{"id":11694,"date":"2019-11-07T01:40:38","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T01:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/?p=11694"},"modified":"2019-11-07T01:40:43","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T01:40:43","slug":"art-from-code-a-response-to-vera-molnar-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/?p=11694","title":{"rendered":"Art From Code: A Response to Vera Moln\u00e1r"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/iteration_1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11700\" srcset=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/iteration_1.png 600w, http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/iteration_1-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/iteration_1-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When exploring Vera Moln\u00e1r&#8217;s work and reading about her process, what struck me most about her art was the way she was able to make works manufactured by coding software look handmade and organic. This effect can be most often observed when she begins with a structure and slowly adds more noise too the elements within the drawing until they lose their uniformity, so this is the approach I decided to take when emulating her heuristic. I began by layering two shapes in the background of the drawing that would serve as the anchor from which one could measure the movement of the lines. I then wrote a series of loops with different stipulations for if statements based on modding x- and y-values. I varied the colors and stroke weights of the lines as well to try and break up the uniformity of the image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/iteration_2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11788\" srcset=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/iteration_2.png 600w, http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/iteration_2-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/iteration_2-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Complying with Moln\u00e1r&#8217;s approach of gradualism, the first alteration I decided to make to the code was to add noise to the x-values of the lines and shift them to the left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/iteration_3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11789\" srcset=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/iteration_3.png 600w, http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/iteration_3-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/iteration_3-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>From there, I decided to shift the x-values instead to the right and add even more noise to the equations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/iteration_4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11790\" srcset=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/iteration_4.png 600w, http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/iteration_4-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/iteration_4-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After this, I decided to add noise to the y-values and shift them upward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/iteration_5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11791\" srcset=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/iteration_5.png 600w, http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/iteration_5-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/iteration_5-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, I shifted the y-values downward and added even more noise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is certainly a creativity to repetition, and while\ngradualism does not often demonstrate immense change within a series, it demands\nattention be paid to specific choices made when adjusting elements within the\ndrawing. It essentially slows down the creative process and shifts focus to\nsmall changes that might be overlooked or taken for granted when coding\nmultiple things in one iteration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I believe the meaning that works created through gradualism and repetition resides in the change demonstrated by a series. When works such as these are presented in a series, they become a map demonstrating how the artist began at point a, the first iteration, and eventually arrived at point b, the final iteration. Fundamentally, the meaning of works of gradualism reside within a process rather than a single image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I don\u2019t feel the entire effort of the series was governed by\nmachine because there were still conscious decisions made on my part regarding\nwhat I should instruct the machine to do. If the entire effort were governed by\nmachine, it would require no conscious decisions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When exploring Vera Moln\u00e1r&#8217;s work and reading about her process, what struck me most about her art was the way she was able to make works manufactured by coding software look handmade and organic. 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