Author: sychoi@andrew.cmu.edu

Sarah Choi – Looking Outwards – 01

Summer of 2017, Yayoi Kusama held an exhibition in the National Gallery of Singapore. She has been more widely known as a contemporary artist. She created an expansive vision of the human body through a collection of interactive art called, “Life is the Heart of a Rainbow”. Working in Shinjuku, Japan, she worked with canvas using patterns and the stroke of waves that created the basis of most of her art. This work of various art took her around eight years to complete. Inspired, by paintings mainly from the 1950’s, Kusama further developed her works of art through contemporary mediums such as using LED Light. One of her most well-known pieces is called the “Infinity Mirrored Room – Gleaming Lights of the Souls”.  Her infinity mirror rooms transform the continuous and repetitive approach of her also famous net and dot paintings. This room-scale installation with kaleidoscopic environments bring another interactive experience to her audience, as she uses LED lights, metal, wooden and acrylic panels, and mirrors to create this art. 

https://www.nationalgallery.sg/see-do/highlights/yayoi-kusama-life-is-the-heart-of-a-rainbow

Yayoi Kusama

Life is the Heart of a Rainbow, 2017

Sarah Choi – Looking Outwards – 02

I chose Karl Sims’ Flow, a 2018 interactive exhibit showcased at the MIT Stata Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The project used “various fluid flow, particle systems, and image processing simulations” which reacted to the audience’s movements incorporated with special effects in order to let the viewers feel as if they are simulated into the environment the art is trying to portray. I love the color and visual effects used in this exhibit because it brings out inspirations from different forms of nature, showcasing the aspect of fluid flow of gravitational, light, and liquid effects. I assume that the algorithm that generated the work is a mixture of patterns and randomization. The natural motions of nature such as the circular direction of gravity or ripples from waves all follow a consistent pattern; while the dispersion of colors getting mixed follow a more random algorithm. However, Karl Sims depicted his artistic creation through the interaction of his audience. Through this exhibit, he allowed his viewers to appreciate natural patterns of everyday life which aren’t necessarily seen through the naked eye. 

http://www.karlsims.com/flow.html

Flow by Karl Sims

MIT Stata Center 2018

Sarah Choi Project-02-Variable-Face

project-02-variable-face

//Sarah Choi 
//Section D
//sychoi@andrew.cmu.edu
//Assignment-02-A

var noseSize = 20;
var nostrilHeight = 180;
var nostrilWidth = 120;
var eyes = 20

function setup() {
    createCanvas(640, 480);
}

function draw() {
    background(250, 157, 157);

    //nose
    stroke(253, 212, 212);
    ellipse(width / 2, height / 2, nostrilHeight,  nostrilWidth);
    stroke(255);
    var nostrilL = width / 2 - nostrilHeight * 0.25;
    var nostrilR = width / 2 + nostrilHeight * 0.25;
    ellipse(nostrilL, height / 2, noseSize, noseSize);
    ellipse(nostrilR, height / 2, noseSize, noseSize);

    //eyes
    noFill();
    strokeWeight(5);
    var eyesL = width / 2 - nostrilHeight * 0.3;
    var eyesR = width / 2 + nostrilHeight * 0.3;
    arc(eyesL, height / 3, noseSize * 1.1, noseSize * 2, PI, TWO_PI);
    arc(eyesR, height / 3, noseSize * 1.1, noseSize * 2, PI, TWO_PI);
    
    //legs
    var legsL = width / 3.5;
    var legsR = width /1.5;
    arc(legsL, height / 1.2, noseSize + 10, noseSize + 20, 0, PI, OPEN);
    arc(legsR, height / 1.2, noseSize + 10, noseSize + 20, 0, PI, OPEN);
    var legsLB = width / 3
    var legsRB = width / 1.4
    arc(legsLB, height / 1.2, noseSize + 10, noseSize + 20, 0, PI, OPEN);
    arc(legsRB, height / 1.2, noseSize + 10, noseSize + 20, 0, PI, OPEN);

    //tail
    bezier(125, 200, 130, 160, 180, 180, 110, 190);
    bezier(125, 200, 125, 220, 190, 170, 150, 190);
    bezier(150, 190, 110, 220, 160, 220, 160, 210);
}

function mousePressed() {
    // when the user clicks, these variables are reassigned
    // to random values within specified ranges. For example,
    // 'faceWidth' gets a random value between 75 and 150.
    nostrilHeight = random(100, 200);
    nostrilWidth = random(75, 150);
    noseSize = random(5, 30);
    eyesL = random(10, 30);
    eyesR = random(10, 30);
    legsL = random(10, 30);
    legsR = random(10, 40);
}

I played around from the template, and I started getting more ideas. I wanted to create an animal and the first thing I thought of was a pig. This is an outline of prominent features of pigs I wanted to portray.

Sarah Choi Project-01-Face

Project-01-Face

//Sarah Choi 
//Section D
//sychoi@andrew.cmu.edu
//Project-01-Face

function setup() {
  createCanvas(600, 600);
  background(38, 53, 186);
}
  
function draw() {
  //face
  fill(255, 240, 209);
  ellipse(300,290,300,400);

  //eyebrows
  noFill();
  strokeWeight(8);
  stroke(31,28,14);
  arc(225, 237, 120, 10, PI, TWO_PI);
  arc(385, 237, 120, 10, PI, TWO_PI);

  //eyes
  fill(255);
  strokeWeight(1);
  arc(250, 277, 60, 60, PI, TWO_PI);
  arc(360, 277, 60, 60, PI, TWO_PI);
  arc(250, 280, 60, 60, PI, TWO_PI);
  arc(360, 280, 60, 60, PI, TWO_PI);
  strokeWeight(0);
  line(220, 280, 280, 270);
  line(330, 280, 390, 270);
  strokeWeight(1);
  fill(0);
  circle(250, 266, 28, 28);
  circle(360, 266, 28, 28);
  fill(38, 34, 14);
  circle(250, 266, 25, 25);
  circle(360, 266, 25, 25);
  fill(0);
  circle(250, 266, 10, 10);
  circle(360, 266, 10, 10);
  stroke(255);
  line(254, 258, 256, 260);
  line(364, 258, 366, 260);

  //nose
  noFill();
  stroke(0);
  arc(308, 348, 60, 60, PI, PI + QUARTER_PI);
  arc(308, 348, 60, 60, TWO_PI-QUARTER_PI, TWO_PI);
  line(300, 348, 297, 351);
  line(318, 348, 320, 351);

  //mouth
  arc(315, 375, 80, 80, QUARTER_PI, PI-HALF_PI);
  line(280,415,315,415)

  //hair
  fill(31,28,14);
  quad(300, 80, 120, 230, 120, 420, 120, 450);
  quad(320, 80, 480, 230, 470, 420, 470, 450);
  arc(200, 355, 200, 470, HALF_PI, PI+ HALF_PI,CHORD);
  arc(400, 355, 200, 470, PI+ HALF_PI, HALF_PI,CHORD);

  //hat
  fill(177, 151, 216);
  strokeWeight(0);
  rect(190, 50, 220, 70);
  ellipse(300, 150, 440, 100);
  ellipse(300, 50, 220, 50);
  noFill();
  strokeWeight(5);
  stroke(164, 137, 204);
  arc(300, 72, 160, 20, TWO_PI, PI);
  arc(193, 144, 180, 70, HALF_PI, PI);
  arc(345, 124, 140, 40, TWO_PI, PI - HALF_PI);
  stroke();
  line(180, 50, 200, 150);
  line(420, 50, 400, 150);
}

First, I approached this project as a way to play around with different types of shapes with a little bit more quality for design. I was able to overlap shapes and especially put in more detail in objects and facial characters such as the hat and eyes to make it more realistic.