C.E.B. Reas

There was a mini-symposium at Carnegie Mellon University this week called: Code Form Space. The idea is to show how art and technology can merge to create some amazing effects that are truly novel. The two speakers, C.E.B. Reas (co-creator of Processing) and Marius Watz were on hand to give us the story and the methods behind their work.

They use familiar tools: software, lasers, mills, the usual. However, this art distills the essence of their thought, via code, into something quite novel. Reas, for instance, built some software that uses bots using a few sets of simple rules to move in random patterns across the screen. Their interactions with each other work together to “paint” the picture based on the paths each bot takes. The picture above is an example of this type of work - here are some more.

Marius Watz

Marius has created a really interesting environment to create art called ElectroPlasique that he used to build the above piece. It’s made entirely by a 2D laser cutter, but even in person you’d swear it has 3D topology. It really has some room presence. Check out the video to see how it works.

This set of events was a great experience, and the fun doesn’t end there. They’re also putting on the Art + Code series running from March 7th-9th. We’ll be there to give you guys the scoop.

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3D Printing, Art, Laser Cutting / Etching by Nick