James Merrill, given the chance to take part in SIGGRAPH 2023 in Los Angeles, determined to showcase how artwork, code, and pen plotters all mesh collectively. With a view to do that, he created an interactive artwork set up which introduced collectively all three.
Constructing an interactive artwork set up requires cautious planning and utility structure. On this submit, I’ll clarify my choices and the way I arrived at them.
My design aim was easy: An individual can stroll up, play with a MIDI controller, see a ensuing picture on a display, after which ship the picture to a pen plotter. The plotter attracts their distinctive drawing, and so they can take it residence and body it.
I evaluated just a few choices for enter gadgets. I landed on the Intech Grid sequence MIDI controllers for his or her simplicity and modularity. Meant to be snapped collectively, these controllers provided the proper variety of inputs to encourage playful exploration with out being overwhelming.
Individuals created over 230 drawings.
Applied sciences used:
- P5.JS
- Canvas
- Lua
- Svelte
- React
- React Native
- MIDI
- Eleventy
- Postgres
- Digital Ocean App Platform
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