A friend told me I needed to write more blog posts. I’m not sure if he was interested in what I have to say or just didn’t want to link to a dead blog. Either way I will put down a few more posts!

Take a look at the work from Robert Hodgin at flight404.com. He is using Processing, a programming language created for experimenting with computer graphics. At the core of these images and videos is a model following simple rules of physics (e.g. two positively charged particles will move away from each other) that is affected by the music (e.g. particle size increases with volume). The final image or video isn’t designed, it is the result of programming these rules and letting the model play itself out.

Magnetic Ink

Magnetic, process video

Solar (high definition version, alternate version with lyrics)