Artifactor
2023I was recently also amazed (again) by Josh Davis’ generative art and being as lazy as I am I thought: What’s the most simple thing I can do to create art randomly — not using AI tools? This is where the php rand() function comes into play. If you are not familiar, it’s a php function that generates a random integer. So I build a simple page where I throw in some svg graphics, mask images, background colors and Unsplash photos and let everything scale, position, rotate and align by random numbers. Art by factors, if you will.
What’s cool is that this mess is naturally responsive. Meaning the same composition will morph into variations when you change the size of the browser window.
Oh, and this is also a lesson in evanescence. The page refreshes after 20 seconds and then the artwork is gone forever. Well, at least it’s mathematically VERY unlikely that you see exactly the same artwork ever again – so, if you like it, better take a screenshot.
