microMACRO: Creative Coding from Dark Matter to String Theory
Keywords:
creative coding, algorithmic art, openFrameworks, simulation, dark matter, galaxy clusters
Github:
https://github.com/reginaflores/florr422_sims2014/tree/master/12_Final_Project_microMACROCloud
https://github.com/reginaflores/florr422_sims2014/tree/master/12_Final_Project_microMACROFinal
Description:
This project is an exploration in the duality between the micro (string theory) and the macro (dark matter) — a duality that, while seemingly different, is inherently similar, fractal, reflective and mirrored. Through experiments using the OpenFrameworks platform, I made a series of creative visuals that may prompt us all to reflect on the beauty and unity in the microMARO-cosm.
Video Documentation:
Created using OpenFrameworks using ofxUI and ofxPostProcessing addons. Code can be found here: Music: Above & Beyond by The DJS of EuroTrance Alliance http://www.beatport.com/track/above-and-beyond-original-mix/1589271
Inspiration:
Image of molecular cloud in space.
Rendering of dark matter.
Rendering of string theory.
Microscopic particle cloud.