Reas is someone who emphasises his connection with the preceding generation, specifically with the work of lewitt. Reas began writing software to produce his own complex images, which take the form of prints, installations, and sitespecific digital murals. In this tutorial, youll learn about struct types in c programming. Reas and fry, getting started with processing shows you how easy it is to make software and systems with interactive graphics. Pdf on jan 1, 2008, sadhana deshpande and others published casey, v. For the american artist casey reas b1972, programming is a way of thinking.
Breeding objects computational design, from digital fabrication to. The work takes inspiration from both sol lewitts instructional wall drawings and their reinterpretation by casey reas in software structures, particularly his comparison between wall and screen, and his thoughts on process. 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. Marino, michael mateas, casey reas, mark sample, noah vawter. Processing has a core that changes slowly, while the structure of the code supports. Library of congress cataloging in publication data. Processing is also discussed through examples and projects in the following books. Hernando barragan worked under the guidance of massimo banzi and casey reas and created a development platform called wiring as his masters thesis project at idii. Casey reas cocreated processing, an opensource programming language and environment for creating images and animation. As of now, ive became used to the processing ide, in its lenguage, appearence and everything related to the writing of the code. Its my office and also the home of the ucla arts software studio. Contemporary cameras, copiers, elevators, toys, washing machines, and artworks found in galleries and museums are controlled with software. For each, you may view the software, source code, and comments. They were created for the software structures project, commissioned by the whitney museum of.
Casey reas taken by injection 20 available for sale. Each circle has a different size and direction, but moves at the same slow rate. Inspired by sol lewitts wall drawings, software structures explores the relevance of conceptual art to the idea of software as art. A structure is a collection of variables of different data types. A process interpretation in software is a kinetic drawing machine with a beginning but no. Processing was initiated by ben fry and casey reas. Histories of the digital now whitney museum of american art. Jul 26, 2010 for example, casey reas through his software structures takes verbal descriptions of processes to produce visual components and turns them into programs reas 2009. I began to answer the question by implementing three of lewitts drawings in software. Created by casey reas in association with jared tarbell, robert hodgin, and william ngan. Casey reas born 1972 develops his own software to create generative artworks in video, sound, installation, and other media.
Reass software, prints, and installations have been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions at museums and galleries in the united states, europe, and asia. Is the history of conceptual art relevant to the idea of software as art. Software structures was created in 2004 by casey reas in association with jared tarbell, robert hodgin, and william ngan and was restored in 2016 by casey reas. To understand examples in this page, you should have the knowledge of the following topics. A single line of code offers a way to understand the cultural context of computing. Casey reas writes software to explore conditional systems as art. This work includes text descriptions and software interpretations process compendium introduction on vimeo. To understand examples in this page, you should have the knowledge of. Originally created by casey reas with jared tarbell, robert hodgin, and william ngan, software structures was restored by reas in 2016 to work well with contemporary web browsers. If youre an artist looking to develop interactive graphics programs or a programmer on your way to becoming an artist. Casey reas is an artist whose works explore ideas through the contemporary lens of software. To further define the concept of software structures i have written and commissioned. Software art will present four of these artists and one artist team, and their art created with software to be experienced on a computer monitor.
I had two large commissions in 2014 a twowall printed mural at the university of texas at austin and a thirtysixscreen software mural for a private collection in washington d. In the tradition of the 90s www, this site is always a work in progress and rough around the edges. This book introduces this new literacy by teaching. This is a processing forum for the software, not a general purpose programming forum. Because this book explains a lot of simple tricks and useful techniques to speed up common programming tasks it is a useful addition to conventional textbooks dealing with more theoretical aspects of programming. Software is not limited to running on desktop computers, laptops, tablets, and phones. Casey reas is professor of design media arts at ucla and coauthor of processing. 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. And probably wouldnt help you with something that is obviously homework. Yes no software 2 network d image 2 100% gray coverage i want programming to be as immediate and fluid as drawing. A programming handbook for visual designers and artists mit press, 2007. The exhibition, which opens on 10 september from 68pm and runs until 16 october, is reas fifth solo show at bitforms since he joined the gallery in 2001. 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. Software structures whitney museum of american art.
Projecting software on a wall creates more potential similarities between wall drawings and software structures. The development platform consisted of the atmega168 microcontroller as its brains and used an ide based on processing, which was cocreated by casy reas. Display the instantaneous intersections of the circles. In c programming, a struct or structure is a collection of variables can be of different types under a single name. Jan 19, 2019 im the ben fry half of the casey reas. Is the information associated with a parking spot enough to warrant writing a class for it this is a trick question of course you should. There is an increased understanding that software is central to our lives reas is known as the man who helped to create the opensource programming language processing and brought coding within the grasp of visual artists. The untitled set of cprints 2019 that he described as akin to photographic. Software structures a surface filled with one hundred medium to small sized circles. Upcoming exhibitions fleming museum of art the university.
Rules, codes, and choreographies in art, 19652018 establishes connections between works of art based on instructions, spanning over fifty years of conceptual, video, and computational art. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. Processing is one example of a free, open, and modular software system with a focus on. Reas software has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions at museums and galleries in the united states, europe, and asia. Casey reas, creative coding for art and design clot magazine. The pieces in the exhibition are all programmed using instructions, sets of rules, and code, but they also address the use of programming in their creation. For example, casey reas through his software structures takes verbal descriptions of processes to produce visual components and turns them into programsreas 2009. To attempt to keep the project moving, we started the processing foundation as a legal notforprofit 501c3 organization. This book takes a single line of codethe extremely concise basic program for the commodore 64 inscribed in the titleand uses it as a lens through which to consider the phenomenon of creative computing and the way computer programs exist in culture. It is a microworld where thousands of autonomous software organisms and a. The visual arts are rapidly changing as media moves into the web, mobile devices, and architecture. Casey reas is a professor in the department of design media arts at ucla and a graduate of the mit media laboratory.
Goto 10 by nick montfort, patsy baudoin, john bell, ian bogost, jeremy douglass, mark c. Casey reas artist interview series electric objects. A programming handbook for visual designers and artists with mit press last december. In what follows, a turinguniversal model of some natural and manmade phenomena, selfassembly, is adapted to the automatic creation of visual art. This site archives the work of casey reas from 2001present. 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. Thoughts on software for the visual arts processing foundation. Casey reas writes software to explore emergent systems and his work spans installation, works on paper, and live performance. Casey edwin barker reas born 1972, also known as c. Reas and fry are clear and direct, but as artists, theyre not afraid to be a bit eccentric and offbeat. The adobe flash plugin is needed to view this content. 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. Artist casey reas, whose fourth solo show, theres no distance, is on. Architecture, art and science in the age of software development architectural design.
Maintaining the separation between concept and execution, folds treats data, motion, and ink equally as material. This repo includes code from jared tarbell jaredtarbell, robert hodgin flight404, william ngan williamngan, and casey reas reas. Notations, algorithms and codes powerpoint presentation free to download id. Twentysix pieces of software derived from these structures were written to isolate different components of software structures including interpretation, material, and process.
Reas or casey reas, is an american artist whose conceptual, procedural and minimal artworks explore ideas through the contemporary lens of software. Processing community day 2019 processing foundation medium. Reas is perhaps best known for having created, with ben fry, the processing programming language. Casey reass disconcerting software paintings the village voice. Aug 08, 2004 microlmage microlmage reas, casey 20040808 00. A diptych projection from my software structures 2004 was. Many of us have seen the romantic photographs of jackson pollock hunched over the canvas at his studio with a paint can in one hand and a brush in the other. 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. Marino, michael mateas, casey reas, mark sample, and noah vawter 2012 a single line of code offers a way to understand the cultural context of computing. Unless otherwise noted, the code was written with processing and p5. Art and science in the age of software development.
You will learn to define and use structures with the help of examples. This ten minute presentation introduces the process works created by casey reas from 20042010. A surface filled with one hundred medium to small sized circles. Reas and fry wrote about the history of our processing language and discussed potential future innovations beyond the project. Sign up for your own profile on github, the best place to host code, manage projects, and build software alongside 40 million developers. The original software was created as java applets which are no longer widely supported in web browsers.
See more ideas about generative art, art and abstract landscape. Casey reas writes software to explore emergent systems. In terms of software, analogies may be made between the wall and the screen different sizes, resolution and the wall and the hardware on which the software is running different speeds and operating systems. Casey reas, still life hsb b, 2016 casey reas presents a new solo exhibition theres no distance at bitforms gallery. The famed software designer provides an indepth look at his innovative. You will find examples related to structures in this article. 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 solo exhibition theres no distance at bitforms. His accomplishments include the opensource coding language processing, now used by thousands of artists, teachers, and students. Nick montfort, patsy baudoin, john bell, ian bogost, jeremy douglass, mark c. Can we see a picture of your workspace andor desktop. 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.
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