Joseph Zhang — Looking Outwards — 12

For my final project, I wanted to look into two computational artists Erwin Hoogerwood and Chihiro Sakoda. Above are two javascript projects that utilize various forms in geometry and nature to create beautifully animated forms. In both projects, there’s a sense of orchestrated randomness that’s really intriguing to observe. The one above by Hoogerwood is definitely much more systematic and geometric while the one below by Sakoda uses random participles to create something that seems more free flowing.

I would love to see how these artists might be able to make their respective art projects interactive. That would be really fascinating to interact with because it gives us as the user a new sense of agency. I think without this form of interactivity, these beautiful projects remain as cool animations with not as much depth as there could be.