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Plinko Poetry — Inessah Selditz & Deqing Sun
Plinko Poetry is an electronic installation which produces poetry out of news tweets and the trajectory of a pachinko chip. Pegs extend from a screen which is constantly scrolling with recent tweets from @foxnews and @nytimes. The participant takes the peg and drops it above the peg board. As the chip careens down the board, the words it passes over become random portions of a poem. These poems are short and nonsensical while still expressing aspects of the world today.
These are some of my favorites, pulled from the @PlinkoPoetry stream
Dozens blood Finals that Tribute of Champions flesh-eating
Bendukidze in Fund-Raising storm Terrorism administration’s Arrives say
Obama texting Past convicted Catch receive Egypts dog
Squeeze Past – Steven Kay
I’m just as fond of Voronoi as I am of bubbles. This is pretty, fun, and mathy. I love the visible pixels and the retro feel of spherical gradients.
Curtain — BlueThen
I wish wordpress allowed iframes. Here is a still.
This gorgeous fabric simulation allows the user to manipulate a small “curtain” in low gravity. As an added bonus, you can slice and tear the curtain by moving your mouse quickly. The natural and fluid way that this piece behaves is very appealing to me.
The code for this sketch is much shorter than I expected it to be.