ET ALgorithm [process]

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.

Richardson_ET Algorithm

Directions
1. All Movement is to be made in a straight line.
2. Start at the bottem left corner of the page. Move 18" to the right of the starting spot and then move 10" up from there. From this spot advance one foot to the right. Now move 6" upward, from this point find the midpoint between here and the top right corner of the page. Move one and a half feet to the left from this point and draw a star here.
3. Start at the top right corner of the page, from here move one foot down. Now move one third of a yard towards the left side of the paper. Move down 10" from this spot, and then from their move backwards one foot. Now move 4" to the right and at this spot draw a smiling face.
4. At the midpoint between your smiling face and your star write your name and circle it.

Kamil_Budak_ET Algorithm

Rules:

Steps

1) If the page is blank continue reading (if not skip to step 2). Pick a point anywhere on the page and draw a shape. Keep is smaller then 1.5” by 1.5”

2) Pick a shape already drawn on the page and draw another shape (smaller then 1.5” by 1.5”), making sure that it intersects one, and only one, corner of the previous shape.

3) Repeat step 2 using the shape you just drew to continue off of, going by the same rules as in step 2, and keep drawing untill time runs out.

Reaction
My initial reaction upon seeing the canvas was that people created a lot of different shapes and streched them across the canvas in different directions. My initial thought was that I would see a lot of triangles and squares drawn all over the place. It was nice to see that when people saw what was already drawn they chose to do more unique shapes. The detail image was a part I found really fascinating. It was a unique adaptation to the algorithm that no one else seemed to do, instead of going in a line, the person drew the shapes all clustered around eachother.

E.Harutyunyan

Rules:

- take the black pen and the ruler

- with the given utensils make two lines anywhere on the page

- put down the black pen, and pick up the red one

- with the shown circles shapes make a red circle at the intersection on two lines closest to the top left corner (they don't need to be on the straight lines that you've created)

- put down the utensils and have a good day.

Summary:

My intent with this exercise was to show gradation, where most circles would be concentrated in the top left corner and then would gradually shift. This wasn't very successful because most people did not follow the rule of making a circle in the top left corner.

Piers-Gamble_ET Algorithm

Rules:

1.     Think about a human emotion.

2.     Choose a human emotion that you feel comfortable expressing and select a color clay that you feel correlates with this emotion.

3.     Now using the clay that you have selected, your hands, and the molding utensil provided sculpt a 3D representation of your chosen human emotion.

4.     Your sculpture should be placed at the end of the painted white line that the participant prior to you has created upon the black foam.

*If you are the first person to sculpt an emotion place your sculpture at the center most point of the black foam canvas taking into consideration all four sides of the canvas.

5.     Your emotion sculpture should not touch or interrupt any other structure that has been created on the canvas; however, your sculpture may play off of a previous form.

6.     After you have completed your representation of a human emotion, use the provided white paint and brush to create a path that begins from the base of your creation to an open black space on the canvas.

7.     Your painted white line should be clean, continuous, and a single brush thickness.

8.     The end of this line shall be the starting point for the next participant.

Reaction:

In this exercise I wanted to create an algorithm that gave the participant many options, by giving them an open subject matter. This allowed for a sense of individuality among each piece. The clay was selected as the primary material for this project, because I wanted to provide the participant with a medium that was interactive.  What the algorithm set out to display was a landscape of many different structures that used clay as a common material. The unique structures were then connected with the white paint to emphasize a sense of circulation throughout the provided space.  Everyone of the participants were successful in following the algorithm; however, due to the brief period of time allotted during each rotation, there was very little detail in the final quality of each form. 

Daeman_ET Algorithm

Rules

1. Choose a line type below.

a. Straight line b. Wavy line c. Zigzag line

2. If you draw a wavy line or zigzag line, the height of the wavy line and zigzag line cannot be higher than 1 inches.

3. If you draw a wavy line or zigzag line, the size of the shape cannot be various

4. Draw a line from an edge to another edge using Prismacolor marker(thinner one).

5. Draw three lines additionally that are the same type as you drew first. These lines have to be parallel to the first one, and the distance between lines cannot be longer than 2 inches.

6. Draw four lines more, which are perpendicular to the first four-lines, from the edge to another edge.

7. You drew totally 8 lines, and these lines make the nine geometrical figures that are enclosed by the 8 lines. Select three of these geometrical figures, and hatch them in solid. If other lines, which others drew, cross your selected figures, you can hatch the part of the figure.

8. Choose two of three hatched figure, and draw their boundaries using thick marker

My comment:

In this Algorithm, the final drawings had to show the hierarchy like the detail drawing in the picture above. If you use simple straight lines or waves, you can expect what shapes can be made. But, if you use zigzag lines or another lines cross your figures, you can't imagine what shapes can be made. In addition to hierarchy, actually I wanted to see the variation of figures.

Only four people followed the rule accurately, and their drawings show the hierarchy very well. Some drawings show the various shapes, but they didn't follow the rule.

I think I had to make my rules clear, also it had to be shortened.

Knipp_ET Algorithm

Instructions:

1. Take a blue pastel, at the bottom of the two pencil guidelines draw a thin waving similar to the first, curving at the vertical pencil lines.
2. Take a red pastel, draw a line in the middle of the pencil guidelines, waving similar to the others, curving at the vertical pencil lines. The line should get narrower following the perspective.
3. Take a gray pastel, draw a line in the middle of the pencil guidelines, waving similar to the others, curving at the vertical pencil lines. The line should get narrower following the perspective.
4. Take an orange pastel, draw a line at the bottom of the pencil guidelines, waving similar to the others, curving at the vertical pencil lines. The line should get narrower following the perspective.
5. Take a yellow color pastel, draw a line at the top of the pencil guidelines, waving similar to the others, curving at the vertical pencil lines. The line should get narrower following the perspective.
6. Take a olive pastel, draw a line in the middle of the pencil guidelines, waving similar to the others, curving at the vertical pencil lines. The line should get narrower following the perspective.
7. Take a blue pastel, draw a line at the top of the pencil guidelines, waving similar to the others, curving at the vertical pencil lines. The line should get narrower following the perspective.
8. Chose a pastel, draw a line between the pencil guidelines, waving similar to the others, curving at the vertical pencil lines. The line should get narrower following the perspective.
9. Chose a pastel, draw a line between the pencil guidelines, waving similar to the others, curving at the vertical pencil lines. The line should get narrower following the perspective.









Reaction:

Although my set of instructions was able to produce a result similar to one that I had planned in my mind I could have refined them to be more concise. My intent was for each person in the class to perform one step consisting of a few actions. When writing the algorithm I had assumed that this would be generally understood by the class, stepping back and reflecting I realize that just because it makes sense to me doesn’t mean that it will make sense to all. I deliberately chose a process that was simple enough that with any unclear instructions would still turn out to be a vibrant expression. When deciding on materials, instructions, and design to use on the piece I chose a pattern that would capture the havoc and the beauty of the process itself.

Holt_ET ALgorithm

Rules:

1. With the provided knife, cut out two 6" by 2" rectangles and one 3" by 3" square from the canvas.

2. Paste the square onto the canvas first.

3. Paste the rectangles next, they must overlap another shape (yours or someone else's) when you paste them on next.

4. If there is not enough cardboard left to cut out the shapes, cut out two squares of any dimension and paste them wherever.

In this exercise I chose to keep the rules relatively open-ended to

see how my classmates would build onto the canvas when given the

same pieces to work with. The end result was interesting but much

more dense than I had expected. I had envisioned it as a more

spread out composition, and had hoped that people would some

times cut shapes out from the center of the canvas so it would be

more apparent that it was an subtractive and additive process. If I

was to do this again, I would try and make it a little more

structured. It would have been interesting to have restrictions or

special rules for girls and guys, or people who are born during

certain months.

Even though the base of the canvas got small pretty quickly, and

people tried to stick to one area on it, I liked how you can see how

the canvas changed over time. At the beginning most people were

gluing the pieces flat on top of each other, but later some tried

different angles and standing the cardboard pieces up against the

others, which was unexpected but made it a more exciting final

result.

O'Rourke_ET ALgorithm

Rules:

1.) Using the Zodiac charts, find your Zodiac sign and Chinese Zodiac Sign in accordance with your date of birth.

2.) The oval shaped cutouts with Zodiac names written on them that correspond with your birth date will later be used to draw a single shape on this 24x36 composition.

3.) Find the name of your Zodiac written in Red and underlined in Blue on the 24x36 sheet.

4.) When you find it, now look for your corresponding Chinese sign written in Red, with your Zodiac name written above it in Blue.

. NOTE: If your Chinese sign did not appear on the list, use the roll of tape to draw a circle with the fine point of the green marker around your Zodiac name.

5.) Use your Zodiac cutout and the black pen to trace an oval that connects the blue point of your Zodiac name and the blue point next to your Chinese sign.

6.) If the oval you have drawn intersects with any other ovals, use the Rectangle #1 cutout to draw a rectangle at the point(s) of intersection.

7.) If your oval intersects with a Rectangle #1, use a Rectangle #2 to draw a bigger rectangle around the Rectangle #1.

8.) If your oval intersects with a Rectangle #2, use a Rectangle #1 to draw a smaller rectangle inside the Rectangle #2.

9.) If you are Male, you may stop.

10.) If you are Female, use the Mayline straightedge and the broad end of the green marker to draw a horizontal line, all the way across the page, at whatever location in the composition you feel is the most busy.

Reaction:

My immediate reaction to the whole procedure was, "...wow, 4 minutes goes by really fast."

When I planned out my rules, I was clearly not conscious of this, because my rules were far too wordy. Overall, most people understood what to do. Although, there were some people who made gestures that didn't make any sense with the rules. For example, you were supposed to draw a circle on the page if you were younger or older than the age range on the charts, and I'm sure there were only one or two people who met that criteria.

I was expecting something much more complex in the finished product. Perhaps it would if we had 40 people in the class, as this would create more layers and scenarios for shapes to intersect. 

Gagnon_ET Algorithm

Rule Set

1. If you are a third year use a heavy line weight, fourth year use a medium line weight and a fifth year use a light line weight.

2. Starting in the top right hand corner, using the lines on the page count to the right the year you are in at Wentworth. So if you are a third year start at the top of the third line to the right. For people following the first person start counting where the last person began drawing. Moving around the canvas.

3. Depending on your year at Wentworth you will draw curves with these radiuses, so a radius of 3 for third year and so on.

4. You may begin these curves in any direction, but they must eventually move across to the opposite side of the paper. The end of the last curve must not touch the edge of the paper, it should stop at the line before and you cannot make complete circles while drawing these curves.

Outcome

My intention of the algorithm was to have curved lines moving throughout the page, where each line was different. But the outcome of the project was that people took the curve in my rule set as strictly half circles. When I was thinking of the rules and outcome I wanted curved lines that were made up of quarter circles throughout the page eventually making its way to the other side. I also wanted more of variation in line weight; now that I look back I would have brought different pen types instead of different pencils.

Gal_ET_Algorithm

1.     1. Convert the letters in your first name and last name into the numbers equivalent.

2.     2. Start with the first letter of your first name. Then line the number of the first letter on the  X     axis.

3.     3. Line the number of the second letter on the Y axis.

4.     4. Chose any color tack for the point of intersection.

5.     5. Repeat with the remaining letters of your first then last name until you have used all the          letters in your name.

6.     6. Then use the red ribbon to connect the tacks in no particular order. 

A-1

B-2

C-3

D-4

E-5

F-6

G-7

H-8

I-9

J-10

K-11

L-12

M-13

N-14

O-15

P-16

Q-17

R-18

S-19

T-20

U-21

V-22

W-23

X-24

Y-25

Z-26

Tozier_Reid_ET_ALgorithm

Instructions:

1. Everyone must read all the text on this page before painting

2. Everyone Must only use their assigned brush to apply paint to the designated canvas

3. Males must only use the pink paint and the large brush

4. Females must only use the black paint and the small brush

5. Everyone must dip their brush into the paint only once, and then apply the paint to the canvas however they desire

6. Males must complete step 5 a total of 3 times; no more or less

7. Females must complete step 5 a total of 6 times; no more or less

8. Once finished, everyone must lay their brush on the paper towel next to the assigned paint

Note:

*The first person should see the canvas as awaiting a total composition, and therefore should apply their paint in a way that sets up a framework that others can follow

*Everyone who is not the first person should contribute to what the others have already done and not do their own thing regardless of what is already on the canvas

Results:

The goal of my painting was to structure a pre-defined relationship while still allowing the creativity of the individual to prevail and interesting piece of art to result. I also tried to provoke a gender contrast by only allowing males to use pink paint, and females only black; switching what color would be socially assigned to each gender.

If I were to do this painting again, I would add one more rule that says no brush can ever touch the canvas directly. I think this would create a much more interesting piece of artwork, since the biggest drawback of this piece was that it was overdone.

Burns_ET_ALgorithm

Instructions:

1. Make sure the paper is oriented in landscape with the word top at the top of the page.

2. In the pre-drawn circle, draw a straight line with the provided ruler and pencil from the current hour to the current minute of time. This does not have to be exact, just approximately where the numbers would be located on a clock.

3. In the allotted time left, draw straight lines in two-inch increments from your line within the circle. These may not intersect back into the circle.

4. If your line intersects with itself or another's at any point, then place a bold dot at that intersection.

Reaction:

The overall composition was completely different from what I was expecting. Overall, I thought it was more interesting. For the most part everyone followed the rules, with the exception of one who intersected their line back into the circle. However, I thought it was a good addition to the composition. I tried to keep the rules as broad as possible so that I would get a variety of results and that's just what I got. I wouldn't change anything in the rules after looking at the piece because I feel it exceeded my expectations.

Aki Yoshida ET Algorithm

1. Pick a marker you want to draw with. Use it through out.

2. If you a boy start from the upper right dot. If you are a girl start from the bottom left dot.

3. Pick the dot corresponding to the number of your shoe size from the left column and connect with the dot from #2, using the straightedge.

4. Pick the dot corresponding to the first letter of your last name from the top and connect with the dot from #3.

5. Pick the dot corresponding to the number of years at Wentworth from the right and connect with the dot from #4.

6. Pick the dot corresponding to the first letter of your first name from the bottom and connect with the dot from #5.

7. Add four digits of your birthday. (ex. November 21st= 1+1+2+1= 5) Pick the corresponding number from the lest column. If you number is over 20, add the two digits together. Connect with the dot from #6. (ex. September 29th= 9+2+9= 20= 2+0= 2)

8. Pick a color pencil. Color in the TWO smallest shapes that you have created within the big rectangle. Only color in the area that no one has colored in.

My Intention was to have a piece of art filled with colored triangles. However, it turned out to be a piece with colorful lines. There are couple of things that I would do differently if we do the same thing again in the future. One is I will make the instruction shorter and focus on the coloring in the end more. Another thing is to write "ANY shapes" instead of "TWO smallest shapes" on 8. Therefore people can color in visible shapes instead of tiny ones. I enjoyed making the instruction a lot. This exercise definitely provided me another way of thinking of art and codes.