address bar and click on "browser.enable_automatic_image_resizing" to change it from "false" to "true") you will see the whole image at once.