Pathways
Pathways is a computer animation by new media artist Rob Gonsalves and fiber artist Anna Kristina Goransson. This is part of the Art on the Marquee project by Boston Cyberarts and the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority.
Dimensions: 24 ft x 20 ft x 73 ft
Materials: LEDs, steel, HD video
Shown at Art on the Marquee, Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, Boston, MA, Jun 09 to Oct 31, 2015
Based on a pair of "awl punched paper" pieces by Anna Kristina, the animation shows a progression of falling motion revealing an organic pattern. The punched holes are highlighted by orange swirls on the way down and green swirls on the way back up. This is followed by a rising motion revealing a second organic pattern.
Displayed against the Boston skyline, Rob's and Kristina's Pathways appear in all their sparkling beauty.
The animation was created using openFrameworks, an open-source C++ toolkit for creative coding. The colored swirls were created using an addon called ofxFlowTools by Matthias Oostrik.