Assignment 2: Creative Reading (Casey Reas)

While watching this video, I was very intrigued by the algorithms that were implemented. Particularly, I loved the pieces where they use certain algorithms to create meaningful simulations. This shows us how ordered chaos is all around us. The artwork in which the geometry of the body and tissue images are used to make clothing was very cool.

The way that randomness is portrayed is very interesting, especially when he shows different patterns which are all produced by a single algorithm. This shows how so many different artworks can be produced with randomness, just by doing a small change such as the speed in which the artwork moves or even the characters that are used for the pattern.

Another concept I found fascinating was “Fractal Invaders” where a coin is flipped and outputs either a black or white square depending on heads or tails. When it was made symmetrical, we started to see actual shapes that made so much sense.

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