Within Casey Raes’ talk on chance of operations, I find that it provided an intriguing perspective on the relationship between order and chaos when creating pieces of work. His idea that artists keep things in order within a chaotic world resonates with me, especially after creating my loop assignment in p5.js. This is because by setting boundaries (the grid) while allowing for unexpected outcomes (the random colors), I was able to maintain a balance between order and chaos. I find it interesting when he mentions “controlled randomness,” since it shows me that he believes that when randomness is controlled, it can be used to generating beautiful pieces of art.
As he discussed World War I art pieces, I was intrigued as I never knew there were connections between the artwork that represents the artist’s history and current history. As someone who is currently learning World War I for the first time, this has gave me a gist to what these artworks mean, and it is about symbolism and the historical context. After watching the video, I am excited to be a bit more “chaotic” with the pieces along with keeping things in order, just like my loop experiment on p5.js.