Tuesday, 31 July 2012

Variables and Form

This project is very interesting to me, particularly it reminds me about psychology and how the mind can recognise objects based on lines.
Our brain can recognise objects easier when the intersections are not changed e.g. the point when the lines connect are the same, but the middle of the line dissappears, we can still detemine what the object is.

The example used was a watering can - with the angles and connecting points still there, but parts of the middle of the lines gone, we can still figure out the object is a watering can - but if the intesecting parts of the object are taking out it is much harder to determine. There is also another phenomenon which is that we can recognise objects from ALL viewpoints, except one. SO we could recognise the watering can from all major viewpoints, except the one where we face the spout. It is very interesting to see. What is great about this project is that one simple change of a shape can not only completely change the shape so it is unrecognisable, but also surprise us and change into something we hadn't imagined would be possible. It is all possible though im beginning to see! Simple coding changes create massive visual changes!

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