I chose a prompt that required that I pick either an image, a video, or a musical composition to write about. Silk just so happens to have all three of those aspects.
It's an image because you can create this wonderful picture of art that you create and you can share it around the web.
It's a video because you are creating this ongoing sequence of designs that you can move and create for however long you wish.
It's a musical composition because it has this beautiful sense that the patterns are being created to the sound of music, and it has this musical flow as it's being played back when you're done.
Silk is an experimental interactive generative art page created by Yuri Vishnevsky. It's available in the app store for iPad, but I happened to 'stumbleupon' it on the website StumbleUpon.com. When I got to this interactive webpage I was awed by how unique and intricate the designs were with just a click of the mouse. By clicking anywhere on the black screen and you will create a beautiful wispy pattern as you move the mouse.
It struck me how anyone could create beautiful art through technology on a website. It also struck me how a program so complex could be used so simply by everyday people.
This kind of advanced technology should matter in our culture because it gives us the chance to integrate art when into the world of computers. I believe that this simple website is so important to me and our culture because it gives anyone the opportunity to create a beautiful work of art while stimulating our creativity.
Try it. Experiment with your creativity.
http://new.weavesilk.com/
Until next time,
Rachel.
Rachel!
ReplyDeleteThis blog post is so cool! I love this website. Before I started writing this comment I was playing around with Silk for at least 20 minutes! I love websites like this. In fact, I know of a website fairly similar to this. Its called Paint and I spend an unimaginable amount of time messing around on it. Heres the link: https://wbx
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If you click on the screen the paint will change colors. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!
I absolutely loved this post! I love finding cool new things and this was an easy way to find something new to do. Websites like Silk never fail to amaze me, they always suck me in and I can't get off of them. It's almost hypnotizing. It also amazes me how people who don't know much about software can use a program that is really complex in order to create art. The idea in itself is just beautiful. It makes life so much easier and fun for all of us. Thanks for the new distractor!!
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