Generative Design System CampaignDrawing Movements
AboutThis generative motion campaign is representative of the abstract beauty of motion within Alvin Ailey performances. Using creative coding, this campaign system tracks the hands and feet of Ailey dancers. Implemented clips/videos of Ailey dances, as well as one’s own camera are the inputs to help create these unique and dynamic lines of dance. Drawing Movements strips away the visible beauty of watching Ailey dancers on stage, and reveals the secondary, underlying, invisible art.
The SystemI utilized Claude and p5.js in order to help code this generative design system. Using these tools, I was able to implement clips of Alvin Ailey Dancers, as well as my own body movements to output the abstract lines that are the soul of this campaign. This system tracks different dancer’s hands and feet in order to draw. The line weight fluctuates and pulsates depending on the music/audio of each input. With the different toggles, users can also change the color and weight of each dancer, as well as the trail length, pulse strength, smoothness, and max weight. With this tool that I built, the system was easily adaptable and dynamic for any asset.