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Project Description

This project looks at what happens when a stable structure is pushed out of balance. I started with the grid—a tool usually tied to order—and treated it like a surface that can breathe and shift. Instead of staying still, the grid moves like water. Each point bends with time, and the entire pattern feels alive. Across this moving surface, every colored cell reacts differently when the viewer presses the mouse. This press is interpreted as a small “scream,” creating a wave that spreads outward. Some cells turn red, some shift toward green, and some stay unchanged. These reactions reflect different ways systems or people respond to pressure. Beige cells never change, acting like calm, untouched spaces. Blue cells avoid turning red and move toward green, suggesting a quieter or alternative response rather than a dramatic one. The small red square—the jogger—is the viewer’s presence inside the system. It follows the cursor at a slow pace, drifting over the shifting grid. The jogger doesn’t control the grid; it simply triggers reactions, becoming both an observer and a disturbance. The piece is less about causing dramatic change and more about watching how tension spreads and fades. The grid never breaks—it reshapes and settles again. By turning something rigid into something fluid, the project suggests that even orderly systems carry hidden softness, and that different parts of a structure respond to pressure in their own ways.

Credits

This code was co-developed with AI assistance; concept, direction, and revisions by the artist

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