LO: Generative art

This week, I chose Marius Watz’ work called ‘ABSTRACT01js’ created in 2010. I found this computational art piece very interesting because of it’s pseudo-random elements that are the underlying algorithm of the art. The composition of the piece when the mouse is pressed is random but is comprised of the same elements, making the shape and colors somewhat consistent. It’s really cool to think how something as technical as coding can be used to create such an organic and flowing piece; Watz did a really good job at projecting the abstract randomness in a complicated yet sensible way. To do this, my guess would be that he used probability distributions to induce randomness to get this kind of patter. The interactive aspect of this art is what stood out to me; random patterns are created when I press the mouse on the canvas, which is something we learnt to do in class.

Link to ‘ABSTRACT01js’ – http://mariuswatz.com/works/abstract01js/