This week we started to look at using p5.js, a Java Script library used for creative coding. I had attended a taster workshop on p5.js led by Jamie before starting in September. The taster had really excited me about joining the course and found it incredibly impressive how quickly you can create unique pieces of art. So it was great to revisit using p5.js and to learn about it in more technical detail. I was also pleased with the pieces I created in the workshop:

In this week’s lecture from Licia He, she used Python algorithms mixed with plotters to create art, I found it very beautiful and inspiring how committed she is to her practice. Near the end of the lecture, there was a discussion about whether anyone had found their ‘plotter’, I definitely haven’t yet, and have recently felt lost for inspiration outside of my studies. I’m hoping as I continue through the course I find something I can get obsessed and passionate about.

I am intrigued but nervous about the Grid Art Task, I’m excited about researching and looking into the different histories of artists, as this had been one of my favourite things to do in my A-Levels and I was starting to miss it. In fact, when I was given the brief for this task, I immediately thought of an artist I had previously come across in my A-Levels; Sonia Delaunay, an artist who uses colour and repeated shapes in her work, similar to the circular patterns we had been making in p5.js. I enjoyed being able to look into her again, as I only touched on her briefly and discovered things like she worked with her husband who also created art in her style. However, I am a little nervous about the creative part of this task, as it has been a very long time since I’ve created artwork that doesn’t have strict constants and requirements. I’m used to the formula of researching an artist, creating a copy of their work and then responding to them with an original piece in their style. But I am excited to see what I come up with.