Hello, this is my code for that thing:
void setup() {
loadShoeImage();
int w = 256;
int h = 256;
if ((shoeImage != null) && (shoeImage.width > 0)) {
bShoeImageLoaded = true;
w = shoeImage.width;
h = shoeImage.height;
binarizedShoeImage = createImage (w, h, RGB);
}
size (w, h);
noLoop();
firstPixel = new Point2d(0, 0);
chain = new ArrayList();
process();
}
Hope you like it!
Luan Chyi by Shuai Chen in 2013 is hard to describe. The artist refers to it a “landscape generator”. In literal terms, it is a collection of 12 two-way mirror boxes placed in grid formation on top of two monitors. The monitors play a stream of watery ripple effects reminiscent of traditional Chinese landscape paintings, while the mirror boxes reflect and magnify their images. When the piece is activated in the dark, the result is a strange, yet mesmerizing view of pixels reflecting infinitely into the mirrors. I found this piece interesting because I have never thought of using mirrors and monitors in this combination – and it I think it looks really pretty.
Luan Chyi: A landscape-generative installation from Kevin.Chen on Vimeo.
The Senseless Drawing Robot by So Kanno and Takahiro Yamaguchi in 2012 is a “graffiti bot.” The robot is basically a set of wheels carrying a pendulum-like swing holding a spray can. When placed in front of a wall, the robot will sweep back and forth, and the swing’s momentum causes virtually unpredictable motion, which is exactly when the robot begin to paint the wall. One could argue that this piece simultaneously exhibits both random and rule-based behavior. The robot’s wheel motion and spray can timing both appear to be controlled by a tight program, but physics ends up taking over, and makes every work produced by this robot unique. Personally, I thought this piece was funny because it could replicate the works of many budding graffiti artists by simply following a pre-made set of rules.
SENSELESS DRAWING BOT from yang02 on Vimeo.
WURM (now Fabrika) is a generative art app for mobile devices by Anna Oguienko in 2010. What sets this apart from other visual generative art pieces is that it is interactive; the user helps in creating the art, aided by generative algorithms provided by the mobile device. By using fingers as virtual brushes, the app generates a set of flowing 3d-esque shapes that algorithmically respond by adjusting size and color of the touch. In the end, the human and the artwork are working together to create new masterpieces, allowing an unlimited amount of creativity to be visualized. I wonder what interacting with this would be like on a larger touchpad screen…
I might need help with the other steps for uploading the code but I think its working properly.
After teasing the raw list of instructions out all of Lewitt’s ambiguous description, I began using a technique similar to Melanie’s from last semester’s blog to organize the steps. Each object (line or point) described in the shape is identified by the line number it lies on. Each object can have “child” objects of which the location of the “parent” object is dependent on. By using this method, the executor can start by drawing the top-level child objects and work their way down.
This technique seemed to work, but the structure was a bit strange – I was able to parse and and execute the instructions like code, but it felt as if I was working backwards through some weird nested functions. Machines are good at executing code structured in this way, but I think that humans are better at following instructions that are more intuitive and graphical. The structure I came up with to make it easier to draw Lewitt’s shape is basically a reversed version of Melanie’s method read right to left, starting from the most basic points and eventually converging into the lines and sides that describe the trapezoid.
This is the shape I ended up with:
I wanted my doodlers to be happily amused by following my process that should result in a cool optical illusion. Some were pleased with the outcome while some found my rough instructions confusing.
This first photo is how I anticipated the drawings would come out. The later are my 
directions and the 3 drawings that were produced
Attempting to execute the  Sol Lewitt line drawing was almost as difficult as the whole elaborate instructions appeared, except not quite. Once I created a process in which I could tackle each point and then each line, I found that following the directions weren’t as hard as I initially anticipated it to be. I was able to do this by reformatting the way the directions were displayed. Where at first all the directions appeared in a mass of a paragraph, I separated each line from one point to the next and was able to follow the directions to a somewhat more manageable way.
Original text versus my reformatting
Making the instructions more visually succinct really helped make the drawing process a lot more manageable. Even so, I’m not quite sure I succeeded in created the instructed trapezoid. Below is an image of my completed trapezoid.
My Trapezoid
So one of my favorite subjects ever is history. Everything I am and do is informed by my history and the history of the world around me and I just find it so fascinating. So, on that note I decided to share a post of one of the twitter accounts I follow called history in pictures. Honestly, prior to discovering this account I wasn’t a big fan of twitter, then I realized that it’s not really about following your friends or people you know, it’s about finding people who are interesting and have interesting things to say. After realizing that I found that I enjoyed it so much more.
A boy on the streets of Boston, 1968 pic.twitter.com/IpvMOIzItL
— History In Pictures (@HistoryInPics) August 27, 2014
What I love about this image is it’s just so simple and random. It’s a random image of a boy who lived in 1968, who may still be alive-I don’t know. I find images like this to be so compelling because they seem to capture their time period in some way. Pictures of people just being people, just decades before me, or centuries ago–in those cases drawing of ancient times served that purpose! You probably don’t find it as interesting as I do but I love this kind of stuff!It just makes me so much more aware of the time period that I’m living in, and the person I am now. Will this blog post still be online decades from now? Will people find this and wonder, who is that girl talking about that strange boy who existed once upon a time? All of these questions come to mind when I see images like this, concrete proof that there was something before now and that there will be something after, even when I’m not here to post about it. Take a minute and just think about that. Also look at that kid. He has a great sense of style.
http://www.dwbowen.com/cloud_piano_movie.html
Cloud Piano is a piano that plays music based on the movement of the clouds above. I camera captures the movement and shape of the clouds and a robot presses the corresponding keys of the piano. I am interested in how the artist determined what notes to associate with each image.
https://www.creativeapplications.net/c/patterned-by-nature-transparent-pixels-in-the-north-carolina-museum-of-natural-sciences/
Patterned by Nature is a Large-scale lcd sculpture to display 20 down-scaled patterns of nature and to change along with a soundtrack. It is located in the North Caroline Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh and it spans 90×5 feet. In addition, two high-resolution screens show the image and a description of what is on the sculpture at any time through the sequence. The only think I don’t like about the project is how it leaves no room for interpretation, but seeing as it is a museum for educational purposes, Its understandable.
http://www.hypersonic.cc/who-we-are#!/projects/breakingwave
Breaking Wave is a cluster of 804 metal balls suspended by wire on rotating drums that move each wire up and down to form patterns that mimic nature. The arrangements look like chaos but for 2 viewpoints, where the pattern can be seen. The theory is that scientists sort through these patterns and data points to create new drugs and cures, and this data is what informs the movement of the wires and the arrangement of the balls. I Think this is really cool to look at and watch but I wish that the meaning behind the pretty arrangements was more clear,
The GHC is a wave-like diagram that displays the popularity/trendingness of certain technologies that are being produced. The FW/LW article discusses the idea that if the first piece of art that is produced in a newly discovered media/genera the true art or is the later/last work of art produced in that genera the real one? These two concepts are related one is able to apply the theory of FW/LW to the GHC and ask why certain starting technologies are more or less popular than the other technologies that utilize the older technologies. I find myself to personally be on the “innovation trigger” and the “Peak of inflated expectations” side of the GHC. I am fascinated by 3D bioprinting because I believe that it will be able to help not only in surgery but also in any medical field. I believe he prefers that area because he likes the challenge of building a reputation for technologies stuck in that trough.