Marr-Fuller_ET Algorithm

Instructions:

Persons whose first name begins with the letters A thru C must draw with the RED marker.

Persons whose first name begins with the letter D must draw with the GREEN marker.

Persons whose first name begins with the letters E thru J must draw with the BLUE marker.

Persons whose first name begins with the letters K thru R must draw with the PINK marker.

Persons whose first name begins with the letters S thru T must draw with the Yellow Marker.

Anyone not mentioned above must draw with the BLACK marker.

1) Each person must draw 7 different rectangles of similar proportions to one another.

2) All 7 rectangles must be contained within the 24” X 36” sheet.

3) Each rectangle must overlap at least one of the other 7 rectangles you have drawn.

4) Each rectangle may not overlap more than 2 of the other 7 rectangles you have drawn.

Analysis:

When I wrote this algorithm I wanted to try and have some strict and limiting rules to keep the final composition from feeling completely arbitrary. At the same time I also wanted to leave some rules open to interpretation so that there would be room for individual creativity. I feel that the algorithm and the composition were very successful. While everybody got to choose the size, alignment and pattern of their portion of the composition, there is still a strong sense of continuity throughout the whole sheet. I was concerned that there may be some people who interpreted the rules much differently then I had intended and created something much different but this did not happen.