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==I: Mellow Chaos== | ==I: Mellow Chaos== | ||
''In my first algorithm for a human I wanted to keep it simple and unpredictable. Still I did not expect this explosive result. I totally underestimated "closed eyes" and how long five minutes actually can be and especially how long a line gets drawn in this time. I remember my HGP Doreen reporting a "wet but relaxing feeling" on the paper while executing the commands, which was obviously caused by her used fineliner. Luckily the paper in my sketch book was thick enough and her "favourite pen" she used was not covering my algorithm she draw over since her eyes were closed. At the end this couldn't be a better introduction to algorithmic art with all this beautiful unpredictability!'' | ''In my first algorithm for a human I wanted to keep it simple and unpredictable. Still I did not expect this explosive result. I totally underestimated "closed eyes" and how long five minutes actually can be and especially how long a line gets drawn in this time. I remember my HGP Doreen reporting a "wet but relaxing feeling" on the paper while executing the commands, which was obviously caused by her used fineliner. Luckily the paper in my sketch book was thick enough and her "favourite pen" she used was not covering my algorithm she draw over since her eyes were closed. At the end this couldn't be a better introduction to algorithmic art with all this beautiful unpredictability!'' | ||
[[File:HGP1.jpg|800px]] | [[File:HGP1.jpg|800px]] | ||
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==III: 5 Times 5 Lines== | ==III: 5 Times 5 Lines== | ||
''After keeping my HGPs rather at home to give them certain commands they just have to | ''After keeping my HGPs rather at home to give them certain commands they just have to follow, I wanted to offer them more free space to decide by their own and, inspired by the feedback of my first HGP, especially was interested in the idea of designing something that is relaxing, fun or just an nice experience. People browsing through old animal books came to my mind. I decided to try the algorithm this time with two people. Although none of them followed my commands exactly by in fact using the digital possibilities of the internet instead of ancient animal books in the deep archives of a library (with all the other random possibilites I thought of e.g. getting in lovely conversation with strangers), I am very happy with the results and would have loved to get an even bigger series of drawings, also as a processing sketch (maybe in the future).'' | ||
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# Repeat step 2 and 3 four more times, and ALWAYS use the same translucent paper with another colored pen. It is totally fine and fun when lines overlap! | # Repeat step 2 and 3 four more times, and ALWAYS use the same translucent paper with another colored pen. It is totally fine and fun when lines overlap! | ||
# Congratulations! You draw 5 times 5 lines and saw beautiful animals. | # Congratulations! You draw 5 times 5 lines and saw beautiful animals. | ||
[[File:HGP3a.jpg|400px]] [[File:HGP3b.jpg|500px]] [[File:HGP3c.jpg|500px]] [[File:HGP3d.jpg|500px]] | [[File:HGP3a.jpg|400px]] [[File:HGP3b.jpg|500px]] [[File:HGP3c.jpg|500px]] [[File:HGP3d.jpg|500px]] | ||
==IV: The Poet== | ==IV: The Poet== | ||
''With this algorithm I continued the approach of designing a relaxing experience for my HGP but this time returned to more complex command lines by creating a certain system to learn a poem and document the process of learning it (which also meant a higher risk of misunderstanding). I handed my algorithm to three different people from Germany and Brazil and got beautiful poems, results and the good feeling of | ''With this algorithm I continued the approach of designing a relaxing experience for my HGP but this time returned to more complex command lines by creating a certain system to learn a poem and document the process of learning it (which also meant a higher risk of misunderstanding). I handed my algorithm to three different people from Germany and Brazil and got beautiful poems, results and the good feeling of people having a nice time while searching and learning a pretty poem.'' | ||
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==V: Subliminal Messages== | ==V: Subliminal Messages== | ||
''After watching | ''After recently watching the movie "Under the Silver Lake" by David Robert Mitchell in cinema I got pretty fascinated by this guy in the movie who tries to find his missing neighbour he has a crush on by just searching nonstop for subliminal messages in his neighbourhood and (spoiler) actually succeeds with that approach in finding her. Eventually I tried to write commands for my HGP to find subliminal messages in Weimar, by introducing a certain system (involving also the post office for the first time, you never know). Considering the results I realised that it is not that easy to find subliminal messages in real life, surely it depends also on the algorithm and the chosen text. Both HGPs chose (independent from each other) weather forecasts, maybe that is the reason.'' | ||
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==VI: Familiengeschichten== | ==VI: Familiengeschichten== | ||
''My last HGP algorithm was written on 25th of December. I was supposed to have dinner on that day with my family, my granduncle and my brother's girlfriend and therefor wanted to design an algorithmic experience that involves and brings together all of them and me in a fun way while providing an insight into what I experienced during my semester. None of them is very much into art, culture or literature, but still everybody was curious (and surprised) about what this is, what will happen and afterwards what all this was about. Since all of them have very different backgrounds and ages and my algorithm was rather complex, I was busy helping them nonstop while all of them executed the algorithm at the same time. It was stressful but very heart-warming and the reason why I was not able to finish my algorithm ("Immersion"). Seeing how all of them worked and especially reacted in their very own way on that unusual and personal task was great!'' | |||
''Besides the topic of "free writing" and bringing together a family, the algorithm also deals with the topic of data privacy and the the subliminal way people are invited to provide their data nowadays.'' | |||
''Sorry for having the algorithm in German this time, not all of my HGPs were able to read English.'' | |||
''Papierbögen entsprechend der Personenanzahl im Format 15x20 cm, Textmarker, Kugelschreiber, verschiedene farbige Stifte, Papierkleber'' | ''Papierbögen entsprechend der Personenanzahl im Format 15x20 cm, Textmarker, Kugelschreiber, verschiedene farbige Stifte, Papierkleber'' | ||
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# Sollten nun immer noch Buchstaben übrig bleiben, male deren Quadrate schwarz aus! | # Sollten nun immer noch Buchstaben übrig bleiben, male deren Quadrate schwarz aus! | ||
# Diese schwarzen Quadrate werden ebenfalls mit einer schwarzen Linie verbunden. Falls sich eine geschlossene Fläche daraus ergibt, wird diese nun mit einem Textmarker deiner Wahl deckend ausgemalt, ansonsten darfst du auf dem Papier ein oder mehrere in etwa gleich große schwarze Dreiecke platzieren, die diese Fläche markieren und damit auch, welche Teile deiner Geschichte und Gedanken auf spiegelverkehrte Weise vom Textmarker betont werden. | # Diese schwarzen Quadrate werden ebenfalls mit einer schwarzen Linie verbunden. Falls sich eine geschlossene Fläche daraus ergibt, wird diese nun mit einem Textmarker deiner Wahl deckend ausgemalt, ansonsten darfst du auf dem Papier ein oder mehrere in etwa gleich große schwarze Dreiecke platzieren, die diese Fläche markieren und damit auch, welche Teile deiner Geschichte und Gedanken auf spiegelverkehrte Weise vom Textmarker betont werden. | ||
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