Author / wblut

Generative geometry in p5js

Generative dice recipe 250326

Not so much a generative dice recipe as a preparatory construction that gives us an interesting starting point for countless experiments.

If you’ve seen any real­ity zoo/wild-life pro­gram you’ll rec­og­nize this. Five min­utes into the show you’re con­fronted with a wounded, mag­nif­i­cent ani­mal, held in cap­tiv­ity so its care­tak­ers can nur­ture and feed it. And inevitably, after three com­mer­cial breaks, they release it, teary-eyed, back into the wild.

Choices, the core of generative art, the code making decisions instead of the artist. The artist relinquishing control.

What is choice?