Dynamic Compositions

A suite of generative graphics exploring computation as a medium, organizing form and motion across space and time.

Dynamic Compositions is a collection of 35 programs created to explore computation as a medium by organizing elements in space and time to form unified structures. The collection is divided into five thematic sets: Active, Reflexive, Reactive, Image-Video, and Information/Noise.

• Active: Elements change continuously over time. Modulation of movement and phase shifting are used to create rhythmic visual patterns.
• Reflexive: Elements respond to inputs such as mouse movement, keyboard interaction, and time. These inputs modify attributes like position, size, direction, and speed.
• Reactive: Elements have memory, retaining and switching between properties such as position, color, size, and speed.
• Image-Video: Investigates computational expression through scene capture, visual play, and user interaction with imagery.
• Information/Noise: Explores the relationship between information as figure and noise as ground by rendering structured and unstructured data within the same visual field.

Selected works from Dynamic Compositions were later adapted for live performance in the Meta-Control series.

View the works as applets.