Relational Stimulus Outputs
2004
These are a series of twelve prints (13 x 11.5 in.) that accompanied many piece in my thesis show. The prints themselves are “outputs” from rs2 (relational stimulus II), an interactive installation that created “Procedural Paintings” based on user input. The output prints were grabbed with a screenshot and then juxtaposed next to the “data” that created them (including pieces of images used and color information). I wanted a documented, tactile version of the outputs generated to have on display during the show for those who wouldn’t appreciate an interactive installation.
Technically speaking, relational stimulus begins when the user selects a set of variables from the control interface. The interface then accesses PHP scripts which utilize the Google search engine to find an image most related to the user’s selected search word. This image is then broken down into pixels using PHP and the resulting data is parsed back into Flash. Flash then “redraws” the image following the guidelines that the user previously set in the interface. I detail my ideas behind this piece somewhere over here.