Author: xindil@andrew.cmu.edu

Xindi Lyu-LookingOutwards-02

Giacomo Carmagnola

One of the most intriguing generative artists in my knowledge is the Italian generative artist Giacomo Carmagnola. His produces what is called “glitch art”, which is usually a practice of using digital errors in aesthetic purposes. However, Giacomo Carmagnola, a renowned glitch art artist himself shakes up the field by mixing digital computation with human emulations. His works most often are visually impact-full in the most extraordinary ways, usually portraying a human figure with their face replaced by bleeding pixels. These face-less portraits all seem to be telling their stories even without an expression.

Further description of Carmagnola

Xindi Lyu-Project-02-Variable-faces

sketch

/*Xindi Lyu
Section A
xindil@andrew.cmu.edu
Project-02-Face Variables */

//face
var faceWidth = 100;
var faceHeight =95;

var skinR = 250;
var skinG = 180;
var skinB = 150;
//eyes

var color1 = 0;
var color2 = 0;
var color3 = 0;


//hair
var hairR = 200;
var hairG = 40;
var hairB = 210;





function setup() {
    createCanvas(640, 480);
    background(200);
    text("p5.js vers 0.5.12 test.", 10, 15);
}

function draw(){
createCanvas(640, 480);
noStroke();
background(skinR*(1/5),skinG*(1/5), skinB);

//hair
fill(hairR, hairG, hairB);
rect(320-faceWidth/2-20, 240-faceHeight/2-30, faceWidth+40, faceHeight+60, 150,150,10,10);

//face
fill(skinR,skinG,skinB);
rect(320-faceWidth/2, 240-faceHeight*7/24, faceWidth, faceHeight, 10,10, 70,70);

//eyes
fill(color1, color2, color3);
rect(320-faceWidth/2+15, 240-faceHeight/2+50, 10, faceHeight*1/4);
rect(320+faceWidth/2-25, 240-faceHeight/2+50, 10, faceHeight*1/4);

//mouth
noFill();
stroke(skinR*1/2, skinG*1/2, skinB*1/2);
arc(320,240-faceHeight/2+80,12,6,0,PI);
}

function mousePressed() {
faceWidth = random(95,110);
faceHeight = random(90, 140);
skinR = random(220,280);
skinG = random(150,210);
skinB = random(120,170);
color1 = random(0,255);
color2 = random(0,255);
color3 = random(0,255);
hairR = random(150,250);
hairG = random(0,90);
hairB = random(160,270);




}

For this project I played with color variations and light changes of face length and width.

Xindi Lyu-Looking Outwards-1

There’s one remarkable project that I find the obligation to introduce in my blog, that is the on-going construction, or rather completion of The Basilica of Sagrada Família, the true master piece designed by Antoni Gaudí, one of the greatest architects of all time. In 1926, Gaudí was strucked by a passing number 30 tram and soon died while his greatest work Sgrada Familia was still under construction, less than a quarter finished. Since then the project was progressed solely under the support of public donations and personal foundings, and after 144 years, the progress of the construction was finally greatly accelerated with the help of computer aided design and computerized numerical control, and will soon be completed in year of 2026.

The 3D model of Sagrada Família.

One of the schemes that was put into use is a virtual reality pilot program, helping the building department to understand the building and its surroundings and also functioning as a useful aid for field architects. Another computational technology is computer animations, giving people better visualizations of the fields and future developments.

This project really did inspire me because that showed me how computation can hugely benefit for us, and the beauty we can construct with it.

Self-Portrait

sketch

function setup() {
    createCanvas(600, 600);
    background(232, 232, 229);
    text("p5.js vers 0.5.12 test.", 10, 15);
}

function draw() {
	createCanvas(600, 600);
	background(245);
    

   
    //background
   strokeWeight(0);
    fill(0,42,178);
    ellipse(300,200,500,500);
    



    //hair
    stroke(244,176,163);
    line(264,212,264,230);
    noSmooth();
    fill(10);
    stroke(10);
    rect(225,210,110,155,150,40,10,10);
    noSmooth();
    fill(10);
    rect(235,200,140,165,150,150,10,10);
  


    
    //Ears
    fill(244,176,163);
    strokeWeight(0);
    ellipse(235,305,18,23);
    ellipse(365,305,18,23);
    fill(231,98,83);
    ellipse(235,305,13,18);
    ellipse(365,305,13,18);


   //arms
   fill(244,176,163);
   strokeWeight(0);
   rect(220,507,165,200);


   //body
   noSmooth();
   strokeWeight(0);
   fill(255);
   rect(233,365,140,300,55,55,130,130);
   triangle(236,400,202,507,235,507);
   triangle(370,400,406,507,372,507);
  
    
   
    //face
    noSmooth();
    strokeWeight(0);
    fill(244,176,163);
    rect(235,220,130,135,90,90,130,130);
    rect(290,350,20,20);
    arc(300,370,20,20,0,PI,OPEN);
    fill(10);
    triangle(265,230,240,231,236,278);
    fill(10);
    arc(267,287,22,22,0,PI,OPEN);
    strokeWeight(4)
    stroke(10);
   strokeWeight(0);
    arc(335,287,22,22,0,PI,OPEN);
    fill(270);
    arc(267,287,10,10,0,PI,OPEN);
    arc(335,287,10,10,0,PI,OPEN);



    //Mouth
    fill(231,98,83);
    ellipse(300,320,15,7);







    
    





}

I have never coded before in my life and as a architecture student my understandings for coding was always just the skeleton beneath the software we use to create art and design, not like something that can be the tool itself to create art pieces. Creating my self portrait helped me look at coding from a complete different angle.