hello world! processing

     This way this video was made was interesting to me because I liked the way that they kept comparing this new age process of processing to when computers first came out. I liked the way that it broke down what is actually happening, and i liked a lot of the simply put references and explanations. It is very true and a great way to explain what is happening by saying that you are thoroughly explaining your ideas to the computer. You make the rules and as long as you explain them exactly how you want and in terms that the editor can understand. At one point in the video there was a woman speaking French and I'm not sure why she was added in there because the whole video was in english and i couldn't understand her. I really want to try out the idea of making a simple set of rules and seeing where that can go when repeated indefinitely. I enjoyed seeing the way that things like that can be made and I'm just wondering how i can do things like that.

first sketch

This is the code I used:

function setup() {
  createCanvas(1400, 700);
}

function draw() {
  background(0);
  stroke('pink');
  strokeWeight(6);
  ellipse(250, 200, 500, 30);
  rect(60, 40, 60, 30, 5);
 
  background(200,100,175,150);
  strokeWeight(3);
  stroke('red');
  noFill();
  rect(100, 300, 200, 75, 5, 10, 15, 20);
  triangle(350,10, 300,75, 400,50);
  triangle(100,110, 280,120, 110,200);
  quad(250,100, 150,30, 350,295, 250,75);
 
  strokeWeight(5);
  stroke('blue');
  line(500,100, 1200,150);
  line(500,100, 1200,200);
  line(500,100, 1200,250);
  line(500,100, 1200,300);
  line(500,100, 1200,350);
  line(500,100, 1200,400);
  line(500,100, 1200,450);
  line(500,100, 1200,500);
  line(500,100, 1200,550);
  line(500,100, 1200,600);
  line(500,100, 1200,650);
  line(500,100, 1200,700);
 
  fill('pink');
  stroke('orange');
  beginShape();
    vertex(500,100);
    vertex(600,50);
    vertex(700,100);
    vertex(650,300);
    vertex(550,250);
  endShape(CLOSE);
 
  fill(220,60,35,255);
  background(200, 90);
  stroke('purple');
  circle(800, 600, 90);
  circle(700, 600, 80);
  circle(600, 600, 70);
  circle(500, 600, 60);
  circle(400, 600, 50);
  circle(300, 600, 40);
  circle(200, 600, 30);
  circle(100, 600, 20);
  circle(0, 600, 10);
 
  strokeWeight(20);
  stroke('green');
  point(30,80);
  point(30,120);
  point(30,170);
  point(30,250);
  point(30,320);
  point(30,480);
 
  fill(92,220,55,150);
  stroke(334,59,200);
  strokeWeight(5);
  rect(1000, 65, 420, 700);
}

Assignment 2

homepages.utoledo.edu/jrabban/shapeland

This is my website for assignment two. I am having some difficulties with the way it is appearing online through the sites page compared to how it is when opened from the folder i have on my desktop. For some reason as of right now the sound is not working on the online version of any of my pages and I'm not sure why because they are added in my media folder.

garden post

This reading was really interesting because it was all about the idea of having choices and having many different paths. This relates to our assignment because we are making an interactive site that will allow the viewer choice in their own “path” or way that they will experience the site. The story went on and explained how the whole purpose of the garden of forking paths was to get lost in time and that there will always be an infinite amount of choices as to where to go in life or in our case our site.
I have been having a hard time coming up with how i want to create the viewers experience in my site, but this reading helped me realize that whatever way i create this site is right. The assignment has a loose set of guidelines and because of that, comes an infinite amount of choices. From a story telling site, to a build your own, to a maze, or even a purely experimental site, the choices seemed endless. That is why it was so hard for me to come up with what i want to do, but i have decided that i want to make it more about the the viewer getting something from it and for this reason is why i don’t want to do a purely experimental piece. I have been leaning towards a build your own ice cream sundae and in my opinion this is a good theme because the person will have many choices as to what to creat but i will still be the guider and i will have precreated many different path options for the viewer. I like the fact that they know they will be creating a sundae and that at the end they will get to see what their choices created for them.

psychogeography

     Incorporating psychogeography into contemporary art is the idea of having the art create playfulness and have the viewer be interactive within it and have the ability to drift throughout it.  It also has to do with how a geographical location will affect a persons behavior and emotions. If a piece of art puts an idea of a specific location within it, then the viewer will automatically be placed in that location and will have a set of specific emotions and behaviors towards that location. 
     I went on to a different website to try and understand the purpose and impact of psychogeography a little bit better; and i’m glad i did because this site gave me much more insight in a way i could grasp. It explains how psychogeography started in art work as a way to explore the urban city and world in a way no one had ever imaged before. This type of work had roots that extend from surrealism and other art movements that would break the boundaries and release the ideas of the inner subconscious.
     It is very interesting to see how others do this as one example mentioned in this website that i found (tate.org.uk) is of artists, writers and filmmakers such as Iain Sinclair and Patrick Keiller, that used the idea of walking through a location to explore how simply a location affects a persons emotions and experience with a work.