In reply to nanogod:

CREDIT PIC>nanogod : Ref:http://www.nanogod.net/undernight1.html

After having read your 'grievance' on this project ... and after having visited your website .... I somehow became even more curious to understand your thoughts on the matter, therefore please allow me to ask the following: .... Are you referring to the use of the technology or are you referring to the way the imagery is used in order to get that fantastic effect ?

In reply to nanogod:

Dear Nanogod,

the feeling that one is being plagiarized is with no doubt a very unpleasant one. Trying to look at it as a compliment or indeed " the sincerest form of flattery" is often the best reaction but somewhat unsatisfactory emotionally.
I have often comforted myself in the realization that it is better to see that ones work influences other visual artists as that implies the work is relevant and important.
However, in this instance I must strongly deny any plagiarism or copying of any sort when it comes to your own work and the Insensate project, I was completely unaware of your work until you posted on this forum.
I am personally very happy, and furthermore I think it is useful, to acknowledge references, so if you look back to the project blog of Insensate you will see that in fact my reference was the illustrator Aubrey Beardsley (www.showstudio.com/blog/28532) and this was made very clear right at the very beginng of the project. I was interested in his use of repeated forms of nature and the density of his work. Coincidentally V magazine have just published in the latest copy both the original Beardsley illustration next to the Insensate image expressly to acknowledge this reference.
The video was an extension of the same visual approach. We were not as you suggested using 'evolving fractals' but actual film of leaves blowing in the wind or water ripples on a pond that we filmed in the woods near my house. With this footage an enormous amount of work then went into creating the individual masks for this film. What you are seeing is actually film of nature and is not generated on the computer.
The use of repeated symmetry is very often found in art from the recent Calvin Klein perfume ads to the invitation I received this morning to a show at the Victoria and Albert Museum on Baroque Art. From the Rorschach Test to the Islamic Institue in Paris it is clearly a fascination for all of us. I very much hope this reassures you that I had no knowledge of your work and that in this case quite independently similar desires have lead us to similar places.
I wish you continued success in your work .
Nick

In reply to nanogod:

hello? mr. nanogod, please clam down and take a deep breathe. i'm pretty sure you are not the only person (artist or non artist) who is utilizing the visual effect you're talking about because i, together with my colleagues, have used them to make video graphics for raves back in the late nineties. i hate to break it to you but in this time and age it is quite silly to claim to own ideas. and in the first place, these techniques are really very basic that even kids play with them in their computers. so, please don't get too excited about this particular project of mr. knight and mr pugh because there is such a thing called parallelism of ideas. i think you are better off pushing it to the next level by doing something way better. or better yet, start a new project using a totally different technique. in any case goodluck to your art.