2011: An Infinite Calendar

In May of 2010, Clifford Peterson visited the Met in New York, following 2 family graduations, and saw 2 formative exhibitions.

The first was the 347 Suite of etchings and aquatints that Picasso completed in less than 7 months. If Picasso could make 347 prints in such a short span, why can’t I do even more with a computer? Peterson thought.

He also saw the Belles Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry, which depicts typical activities of each medieval month, becoming an illuminated calendar that inspired this first year of Peterson’s calendar series.

Using the computer as both a microscope and telescope, Peterson produced hundreds of images in 2010 by beginning each series with a single image and abstractifying, resizing, multiplying, and layering the source.

Peterson chose the 2011 calendar images according to seasonal events and colors, weathers and emotions, so that the selected 12 images constitute An Infinite Calendar that can be used with any year.