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Contest: recreate Mondrian painting in code, win exposition in museum

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Re: Contest: recreate Mondrian painting in code, win exposition in museum

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More-or-less off-topic, but if you live in SF you should check out the house near Ocean Beach that's painted like a Mondrian: http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlbeanlarson/6184099446/ I forget the exact cross street -- somewhere between Judah and Taravel, overlooking the beach. A good excuse for a walk on the beach, if nothing else!

I ran down the street real quick in Google Maps, it's 2140 Great Highway: http://goo.gl/maps/NZNAO

Re: Contest: recreate Mondrian painting in code, win exposition in museum

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post #11
post #7

More-or-less off-topic, but if you live in SF you should check out the house near Ocean Beach that's painted like a Mondrian: http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlbeanlarson/6184099446/ I forget the exact cross street -- somewhere between Judah and Taravel, overlooking the beach. A good excuse for a walk on the beach, if nothing else!

I ran down the street real quick in Google Maps, it's 2140 Great Highway: http://goo.gl/maps/NZNAO

I just had another holy shit, it's the 21st century moment.

Re: Contest: recreate Mondrian painting in code, win exposition in museum

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post #7

More-or-less off-topic, but if you live in SF you should check out the house near Ocean Beach that's painted like a Mondrian: http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlbeanlarson/6184099446/ I forget the exact cross street -- somewhere between Judah and Taravel, overlooking the beach. A good excuse for a walk on the beach, if nothing else!

There's another one in Warsaw, Poland, in the city's arguably most slumsiest estate comprised of three low-standard blocks of flats with no infrastructure:

http://free.art.pl/zmiana_organizacji_ruchu/Watts.html

Re: Contest: recreate Mondrian painting in code, win exposition in museum

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I'm a little bit sad that such awesomeness can be reduced to an algorithm. As my graphic designer friends used to joke, "There's a Photoshop filter for that!"

I'd be really impressed if a computer program simulated the -tactile- texture and gamut as well.

Mondrian's New York period paintings are deceptively simple. I've read a teacher's writeup of his student's efforts to recreate Mondrian's Composition (I think). Not easy.

Matching the palette, precise layering, bevels and edges. Mondrian's New York paintings were precise and subtle.

Here's a similar description (can't find the article I vaguely remember):

Two-year study of Mondrian's Victory Boogie Woogie in Gemeentemuseum Den Haag to be rounded off by symposium Thursday, 28 August 2008 http://www.codart.nl/news/338/

Re: Contest: recreate Mondrian painting in code, win exposition in museum

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I'm a little bit sad that such awesomeness can be reduced to an algorithm. As my graphic designer friends used to joke, "There's a Photoshop filter for that!" I'd be really impressed if a computer program simulated the -tactile- texture and gamut as well. Mondrian's New York period paintings are deceptively simple. I've read a teacher's writeup of his student's efforts to recreate Mondrian's Composition (I think). No…

In the same case, I could say that, because I can't 100% recreate a Pollock, that it's incredibly precise and subtle.

Re: Contest: recreate Mondrian painting in code, win exposition in museum

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Rules are in Dutch, so I did a quick translation of the most important parts Generate Mondriaan's Victory Boogie Woogie in code Everyone who can make squares appear on a screen can join until March 7th 2013 Submit your code to elegant@setup.nl Rules * Any programming language can be used * Please do try to document your code as good as possible and add a little description how it works, as the judges will not speak a…

And anyone can enter? You don't have to be Dutch / speak Dutch?

Re: Contest: recreate Mondrian painting in code, win exposition in museum

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The winner is a foregone conclusion, it's the person who submits the solution in Piet: http://www.dangermouse.net/esoteric/piet.html It'll be a worthy victory, though.

I think Mondriaan would dislike almost all Piet programs. Green? Cyan? Magenta? Light and dark? No gray?

Re: Contest: recreate Mondrian painting in code, win exposition in museum

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post #16
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Rules are in Dutch, so I did a quick translation of the most important parts Generate Mondriaan's Victory Boogie Woogie in code Everyone who can make squares appear on a screen can join until March 7th 2013 Submit your code to elegant@setup.nl Rules * Any programming language can be used * Please do try to document your code as good as possible and add a little description how it works, as the judges will not speak a…

And anyone can enter? You don't have to be Dutch / speak Dutch?

There's no such rule on the website.

If you'd like to participate you might want to send and email to find out if you're eligible to enter. Or consider it just an intellectual challenge ;-)

Re: Contest: recreate Mondrian painting in code, win exposition in museum

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I'm a little bit sad that such awesomeness can be reduced to an algorithm. As my graphic designer friends used to joke, "There's a Photoshop filter for that!" I'd be really impressed if a computer program simulated the -tactile- texture and gamut as well. Mondrian's New York period paintings are deceptively simple. I've read a teacher's writeup of his student's efforts to recreate Mondrian's Composition (I think). No…

“I've read a teacher's writeup of his student's efforts to recreate Mondrian's Composition (I think). Not easy.”

Here you go:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-elkins/post_1036_b_75666...

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