Lift #724

I've been teaching an algorithm how to draw like a child... // Friday, 28 October 2022 - 10:00 A week ago, P5JS generated a set of 171 compositions, dancing to the piano strokes of Erik Satie’s “Menus propos enfantins”. Since then, I’ve been trying to teach the robot to draw with different media, watercolours, oil-paint, sprays… It’s decent at it, but still drawing lines, lines, lines. This must be the limit. // Tuesday, 15 November 2022 - 18:00 I had an idea two days ago. What if I try to teach it basic shapes? Flowers, butterflies, spirals, stars. I’ve been feeding P5JS arrays of dots. It connects them, no problem, but it feels too mechanical, the strokes have no life, they are too pre...View all