Code+Art: Get Started

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You don't have to do this by yourself! Join our Google+ Community to find teammates, ask questions, or share your code+art finds. If you're having trouble finding a project partner of have any questions about getting involved, email Alison at ablaine@ncsu.edu.

What We're Looking For

We are looking for visualizations that are created with a computer and are visually interesting. Examples include data art, data visualizations, animations, or digital art. For ideas, here are some videos to check out: Generative Gestaltung from onformative and Data Art Music Visualizer on Vimeo. 

The art can be dynamic or still, but we prefer art that moves and changes because it catches viewers' attention. An example of this could be "generative art," which is software-generated artwork that is created algorithmically and changes over time. These are always evolving so that people can look at the piece multiple times without ever seeing exactly the same thing twice.

All submissions will be considered for display on one of our video walls in Hunt Library, which are at the entrance (Art Wall and the iPearl immersion theatre), on the 2nd floor (Commons Wall), and 3rd floor (Visualization Wall), or as a virtual reality experience in the Tech Showcase. 

Think of it as "public art" that should be of interest to a general audience. The tone of your work should convey the sense of imagination and discovery that underpins the Hunt Library itself.

Data visualizations do not need to strictly represent the data and we are not looking for histograms and scatter plots. That said, it would be preferable to have a story about the data behind your art. Maybe upon initially seeing your piece, a viewer doesn't know that it uses the outside temperature in its algorithm, but upon learning more about the data source, can appreciate your art in a different way.

Technical Guidelines

Browser-based projects should follow the web development guidelines in our Hunt Library Video Wall Guide

Finished projects must be web-accessible in a Chrome browser window.

Templates for all of the walls can be found here on GitHub.

If any mobile device interaction is planned, it should happen through a WebSockets server. Here's a basic template for creating interactive applications for the Art Wall with WebSockets. 

Need Help?

Please contact us if you have any questions at ablaine@ncsu.edu.