js – Page 3 – [OLD FALL 2020] 15-104 • Introduction to Computing for Creative Practice

My eyes blink 😉

//jasmink
//face portrait

function setup() {
    createCanvas(500, 450);
    background(202,179,231);
}

function draw() {
  //hair
    noStroke();
    fill(24,14,46);                     //top hair
    arc(250,240, 195, 217, PI, TWO_PI); //top hair
    fill(24,14,46);                     //back long hair
    ellipse(250, 286, 220, 310);
    ellipse(250, 315, 230, 310);


  //ear
    noStroke();
    fill(67,47,144);                  //Ear purple
    ellipse(168,250,17,50);           //Left ear
    ellipse(333,250,17,50);           //right ear
    fill(137,122,184);                //Earing purple
    ellipse(170,275,30,30);           //Left earing
    ellipse(330,275,30,30);           //right earing

  //neck
    fill(77,63,150);
    noStroke();
    quad(230,324,274,324,283,380,216,380);

  //face
    fill(77,63,150);                  //face purple
    noStroke();
    ellipse(250,260,155,180);         //face
    fill(77,63,150);                  //hair line.middle purple
    rect(250,145,3,25);               // hair line

  //left eyebrows
    strokeWeight(4);
    stroke(24,14,46);                 //dark purple
    line(238, 220,208 ,217);
    line(208,217, 196,221);

  //right eyebrows
    strokeWeight(4);
    line(268, 220,298 ,217);
    line(298,217,310,221);

  //nose
    strokeWeight(2);
    arc(252, 270, 15, 15, 0+(PI*0.2), (PI*0.8));
    noFill();

  //eyes
    strokeWeight(3);
    arc(220, 245, 35, 15, 0, PI);
    arc(285, 245, 35, 15, 0, PI);
    noFill();
    if(mouseY<245){
        arc(220, 245, 35, 15, 0, TWO_PI);
        arc(285, 245, 35, 15, 0, TWO_PI);
        fill(24,14,46);             //dark purple 
        ellipse(220,245,15,15);     //eyes opening
        ellipse(285,245,15,15);
        fill(137,122,184);          //light purple
        ellipse(223,243,8,8);       //eye small circle
        ellipse(287,243,8,8);
    }

  //mouth
    fill(24,14,46);                 //dark purple
    noStroke();
    rect(225, 310, 55, 3);

  //body
    fill(77,63,150);                //face purple
    noStroke();
    ellipse(250,560,250,400);       //body


}

In this project, Daniel Rozin and his team members decided to create ‘mirrors’ that requires the idea of participation of interaction where the viewer becomes a part of the project/artwork. Audiences can understand the interface that exists between them and the piece. People see themselves reflected from uncommon materials like wooden tiles, trash, fans, etc. When he first created the wooden mirror, it took him a year to actually build it. He had to cut out all the tiles and get the motors to learn how to control them(all of the electronics, mechanics, and the fabrication was needed).

I found this project very interesting because they built and programmed to reflect the viewer’s form(which is the idea of a mirror but a different way of the showing). Daniel Rozin had to prepare to create a complex piece that required controlling cameras and moving close to a thousand motors. I believe that Daniel Rozin has come up with this project because he perceived the world and themselves differently. When people thought about the wheels and the radio as great inventions of mankind, he thought about a simple mirror. Daniel Rozin talks about this project that shows the light when a person stands in front of it. He thinks that “it takes more than the audience’s image but maybe it’s capturing something about our soul and displaying back to us.”

Author: js

Project 1: My Self Portrait

LO: My Inspiration