Author: ssuk@andrew.cmu.edu

Stefanie Suk – Looking Outwards – 02

Diffusion Choir by David Wicks, 2016

The project I was inspired by is called Diffusion Choir, a kinetic sculpture that represents the natural beauty of the movement of a flock of birds created by David Wicks. Holding hundreds of small elements that open and close individually from its custom software, this piece of work is driven by the simulation of flocking movements of birds. Over time, a small portion of the ‘birds’ come together and form a single whole group, collaboratively flying through the air. What I love the most about this project is how well David Wicks represented the flocking of birds just through the opening and closing of each element. Thus, the white color of the sculpture provides a soft, pure, and relaxing beauty of the nature of birds. The special collaborative movement of the sculpture from the algorithm creates an aesthetic unity between the nature (of birds and its movement) and men (from the computational calculations to move each element of the sculpture).

Installation of Diffusion Choir

Stefanie Suk- Project-01-Face

For this project, I tried to incorporate all the elements I think represents myself. The blue t-shirt, hairpin, intense face blush, and pink lipstick are what I wear the most often these days. I experimented using different shapes, colors, and sizes to create all these elements of myself into the self portrait.

sketch

//Stefanie Suk
//15-104 D
//ssuk@andrew.cmu.edu
//Self Portrait Project

function setup() {
    createCanvas(600, 600);
    background(220);
}

function draw() {
    fill(255, 111, 0);
    noStroke();
    rect(0, 0, 600, 600); // background 
    fill(70, 27, 9);
    noStroke();
    ellipse(312, 300, 480, 530); //hair circle
    fill(70, 27, 9);
    noStroke();
    rect(72, 300, 480, 300); // hair rectangle
    fill(255, 233, 201);
    noStroke();
    ellipse(312, 281, 323.2, 398.9); // face
    fill(70, 27, 9);
    noStroke();
    rect(167, 108, 296, 59); // bangs rectangle
    fill(70, 27, 9);
    noStroke();
    ellipse(313, 103.5, 212, 99); // bangs circle
    fill(255);
    noStroke();
    ellipse(245, 253.7, 92.6, 92.6); // left eye
    fill(255);
    noStroke();
    ellipse(375, 253.7, 92.6, 92.6); // right eye
    fill(0);
    noStroke();
    ellipse(245, 280, 34.3, 34.3); // left eye black
    fill(0);
    noStroke();
    ellipse(375, 280, 34.3, 34.3);
    fill(70, 27, 9);
    noStroke();
    rect(200, 180, 83.2, 10); // left eyebrow
    fill(70, 27, 9);
    noStroke();
    rect(331, 180, 83.2, 10); // right eyebrow
    stroke(0);
    line(296.6, 291.6, 270.2, 349.8);
    stroke(0);
    line(270.2, 349.8, 308.3, 359.9); // nose
    fill(255, 77, 135);
    noStroke();
    arc(306, 395, 108, 50, 0, PI, CHORD); // lips
    fill(255, 233, 201);
    noStroke();
    rect(264.7, 457.6, 91.3, 36.5); //neck
    fill(0, 0, 255);
    noStroke();
    ellipse(312, 620, 408, 260, PI, 0, CHORD); // body
    fill(255, 233, 201);
    noStroke();
    ellipse(310.5, 497, 92, 54); // neck2
    fill(0, 0, 255);
    noStroke();
    ellipse(127.4, 114.1, 42.4, 42.4); // left hairpin
    fill(0, 0, 255);
    noStroke();
    ellipse(162.4, 135.7, 42.4, 42.4); // right hairpin
    fill(255, 233, 201);
    noStroke();
    ellipse(150.5, 290.1, 67, 94); // left ear
    fill(255, 233, 201);
    noStroke();
    ellipse(470.5, 290.5, 67, 94); // right ear
    fill(0, 0, 255);
    noStroke();
    ellipse(146, 353, 8, 66); // left earring
    fill(0, 0, 255);
    noStroke();
    ellipse(472.5, 353, 8, 66); // right earring
    fill(255, 202, 201);
    noStroke();
    ellipse(207.5, 346, 47, 26); // left blush
    fill(255, 202, 201);
    noStroke();
    ellipse(395.5, 346, 47, 26); // left blush
}

Stefanie Suk – Looking Outwards – 01

Bit.Fall Installation in Incheon Airport

Bit.Fall, designed by an artist Julius Popp, is a computerized art installation that releases water droplets at specific intervals to create words extracted from the internet’s current stream of trending topics. In this installation, computer program plays a key role in filtering keywords based on a statistical algorithm from the current newsfeed, then transferring the information to the control unit to create droplets at specific times. This installation caught my attention as it combines both nature (through gravity to make the water drops fall) and culture (through news feed for social attention) into a single piece of artwork. What I admire the most about Bit.Fall is the strange correlation between water, a natural medium, and word, a cultural information, combined together to create a single collaborative installation. This project can further inspire the art and values of combination between nature and men.

Bit.Fall Installation in MONA