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Light and Color

Due next at the start of next class session.

Part 1: Turrell

At either sunrise or sunset between now and our next class session attend the lighting program at James Turrell's Dividing the Light at Pomona College Skyspace.

James Turell. Dividing the Light. 2007.

Reflect on your experience of the relationship between the LED color lights and the color of the sky. This work is a form of new media art! The lights that are part of the work had to be programmed to match with the time of day and to change colors as the sky changes.

Exercise: Write a poetic set of instructions for James Turrell's Dividing the Light. How would you describe the colors? What is the progression of the piece? Be as specific as possible. Next class we'll be talking about how we can change values within our code while our program is running. Consider what values are changing with the lights to give different results.

Part 2: Pusey

  1. Read the article in our class library about the work of Mavis Pusey.

  2. Make your own abstract composition using p5.js! Explore the relationship between different shapes and colors. In what ways do they effect the feel and mood of the composition? How do Pusey and Turrell differ in their use of color and shape? What approach do you want to take? Notice how Pusey pulled from her life around her to create her compositions?

  3. Read the about section for the project Alt Text as Poetry.
  4. Considering accessibility, use the describe() function (Reference) in your p5.js sketch to create a screen reader-accessible description of your composition. Make sure to use the describe() function within setup(). Notice that the text of your describe() function needs to be between ' ' marks. Deeply consider the words you are using to describe your art work.

Feel free to experiment with:

Mavis Pusey's Personante

Mavis Pusey. Personante. 1990.
Colors of painting with RGB values

Submit

Submit to Discord:

  1. An image of your abstract composition (Right click > Save Image as...)
  2. Your p5 Edit link
  3. Text of your Dividing the Light instructions. (You may need to break up your text into multiple messages if it is too long)
  4. The text you wrote in your describe() function