I love Web Design & Development, and I had the great privilege to explore the intersection between code and art in several of my classes at MCAD. All of my works were created using HTML, CSS, jQuery, or p5.js.
Coding Concepts Final
For the final project of my Coding Concepts class, I had to create a "Choose Your Own Adventure"-style of page linking using the JavaScript library p5.js. I choose to once again use my love of digital collage to create surreal, metaphysical landscapes the viewer could explore until they reached a quote about self-actualization taken from a variety of books by Hermann Hesse. What quote they received depended upon what objects they chose to click on each page.
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Labyrinth to Net
For my first project in my Web and Screen class, we had to create multiple webpages that linked together in an unusual way to create a “labyrinth”. I used my love of digital collage to create humorous webpages that had imagery and sentences taken out of context from science textbooks. I also wanted to add something fun for web developers so I included easter eggs of silly sentences for them to find within the code.
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Abstraction
For my Web and Screen class, we were assigned to create 4 pages that centered around a central "abstraction" theme using HTML and CSS. Each of the pages had to link in an unusual way. I chose the theme of "taking a break" and explored the various ways we take a break throughout the day.
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External Input
For my Coding Concepts class, we were assigned a project to use the JavaScript library p5.js to create a work of art that could be interacted with physically and that interaction would affect the output of the code. I decided to use audio as my external input and made a collage image where the objects would move whenever you made noise.
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jQuery Dichotomy
In my Web and Screen class we had to explore a “dichotomy” of our choice using jQuery. I choose to explore the dichotomies of life and death and fate and freewill.
Fallen leafs are symbolic of decay and death in nature, while concrete or manmade constructions are considered an act of life and creation. A fallen leaf on the pavement is a reminder that even though we can choose to create fantastic things while we live, like the leaf, we will all eventually decay, and our fate is death. The numbers, taken from the movie Donnie Darko, serve as a reminder that, like Donnie, perhaps we do not have as much freewill as we would like to think.
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