Generative Art Gallery

Challenge

Transform static pointillist paintings into responsive, impressionistic visuals that react to viewer presence and movement. The installation needed to operate reliably on a multi-panel video wall, provide immediate, low-latency feedback to motion, and accurately resolve a viewer’s position relative to individual display panels.

Solution

Multi-pass GLSL Pipeline

• Pass 1: Generate a dynamic 2D vector field (flow map) using fluid-inspired measures such as curl and divergence.
• Pass 2: Advect the source image along the evolving vector field to produce “brushstrokes.”
• Final passes handle color grading and parameter modulation.

Interaction

• A Kinect sensor tracks viewer position and movement; interactive zones across the wall activate localized generative effects as viewers approach, creating a direct spatial relationship between the viewer and each artwork.