Infinite Patterns in the Digital Canvas
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Claim: JavaScript becomes an artistic medium via p5.js (created 2013) and Processing lineage (2001, processing.js 2008) to generate live, interactive visuals. Concrete tools and patterns: p5.js, the browser canvas, setup and draw loops, randomness and transforms. Built examples: geometric “star tape” pattern, animated particle system that responds to mouse input, and a running Conway's Game of Life simulation; all run in the online editor (launched 2018) and produce unique outputs every run.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Algorithmic art with JavaScript
- 1:50Speaker’s creative coding journey
- 8:46What is an algorithm in art
- 10:56Digital art and algorithmic expression
- 13:42History of algorithmic art
- 14:47Why JavaScript for creative coding
- 15:53Exploring P5.js for generative art
- 18:24P5.js vs Processing
- 21:57P5.js turns code to visual art
- 23:41Interactive geometric patterns with P5.js
- 24:46Data visualization and simulations
- 25:50Resources for algorithmic art
- 26:52Creativity and future of algorithmic art
- 27:35Closing and audience engagement
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