Casey reas software structures that form

Drawing on walls constrains form to a specific place and therefore maintains. His project is accessible in the atrium of the gates dell complex during regular building hours. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. Reas ongoing process series explores the relationship. Its my office and also the home of the ucla arts software studio. Casey reas, chandler mcwilliams, lust princeton architectural press. It allows nonprogrammers to code and to see the result immediately in the form of a visual sketchbook. Casey reas process software 2, 2011 custom software, computer dimensions variable. All of them are grouped under the heading of working with ideas as form or rather, metaphorically condensing ideas into form, employing mathematical principles, creating thought diagrams, or establishing rules for variations of colour. His work ranges from small works on paper to urbanscale installations, and he balances solo work in the studio with collaborations with architects and musicians. Reas holds a bachelor of science in design from the college of design, architecture, art, and planning at the university of cincinnati 1996, as well as a master of science in media arts and sciences from the massachusetts institute of technology 2001. Introduction to programming for the visual arts with p5.

In the tradition of the 90s www, this site is always a work in progress and rough around the edges. Casey reas 2004 present updated 20 august 2010 an element is a simple machine that is comprised of a form and one or more behaviors. When each element moves beyond the surface, move its position back to. Reas and fry are clear and direct, but as artists, theyre not afraid to be a bit eccentric and offbeat. Collecting in the age of digital reproduction artnome. Instructions form the basis of all generative art, in which a processsuch as a. Process bisect a rectangular surface and define the dividing line as the origin for a large group of element 1. Casey reas writes software to explore emergent systems and his work spans installation, works on paper, and live performance. Through defining emergent networks and layered instructions, he has defined a unique area of visual experience that builds upon concrete art, conceptual art, experimental animation, and drawing.

To a considerable extent, his work has defined both the practice in this field and the theoretical discourse surrounding it. A process defines an environment for elements and determines how the relationships between the elements are visualized. Im planning an ambitious work, the equivalent of a novel or symphony, but its of a new form unique to software. Yes no software 2 network d image 2 100% gray coverage i want programming to be as immediate and fluid as drawing. Reas processes and software structures are presented in different forms. In this presentation, a hybrid of a screening and a presentation, hell share a selection from twelve years of work to address these questions.

Instructions form the basis of all generative art, in which a processsuch as a computer program, machine, or other procedural inventionis set into motion and, with some degree of autonomy, creates a work of art. Mar 20, 2017 casey reas is an artist and cocreator of processing, a wellknown programming language. Its always the latest, so right now its onepoint perspective. Why use a paintbrush when you can make mindbending art with code. Process software 2 is an interpretation of the process text. Reas began writing software to produce his own complex images, which take the form of prints, installations, and sitespecific digital murals. Casey reas writes software to explore emergent systems and his work spans. Casey reas, creative coding for art and design clot magazine. Commission, landmarks, the university of texas at austin, 2014 location. Casey reas and ben fry champion the exciting power of programming for creatives in getting started with processing, a handson guide for making codebased drawings and interactive graphics.

Since 2001, processing has promoted software literacy within the visual arts and visual literacy within technology. Why use a paintbrush when you can make mindbending art with. The visual arts are rapidly changing as media moves into the web, mobile devices, and architecture. These deviations may include a contract, a set of instructions, a digital video file, or a software. Its inspiring and i expect will remain relevant for the ideas longer than the tools used in the examples. Casey reas can sometimes seem like a onetrick pony, following sol lewitt with new tools. Casey reas, process 9 installation 1 what are some of your future projects. Reas software art projects typically explore systems, specifically their emergence and underlying instructions and conditions. My software structures 2004 is on display at the whitney museum of american art in programmed.

Reas is perhaps best known for having created, with ben fry, the processing programming language. Reas, who has been writing software to create visual art for over a decade, expressed interest in applying his expertise to new concepts once given the opportunity to work on a highly calibrated team project. Through defining emergent networks and layered instructions, he has defined a unique area of visual experience that builds upon concrete art, conceptual art, experimental animation and drawing. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Software with hundreds of elements all performing intense calculation e. Software is not limited to running on desktop computers, laptops, tablets, and phones. Casey reas is an artist and cocreator of processing, a wellknown programming language. I often spend a few days creating a core piece of technical code and then months working with it intuitively, modifying it without considering the core algorithms. Architecture, art and science in the age of software development architectural design. Casey reas and ben fry where the originators of the programming langauge called processing. Using tools of science like computer software or invented rules that are based on science but are in fact fake, these artists employ similar processes of repeated patterns to investigate infinite outcomes. To further define the concept of software structures, i wrote and commissioned twentyfour implementations of these structures to isolate different aspects including interpretation, material, and process. In 2003, reas published software structures for the whitney museum of. The first version launched in 2001 java based but with key drawing tool that allowed artists and designers to expore drawing with code in an eaiser format.

Casey reas ongoing process series explores the relationship between naturally evolved systems and those that are synthetic. Casey reas cocreated processing, an opensource programming language and environment for creating images and animation. United visual artists, mark hansen and ben rubin, rafael lozanohemmer, christian moeller, jennifer steinkamp, carsten nicolai. Casey reas is a computational artist and codeveloper of processing, a programming language geared towards the visual arts reas software, prints and installations have been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions at museums and galleries in the united states, europe and asia. Curated projects from artists that combine media and architecture. Casey reas is a professor in the department of design media arts at ucla and a graduate of the mit media laboratory. Casey edwin barker reas born 1972, also known as c. Commissioned by the whitney museum of american art for its artport website ap. Mitra fabian, debra greene, casey reas, and robert strati create works that flirt with the idea that infinity can be made tangible. He and designer and software consultant ben fry developed it as a free and open source programming language. Each of the images in the book is one of infinite variations derived from a single. Form code in design art and architecture internet archive. Artist casey reas, whose fourth solo show, theres no distance, is on. Hes currently working on a video mural commission for the new world symphonys new frank gehry campus, to open january 25, 2011.

His software, prints, and installations have been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions at museums and galleries in the united states, europe, and asia. Casey reass disconcerting software paintings the village voice. Organized into themes linked to aspects of coderepetition, transformation,parameters, visualization, and simulationeach of the books sections contains an. Equally embracing the qualitative human perception and the quantitative rules that define digital culture, organic form emerges from precise mechanical structures. Lewitt has spent his entire career to date planning wall drawings with static structures. Jan 9, 2014 casey reas, software structures 2004 stay safe and healthy. Mitra fabian, debra greene, robert strati and casey reas create works that flirt with the idea that infinity can be made tangible. Why use a paintbrush when you can make mindbending art. We pointed out reas as a 2012 trendsetter for his multimedia designs that we came across on the creators project website, where he is credited along with ben fry as the inventor of the opensource. Reas software, prints, and installations have been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions at museums and galleries in the united states, europe, and asia.

The development platform consisted of the atmega168 microcontroller as its brains and used an ide based on processing, which was cocreated by casy reas. Casey reas is professor of design media arts at ucla and coauthor of processing. The imagery evokes transformation, and visualizes systems in motion and at rest. Reas ongoing process series explores the relationship between naturally evolved systems and those that are synthetic. He and designer and software consultant ben fry developed it as a free and open source programming language for artists, designers and researchers. See more ideas about generative art, art and abstract landscape. Software erkki huhtamo trouble at the interface or the identity crisis of interactive art 2004 lev manovich database as symbolic form 1999 florian cramer concepts, notations, software, art 2002 casey reas software structures 2004 excerpts from ursula meyer conceptual art 1972. Casey reas is the recipient of a 2008 tribeca film institute media arts fellowship supported by the rockefeller foundation. Contemporary cameras, copiers, elevators, toys, washing machines, and artworks found in galleries and museums are controlled with software. Casey reas created three unique structurestext descriptions outlining dynamic relations between elementswhich were then implemented. Can we see a picture of your workspace andor desktop.

Software structures whitney museum of american art. Over the past fifteen years casey reas has emerged as one of the leading artists in the field of software art. Programming of software has been the exclusive domain of hardcore programmers and it specialists for a long time. Inspired by sol lewitts wall drawings, software structures explores the relevance of conceptual art to the idea of software as art. The trick is to feel good about the work five and ten years later. Beyond owing their form and aesthetic to those rules, they inherently question the use of programming in their creation, challenging our understanding of art as an emotionallydriven, deeply human practice. A different structure with intense drawing and without excessive calculation would run excellently in flash. In some ways, my first large work, the tissue series, shown at the bitforms gallery in 2002 is special. Its currently unobtainable because it goes beyond anything ive seen and that i can currently imagine. A mathematical theory of communication by casey reas bridges the gap between the technical world of programming and the visual realm of art and design. When designers and artists learn the basics of writing software, they develop a new form of literacy that enables them to create new media for the present, and to imagine future media that are beyond the capacities of current software tools. But nowadays working with code is becoming more and.

See more ideas about generative art, coding courses and coding. Aug 22, 2016 to further define the concept of software structures, i wrote and commissioned twentyfour implementations of these structures to isolate different aspects including interpretation, material, and process. Casey reas reas software, prints, and installations have been featured in solo and group exhibitions at museums and galleries in the united states, europe, and asia. His work varies from small works on paper to buildingscale software installations. Processing is a flexible software sketchbook and a language for learning how to code within the context of the visual arts. Casey reas writes software to explore conditional systems as art. Unless otherwise noted, the software was created with processing. A programming handbook for visual designers and artists mit press, 2007. Created by casey reas in association with jared tarbell, robert hodgin, and william ngan. For each of them, you may view the software, source code, and comments. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. This site archives the work of casey reas from 2001present. This repo includes code from jared tarbell jaredtarbell, robert hodgin flight404, william ngan williamngan, and casey reas reas.

Reas software has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions at museums and galleries in the united states, europe. Casey reas has written custom software for over a decade to explore visual systems and emergent form. In the art market, almost everything sold is an object such as a drawing, a painting, a sculpture, an installation, or a photograph, but there are some exceptions. Casey reas artist interview series electric objects.

Software structures was about the topic of instructions in art, from conceptualism to virtual reality, and was a work of software art inspired by the works and research of sol lewitt. A mathematical theory of communication is a series of landscapes created by blending ideas from conceptual art and information science. Reas software has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions at museums and galleries in the united states, europe, and asia. Groupauthored academic book in the software studies domain about a oneline. In 2003, reas published software structures for the whitney museum of american arts artport.