Horizon

This continues my exploration of JavaScript.

Agnes Martin

I respond to the horizon and vertical structure in Martin’s work. I interpret the horizon as prarie, and the weft and warp starting with Martin’s relationship with Lenore Tawney. Martin’s work is subtle and poorly captured on the internet. Here is ‘The Tree (1965)’ from the Buffalo AKG.

That gray canvas is penciled lines bouncing over a textured background. Here’s a close-up (trigger warning: please move away from the art; also, do not lick the art).

I like how this is so structured, but not perfect or mechanical. Textures bump the line away from straight. Lines end but not at the canvas. Etc. It is very hard to reconcile the color of the AKG and iPhone images, and my own direct experience (dirty [with age or work] ‘white’).

Horizon

This first iteration aims to reproduce the basic structure of the art. I hope to explore texture and more subtle line drawing in a subsequent post.

I imagine that the lines are drawn as warp and then weft. The practice is contemplative, so the lines are drawn slowly.

Notes

The implementation uses p5. I explore JavaScript classes (Line and subclasses VerticalLine, HorizontalLine; here’s the JavaScript) as well as different ways to represent color. I’m using ‘HSB’ here, where the ‘H’ (hue) is easily interpreted as location on a color wheel.