What is Love ♥ - Meli melo (248425)


Curated by tz1dEi3vTMT6idyH37AiqSifS5rNvYep6iao
Jan 27, 2022 at 7:38 PM

Points are arranged according to geometric patterns and segments are drawn between two moves using color palettes generated from traditional clothing. They love another trait, and hate the two others – including themselves. This piece was generated using seed 248425, there are only three points, two leave while one stays alone. The probability that this happens is close to zero. I first thought it was a failure, but got amused by the two points leaving to do you know what, and then really sad for the point staying alone - who has never been there? Now I love this piece, definitely one of my favorites! # The What is Love ♥ system In a small 2D space, the system generates points that have their own personality, and are attracted or repelled by points in their neighborhood depending on the personality traits of the other points. Each individual point then lives its own life, following phases of wider or narrower attention, stronger or weaker emotions, and phases of breakout where, for some points, some personality traits become repulsive. Eventually, everyone comes back to their original position more or less chaotically. All parameters are generated randomly based on a randomly chosen seed. The system is purely generative and there is no curation of the results. When many points are generated, the collective movement of the points generates changing patterns. Sometimes, it becomes possible to follow individual stories: love that comes and goes, groups of friends that make or break, individuals that don’t follow the masses and create their own story. There is always imperfection, there are always outliers that mess up with the flow. It is not necessarily the most aesthetically pleasant, but this is life, and I hope that some of these stories will speak to you. # Rendering The system is written in the R language, and plotted with ggplot2. It is operated on a refurbished Linux machine running on green energy. Each point has a color representing its own personality traits and is surrounded by a colored glow. # Parameters seed: 248425 background: lines start: circles persistance_mode: all max_persistance: 115 demp_persistance: 1 segment_width: 3.1 color1: #191925 color2: #556d44 color3: #ed1332 color4: #ecc2d2 hate_invert_prob: 10 border: none nPoints: 3 periods_sense: 4 periods_spread: 5 periods_persistance: 5 breakups: 127 price: 25.9444402180534
Points are arranged according to geometric patterns and segments are drawn between two moves using color palettes generated from traditional clothing. They love another trait, and hate the two others – including themselves. This piece was generated using seed 248425, there are only three points, two leave while one stays alone. The probability that this happens is close to zero. I first thought it was a failure, but got amused by the two points leaving to do you know what, and then really sad for the point staying alone - who has never been there? Now I love this piece, definitely one of my favorites!

# The What is Love ♥ system
In a small 2D space, the system generates points that have their own personality, and are attracted or repelled by points in their neighborhood depending on the personality traits of the other points. Each individual point then lives its own life, following phases of wider or narrower attention, stronger or weaker emotions, and phases of breakout where, for some points, some personality traits become repulsive. Eventually, everyone comes back to their original position more or less chaotically. 
All parameters are generated randomly based on a randomly chosen seed. The system is purely generative and there is no curation of the results. When many points are generated, the collective movement of the points generates changing patterns. Sometimes, it becomes possible to follow individual stories: love that comes and goes, groups of friends that make or break, individuals that don’t follow the masses and create their own story. There is always imperfection, there are always outliers that mess up with the flow. It is not necessarily the most aesthetically pleasant, but this is life, and I hope that some of these stories will speak to you.

# Rendering
The system is written in the R language, and plotted with ggplot2. It is operated on a refurbished Linux machine running on green energy. Each point has a color representing its own personality traits and is surrounded by a colored glow.

# Parameters
seed: 248425
background: lines
start: circles
persistance_mode: all
max_persistance: 115
demp_persistance: 1
segment_width: 3.1
color1: #191925
color2: #556d44
color3: #ed1332
color4: #ecc2d2
hate_invert_prob: 10
border: none
nPoints: 3
periods_sense: 4
periods_spread: 5
periods_persistance: 5
breakups: 127
price: 25.9444402180534
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