Title: Deceptive Decimals
Duration: 51 seconds Resolution: 1824x1824
This digital video, created using P5JS and Visual Studio Code, is basically a “timer” that has 10 circles on it that go inward seemingly every second. However, that illusion of time passing correctly is disrupted by various distracting visuals and sounds. The timer constantly swaps between colors, placements, and shapes. The big reveal is that the timer never actually counts to ten seconds exactly; it’s been slightly delayed the entire time. Conceptually, I wanted this project to have things that were generally aesthetic pleasing to distract the viewer. The first thing I thought of was making an interesting pattern. I tried to think of something that I could do that was both effective and simple. I then remembered that old print from the 80s that had various shapes on it in very bright colors. I thought if I could recreate this pattern I could make something enticing enough to look at for a long time. Adds to the intrigue is that the pattern is never the same when viewing the actual code itself. This video is just a recording I made by playing the code you're more than welcome to examine it for yourself and even use it to your heart's content. Playing with some of the variables could yield completely different results.
