This evening, I spend some time comparing images with respect to
Komputerstrukturen 1 by
Peter Struycken. A reproduction of this
work of art is included in P. Struycken komputerstrukturen (1970) on page 11. This
exact reproduction is also found in Recente schilderijen (1970) on page 2 and with an article
in magazine Vrij Nederland from January 21, 1970.
P. Struycken (2007)
on page 108 also contains a reproduction of this work, but it differs
at six places. Knowing that the reproductions in the first catalogue
contains many errors, I presume that this last reproduction is the
most accurate. The other productions have the following differences
compared with this:
Row 6, column 25: changed white to black.
Row 12, column 11: changed white to black.
Row 23, column 40: changed white to black.
Row 30, column 30: changed black to white.
Row 30, column 32: changed black to white.
Row 42, column 7: changed white to black.
However, there is one odd combination of four squares in both
reproductions. It is found at row 29, column 31 where there is a
black square resulting in the only code 31 combination of four
squares. Maybe this black square should have occured one lower
or one higher. If this is the case, it is the first error made
in this series of paintings that I have found so far.
I spend some time comparing images with respect to
Komputerstrukturen 2
and 2a by
Peter Struycken. Quite possible they are both
made with the same receipt using the OSTRC
program, namely the four possibilities to fill a square of four little
squares with three white and one black square in an equal distribution. It
is quite remarkable that both do not have an occurance of four little black
squares touching each other. The chance for such a pattern is 1 out of 256.
Each work contains 576 candidate patterns, so one would expect on average a
little more than two of them in each randomly generated work. A simulation
of one million works returns the following percentages for the number of
occurences rounded to two digit after the decimal point:
This shows that only one out of ten randomly generated works would not
have any four little black squares together. This strongly suggests that
Struycken picked two without this pattern or that he did modify them by
removing the pattern by hand.
A reproductions of Komputerstrukturen 2 and 2a are found on page
Recente schilderijen (1970)
but the reproductions are swapped with their titles. A reproduction
of Komputerstrukturen 2 is also found on page 9 of Struycken Structuur<->Element 1969-1980, which is exactly the
same. Both reproductions contain one two by two square with two black
squares at row 13 and column 8 (rows and columns of two squares). It is
not possible to determine whether the annomality is in the reproduction
or the original. No annomalities are found in Komputerstrukturen 2a.
There are pictures of this work with Peter Struycken standing in front
of it. I did not find any difference between the parts that are visible
and the reproductions that I have access to.
At 14:01, I bought the book Een (nieuwe) geschiedenis van de filosofie
(A (new) history of philosophy) by Jan Bor, ISBN:9789035135888, from
bookshop Broekhuis for € 6.90
(original price € 19.95). There were some birthday decorations
in the shop because the bookshop opened 145 years ago. I heard that it was
not sure where they would celebrate it next year, because they have decided
to go to another location, because the building is getting too old.
I spend some time comparing images with respect to
Komputerstrukturen 3
and 3a by
Peter Struycken. Quite possible they are both
made with the same receipt using the OSTRC
program, namely the three possibilities to fill a square of four little
squares with two white and one two square in an equal distribution.
The only reproduction I have found of Komputerstrukturen 3 is in
Recente schilderijen (1970).
In the second column (of two by two squares) there are three squares with
only one black little square. It is likely that this is an error in the
reproduction.
There are reproductions of Komputerstrukturen 3a in P. Struycken komputerstrukturen (1970) on page 17 and
Recente schilderijen (1970)
on page 3. There are eleven difference between these. Compared with the
first, the second contains the following differences (where columns and
rows numbers refer to single black/white squares):
Row 2, column 45: changed white to black.
Row 8, column 18: changed black to white.
Row 10, column 39: changed white to black.
Row 20, column 31: changed white to black.
Row 20, column 32: changed black to white.
Row 23, column 46: changed black to white.
Row 29, column 43: changed black to white.
Row 44, column 7: changed black to white.
Row 48, column 5: changed black to white.
Row 48, column 7: changed white to black.
Row 50, column 29: changed white to black.
When compared with the list of errors that I reported on Friday, December 28, 2012, the list of (possible) reproduction errors
in the first reproduction becomes:
Row 2, column 45: changed black to white.
Row 4, column 3: changed black to white or
row 4, column 4: changed black to white.
Row 8, column 18: changed white to black.
Row 10, column 39: changed black to white.
Row 23, column 46: changed white to black.
Row 29, column 43: changed white to black.
Row 44, column 7: changed white to black.
Row 48, column 5: changed white to black.
Row 48, column 7: changed black to white.
Row 49, column 7: changed white to black,
row 50, column 7: changed white to black, or
row 50, column 8: changed white to black.
The second reproduction has only three anomalies. In the second column (of
two by two squares) there is a square with one black and three white little
squares and in columns four and fiftheen there are squares with three
black and one white little squares. Surprisingly this last anomaly is not
found in the first reproduction. The list of (possible) reproduction errors
in the second reproduction is:
Row 4, column 3: changed black to white or
row 4, column 4: changed black to white.
Row 49, column 7: changed white to black,
row 50, column 7: changed white to black, or
row 50, column 8: changed white to black.
In the past days we had some snow during the night.
Last evening it started to snow. This morning there was almost 3 cm of snow
on the table in the garden, but on a lot of places there was no snow on the
ground at all, because of the ground being not cold enough. In the afternoon,
we traveled to Almere, where it was said that 15 cm of snow fell. I did not
measure it, but it could well have been 15 cm.
Apraxia always has been on the foreground with Li-Xia's
Alzheimer's Disease. Already three years
ago she had problems with signing and writing in Chinese. About a year ago, I
already noticed that Li-Xia was using her left hand in a way that would suggest
left-handedness. Of course, it is possible that this is due to an asymmetric
progression of her disease, but it is also possible that she is left-handed by
birth and has been forced to be right-handed, which is still a very strong
practice in China. Eating with your left hand is considered as bad habit and
there is a strong believe that it is impossible to write Chinese with your left
hand due to the strickt order in which the individual strokes of a Chinese
character are written. (I just tried to see if I could write my Chinese name
with my left hand, and I managed to do it.) Today, I thought that apraxia might
be related to the forced right-handedness. I did an internet search, but could
not find any information about this.
Today, Annabel and I visited Li-Xia because of Valentine's day and because it is two years ago that she came to the nursing home. Annabel took two short movies
with her camera. In the
second Li-Xia talked to herself while looking in the mirror. Although, I can
say some simple sentences in Chinese, I cannot understand much of it. An old
Chinese friend of Li-Xia provided some translation.
When Li-Xia walked to me, I said: "Li-Xia, You are my wife" (I don't use the
formal term for wife, but the informal expression: lover.) Next I twice told
her: "I love you very much!" and asked her: "Are you my wife?". Li-Xia responded
with: "Go away!", not because she is angry but because she felt embarrassed.
I continued with asking her: "Am I your husband?".
Li-Xia walked over to the mirror and asked herself quietly in Chinese: "Is he
(my husband)?", "Can he see me?", "I can't remember it.", "Yes, it's him". Then
she babbled something meaningless to herself. Annabel and I thought that she
is counting, so I said: "One, two, three, four, five, six, eight, seven". Notice
that I said "eight" before "seven". I always make this mistake when I count in
Chinese. Li-Xia laughed and said quietly: "Can't count." Then she said to
camera: "Yes, it is him."
I was a little surprised to discover that she is talking aloud to herself. It
shows that she still recognizes me and knows who I am. This made me very happy.
In the afternoon, it started to snow. At the end of
the evening, there is about 1 cm of snow. In some other parts of the
country more snow fell. With the rising temperatures it is not going to
stay for a long time. Tomorrow most of it will be gone.
In the afternoon, I visited Li-Xia and took
Andy with me. He immediately started watching
TV in the bedroom of Li-Xia. I stayed with them. Several times, I noticed
that Li-Xia was bending over to Andy in an attempt to make contact with
him, but he just continued watching TV. I took several pictures, because
I found it quite touching.
This evening, I went to the university to play Go.
The first to arrive after me was Rudi. I talked a little with him until
Taco arrived. I watched them play their game until Huub arrived. I play
against Huub starting with two black stones, because he estimates his
rate at 9 Kyu and I mine at 11 Kyu based on the latest tournament outcomes.
But still I lost with 37 against 54 points. Especially in the opening, I
made some mistakes, like giving away one corner and allowing two weak
groups to appear.
Today, the book Stanley Kubrick's Napoleon: The Greatest Movie Never Made by Alison
Castle, ISBN:9783836523356, arrived. I ordered it the day before yesterday
from the website of De Slegte for
€ 20.00 and € 2,90 transport costs. Here in Enschede
the book is still sold for nearly 50 Euro. I guess that this one shop I
got it from, has put it on sale. Second hand copies cost around 30 Euro,
so I think I made a good deal. I have considered buying this massive book
for a long time. It weighs (on our kitchen scales) 4438 gram and the
dimensions are 21,1 x 34,4 x 7,6 cm and it has 1112 pages. This probably
makes it the biggest and heaviest book in my collection. I don't think
I will ever read this whole book.
This morning, there was a little (broken) layer of snow
on the ground, and there were some snow flakes falling from the sky. Later in
the morning, there was some more snow, but because of rising temperatures, not
much was left by the end of the afternoon.
This morning, I measured 6 cm of snow on the table in
our garden. It fell during the night. During the day, there were some more
episodes with snow, nevertheless at the end of the afternoon, I only measured
5 cm of snow, which can only be explained by some melting having occured.
Temperatures are expected rise, and the snow will probably be gone soon.
This months interesting links
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