{"id":7373,"date":"2017-12-13T23:47:13","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T23:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/?p=7373"},"modified":"2020-05-06T21:07:18","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T21:07:18","slug":"scrolling-wallpaper-izzy-singer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/r6g.ad7.mwp.accessdomain.com\/?p=7373","title":{"rendered":"Art from Code: Scrolling Wallpaper"},"content":{"rendered":"

This wallpaper did not go through as many phases as my last project. Here I dabbled with the movement more than the official look. It is meant to capture some of the movement of a city. I struggled with the colors because most new york buildings\u2019 are shades that do not translate\u00a0well to code. Color-wise I ended up doing something very different from what I traditionally think of as \u201ccity colors\u201d. Maybe some of Times Square made it into the project. (Which would be very upsetting for me because I am a native New Yorker and you must know how we feel about Times Square.)<\/p>\n

At first, I wanted to work with solids to get a feel of a crowded cityscape. I thought having it move strictly where the eye could see it might also encourage a feeling of closeness or stacked-ness. However, the disappearance of the moving rectangles (I called them the \u201cbuildings\u201d in my notes) added another characteristic of the city: passing things by.<\/p>\n

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Stage 2 of Scrolling Wallpaper Assignment<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Stage One of Scrolling Wallpaper Assignment –adding the grid<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The piece hit a turn when I added more of what I noted as \u201cclocks\u201d. Unlike the green one they ended up being very stationary arcs but I felt that it got some of the idea of change across. I decided not the make the clocks move (perhaps I will in the future). After all, the city houses a very stressful look at time as well as the unexpected.<\/p>\n

I added the text simply because I like being a bit literal. I also knew the shapes, clocks, and grid might not get across everything going on in my head as I worked on the piece. The text consists of the phrases:<\/p>\n

\u201cthe city\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cand all its people\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201calways moving\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cdo I have enough time?\u201d<\/p>\n

I wanted the words to capture \u00a0the idea of walking through the city rather than stand as complete thoughts or phrases. So I took thoughts I had and cut them to a point I was comfortable with. I may not have gone as far as I could have with cutting the phrases. But in the end I liked where they ended up in the piece and felt they captured the idea even if they were a bit on the nose.<\/p>\n

In the end I messed with transparency; completely going back on my old idea. I cannot immediately explain why but one reason I came up with–that made sense to me\u2014was: the city is too complicated to be solid and wordless. The dark colors are a choice that I fall in love with and fall out of love with frequently. However, they work well to emphasize the shadow that sometimes falls over the city.<\/p>\n

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