Processing is a flexible software sketchbook and a language for learning how to code within the context of the visual arts. Reas is the co creator, with ben fry, of processing, an open source programming language and. Inspired by sol lewitts wall drawings, software structures explores the relevance of conceptual art to the idea of software as art. Since 2001, processing has promoted software literacy within the visual arts and visual literacy within technology. Jan 9, 2014 casey reas, software structures 2004 stay safe and healthy. Making interactive graphics with processings python mode. Reas or casey reas, is an american artist whose conceptual, procedural and minimal artworks explore ideas through the contemporary lens of software. Commissioned by the whitney museum of american art for its artport website ap. Its my office and also the home of the ucla arts software studio. A handson introduction to making interactive graphics by casey reas and ben fry 2015, paperback at the best online prices at ebay. Casey reas software structures, 2004 structure defining relationships between elements 003 a surface filled with one hundred medium to small sized circles. His piece, software structures, is part of the museums programmed.
Windows xp64 vista64 windows 7 64 windows 8 64 windows 10 64 version. Simple sex site cyborg link harvester featured by jacob. In 2001, casey reas and ben fry began work on a new platform to make programming interactive graphics easier. Casey reas, creative coding for art and design clot magazine. Yellowtail featured by casey reas together we can defeat capitalism. Reas ongoing process series explores the relationship between naturally evolved systems and those that are synthetic. Casey edwin barker reas born 1972, also known as c. Casey reas reas primary focus is generative art, and codes to create installations, prints, static objects and motion graphics.
Reas began writing software to produce his own complex images, which take the form of prints, installations, and sitespecific digital murals. Software structures whitney museum of american art. Processing 64bit download 2020 latest for windows 10 for windows 10, 8, 7 free from ben fry and casey reas software name. Getting started with p5 university of north carolina at. His software, prints, and installations have been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions at museums and galleries in the united states, europe, and asia. A programming handbook for visual designers and artists mit press, 2007. Pdf getting started with p5 js download full pdf book. Rules, codes and choreographies in art, 19652018 series. Since 2012, reas has incorporated broadcast images into his work, algorithmically distorting them to. Contemporary cameras, copiers, elevators, toys, washing machines, and artworks found in galleries and museums are controlled with software. I began to answer the question by implementing three of lewitts drawings in software and then making. Casey reas process software 2, 2011 custom software, computer dimensions variable. Reas holds a bachelor of science in design from the college of design, architecture, art, and planning at the university of cincinnati 1996, as well as a master of science in media arts and sciences from the massachusetts institute of technology 2001.
While software always remains at the center of reas. Reas is an artist and educator who currently teaches at. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. He studied design at the university of cincinnati and then spent the next two years developing software and electronics as an artistic exploration. Each circle has a different size and direction, but moves at the same slow rate. Professor featured in the whitney museum of american art. There is an increased understanding that software is central to our lives reas is known as the man who helped to create the opensource programming language processing and brought coding within the grasp of visual artists. Created by casey reas in association with jared tarbell, robert hodgin, and william ngan.
When each element moves beyond the surface, move its position back to. Processing opened up the world of programming to artists, designers, educators, and beginners. This site archives the work of casey reas from 2001present. In the tradition of the 90s www, this site is always a work in progress and rough around the edges.
He is interested in the structures and processes that shape graphics, music, code, and words, and often tries to find ways to connect those fields. Process bisect a rectangular surface and define the dividing line as the origin for a large group of element 1. Unless otherwise noted, the software was created with processing. Casey reas created three unique structurestext descriptions outlining dynamic relations between elementswhich were then implemented. Through defining emergent networks and layered instructions, he has defined a unique area of visual experience that builds upon concrete art, conceptual art, experimental animation, and drawing. While studying design in cincinnati, reas was a member of a band called nancy with scott devendorf. Casey reas writes software to explore emergent systems. Software structures was created in 2004 by casey reas in association with jared tarbell, robert hodgin, and william ngan and was restored in 2016 by casey reas. Why use a paintbrush when you can make mindbending art.
Yes no software 2 network d image 2 100% gray coverage i want programming to be as immediate and fluid as drawing. His work varies from small works on paper to buildingscale software installations. Generative art fascinating things you dont know about. The catalyst for this project is the work of sol lewitt. Anticapitalist operating system featured by jacob lillemose sintron. I want programming to be as immediate and fluid as drawing.
Casey reas artist interview series electric objects. Over the past fifteen years casey reas has emerged as one of the leading artists in the field of software art. Casey reas writes software to explore emergent systems and his work spans installation, works on paper, and live performance. Casey reas is perhaps best to know for having founded, along with ben fry in 2001, the process programming language. Unless otherwise noted, the code was written with processing and p5. Gathering source material from newspapers, social media profiles, broadcast television, and youtube searches, casey reas has created series of software based collages that manifest his personal confrontations with media. A mathematical theory of communication is a series of landscapes created by blending ideas from conceptual art and information science. Reas was born casey edwin barker reas in 1972 in troy, ohio.
To a considerable extent, his work has defined both the practice in this field and the theoretical discourse surrounding it. Groupauthored academic book in the software studies domain about a oneline commodore 64 basic computer program. Generative arts tools from flash and processing to neural. While software always remains at the center of reas artistic practice.
My software structures 2004 is on display at the whitney museum of american art in programmed. Casey reas, joshua davis, ben fry, helena sarin, and sougwen chung have pioneered the use of new software programs in generative art. To further define the concept of software structures, i wrote and commissioned twentyfour implementations of these structures to isolate different aspects including interpretation, material, and process. He describes that system in code that translates it into a visual, digital form.
Is the history of conceptual art relevant to the idea of software as art. Can we see a picture of your workspace andor desktop. Casey reas, professor of design media arts in the ucla school of the arts and architecture, has work featured in the whitney museum of american art. Indie band brings stadiumworthy visuals to small clubs. Artist casey reas details the many steps involved in the production of gan art in making pictures with generative adversarial networks anteism books, 2020. The process began as an open source programming language based on java to assist the visual design and electronic arts communities to learn the basics of computer programming in a visual context. View artwork software structures the catalyst for this project is the work of sol lewitt, specifically his wall drawings. This repo includes code from jared tarbell jaredtarbell, robert hodgin flight404, william ngan williamngan, and casey reas reas. Ben fry is principal of fathom, a design and software consultancy in boston. For each of them, you may view the software, source code, and comments. Together, reas and fry cofounded processing in 2001.
238 494 955 562 1300 1161 1066 221 924 447 150 293 867 876 779 569 1076 104 834 1210 1528 219 337 1090 328 540 829 580 597 1346 383 829 816 739 505 500 1164 1391