Geometric figures move in pendulous loops as they swirl through the scribbling winds of infinite (pseudo) randomly generated numbers.

The plot is simple, but the story lasts forever.

‘A Lullaby for Euclid’ began as an experiment with working in 3D and a desire to incorporate time and movement into my work. My canvas is a screen. It’s not flat and fabric, but alive with electricity and light. I also wanted to see how far I could push the rendering limitations of current technology. As computing power grows over time, the speed of this program will also increase, which I find fascinating.

Controls
Press [p] to pause/unpause, or tap the image on a mobile device
Press [r] to restart the animation
Press [s] to save a copy of the current frame
Add “?pd=4” to the URL to reload at a higher pixel density

Note: Colors render slightly differently in Firefox. Viewing in Chrome is recommended.

Made with JavaScript and p5js
Artist: Sarah Ridgley @sarah_ridgley
December, 2022