Looking Outwards – Generative Art

A generative art project that I really admire is one by Leonardo Solaas called “Walking in Color Space”. With this project, he has taken famous art pieces, such as the Mona Lisa and has used code in order to create a 3D axis in which the most dominant colors in the piece are displayed. It breaks down exactly what colors are in the piece, and at what magnitude. Generative art allows people to create code that then creates art or produces ideas within seconds. I believe that for this specific project, Solaas must have used code which programs the computer to identify the colors within an artwork, and uses a scale or range to display how often colors are shown or used in a piece. The axis also produces a shape in which the colors occur. Along with the colors and the magnitude, they also show the position of the colors on the piece, created another piece of art itself, which I think is remarkable, as it does both analyze art while creating art at the same time.