TITLE: Again(st) Minimalism
NAME: Thomas de Groot
COUNTRY: Netherlands
EMAIL: t.degroot@inter.nl.net
WEBPAGE: none
TOPIC: Minimalism
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
JPGFILE: against.jpg
ZIPFILE: against.zip
RENDERER USED: 
    POV-Ray 3.6

TOOLS USED: 
    Silo, Moray, POV-Ray

RENDER TIME: 
    5 hours 11 minutes

HARDWARE USED: 
    Compaq Presario 7000T - Pentium III 1GHz


IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 

A painting on the wall. Again Minimalism, because it represents the second
minimalism movement, initiated by POV-Ray. It suggests its origins ("less is
more" or, if you prefer "- = +"; and an echo of the last suprematist painting
of Malevitch "white cross on a white background"). Then it is against
minimalism, because it already wants to go beyond the concept. The white of the
cross is broken and red paint is splotched on the surface, heralding new
concepts.



DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 

The object was made in Silo and exported as mesh2 to POV-Ray. The name tag in
the lower left corner was made in Moray and then included separately in the
scene file. It was my first occasion to experiment with photons. 4/5 of the
render time was taken up by the photons.