Interstice.pool
1m*1m, December 2023
Real-time code computation, white sand dunes with semi-transparent veils
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"Interstice.pool" is an immersive computational art immersive projection, featuring a group of triangular code creatures that exhibit a series of self-organizing behaviors and temporal evolution on a 1m by 1m white sand terrain. These digital entities inhabit a sea of pixels, a discovered liminal space, displaying distinctly different collective behaviors throughout the day—smaller, faster, and more dispersed in the morning; larger, slower, and prone to clustering by evening.
The work is presented on a pure white square space, its sides equal to a standard unit in any space, like 1m*1m. In the artist Huichuan's practice, this is described as a pixel, representing a realm of pure, clean potential that can be infinitely spliced and extended.
Technical Implementation
I began delving deeply into computer graphics algorithms, such as GLSL, and was profoundly impressed by their excellent performance, visuals, and versatile applicability. I integrated them with p5.js, and attempted to apply these to the particle system of the 'vehicles' and 'boids' I had previously created.
Now, they appear like a array of fish swimming in the water. However, I do not want it to just be a simulation of a fish tank or boids, so I am exploring how these creatures should evolve next. I might move away from using particle systems and instead study pixel-by-pixel computation algorithms like the Game of Life and reaction-diffusion, but this is still a work in progress.
When no target nearby, they spins, disturbing water ripples.
No creatures shape appear, but disturbing ripples all the time
A symmetrical rhythm, by changing the movement of targets
Final version, chaos
Installing: Sand and Fabrics projection experiments
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