HEDERA HELIX
Medium: Generative Art
Tools: p5.js
Location: Shanghai, China, Fall 2021
“Witness a canvas of a plain, white brick wall as it transforms into a botanical wonderland of overgrown ivy vines and leaves. Click the mouse to start and stop the growth of the plant, tracking each leaf and children vine the parent vine creates.”
This interactive sketch is an exploration of algorithmic botany, where I use computer programming to mimic the organic patterns of greenery that occur in our environment. The animation relies on a recursive algorthim I developed, based on a traditional binary tree but with the inclusion of randomness and noise, which allows each new vine to grow according to one or more ‘parent’ vines. Observers can control the pace of the vines’ growth and play with an infinite number of patterns, producing an authentically organic scene that can be enjoyed at every frame.
Full documentation
Tools: p5.js
Location: Shanghai, China, Fall 2021
“Witness a canvas of a plain, white brick wall as it transforms into a botanical wonderland of overgrown ivy vines and leaves. Click the mouse to start and stop the growth of the plant, tracking each leaf and children vine the parent vine creates.”
This interactive sketch is an exploration of algorithmic botany, where I use computer programming to mimic the organic patterns of greenery that occur in our environment. The animation relies on a recursive algorthim I developed, based on a traditional binary tree but with the inclusion of randomness and noise, which allows each new vine to grow according to one or more ‘parent’ vines. Observers can control the pace of the vines’ growth and play with an infinite number of patterns, producing an authentically organic scene that can be enjoyed at every frame.
Full documentation