A Curious Catastrophe (2024)

Featured at the Undergraduate Juried Art and Design Exhibition at Purdue University (2025)

This interactive work is inspired by the dynamics and aesthetics of the Op Art Movement. Viewers are presented with an organic flower shape, which eventually manipulates and changes into various colors and forms, breaking the appearance. Variability is significant throughout the composition, a principle that is discussed in Lev Manovich’s “New Media: a User’s Guide”. Here, it is seen through color, shape, movement, and speed. As the cursor moves across the computer screen, all four of these elements work together to experiment with human perception. Viewers are challenged to think about not only how we perceive art, but also our surroundings as they can be easily manipulated.

Software(s) Used: Processing