Projects

Some works from the original set of installations included in Tetoki! is available online in the form of software (p5js sketches) compatible with modern web browsers (also on mobile devices). These projects can be used in various educational activities (eg learning programming in the context of digital and contemporary art) - in particular in the methodology based on reverse engineering, especially that these works are published with the source code with comments. It is quite easy to use them to create a mini-exhibition of interactive works: you only need to have computers and USB cameras (or with built-in cameras, like laptops) or mobile devices with access to the Internet.

A tribute to Flora Stacey: universal ASCII art self-portrait.

"A tribute to Flora Stacey: universal ASCII art self-portrait." is a simple, interactive artwork based on the ASCII art technique in it's animated (however not in the way ANSI art is animated) form. It is also a game with the very idea of self-portrait, text, poetry, visuality, and various ways of looking and observing present in the history of art.

Mechanical Garden after Tytus Czyżewski

"Mechanical Garden after Tytus Czyżewski" is an interactive artwork based on the original concept by Czyżewski, re-created in a contemporary medium (software). The work touch issues of conditional arts, synthetic nature and the relation of art, nature and technology in general.

Tips and Tricks (and some useful informations)

• This website does not collect, record or transmit any data. When it uses a camera or microphone it uses them only locally, and all captured information is processed on the device (no cloud computing, streaming, etc.)
• Some mobile devices may need to restart the camera after loading projects that need access to it. So, if you have a problem with access to the camera on your mobile device set the device in a vertical orientation, tap the camera icon (usually it is located in the upper left corner of the screen) to turn off the camera and then tap it again... to turn it on again.
• The lighting conditions are important for projects using the camera.
• Some Tetoki! sketches may require clicking/tapping on the screen after startup (most web browsers do not allow, for example, to enable audio support before the user performs some action on the website - hence this requirement).
• After launching any project using a video camera make a few moves or gestures in front of the camera of your device to get an idea of how the lauched project works.
• Press "expand" button (located under the bottom left corner of the "screen" displaying animations) and place your mobile device in a horizontal (landscape) orientation to display current project in full-screen mode.
• Browsers on computers (non-mobile) also allow you to get full-screen mode - for different browsers it is done in different ways, so it's best to check on the Internet how to get full screen mode on your operating system and web browser that you use. Of course, the "expand" button is still your friend.
• Turn off the automatic screen blackout and sleep mode on your mobile device, so that the device does not stop working after a short time.Of course, in the case of stationary computers, it is also worth disabling the screensaver and possibly snoozing the system in case the user does not perform any actions.

Toolbox

While working on Tetoki! it turned out that a large part of the code written for the needs of individual projects can be used in a broader context. These parts of the code were thus transferred to separate libraries (for the p5js environment) and made available with separate documentation and examples.

These libraries can be used to both reproduce and process Tetoki!'s individual projects on their own, and can be used for other purposes.

Scan Processor

Scan Processor is a sketchy image processor inspired by the Rutt/Etra Scan Processor for p5js.

The library contains a set of simple tools facilitating the generation of "Scan Processor"-like images.

ASCII Art

ASCII Art is a simple ASCII art generator for p5js.

The library contains a set of simple tools facilitating the generation of ASCII art.

Vida

Vida is a simple library that adds camera (or video) based motion detection and blob tracking functionality to p5js.

The library allows motion detection based on a static or progressive background; defining rectangular zones in the monitored image, inside which the occurrence of motion triggers the reaction of the program; detection of moving objects ("blobs") with unique index, position, mass, rectangle, approximated polygon.

Presentations

• [04.06.2011, DataSense] "Mechanical Garden" showed in frames of the DataSense: individual exhibition by Paweł Janicki. Lublin, Poland
• [17-25.10.2014, Attention! Art] - Exhibition of works from the collection of the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts (Lublin/Poland) in Tbilisi] "Mechanical Garden" showed in frames of the groiup exhibition. ArtArea Gallery, Dodo Abaschidze 10 Str., Tbilisi, Georgia
• [14.01-29.04.2018, Signals] Tetoki! as a part of the Signals exhibition at WRO Art Center, Wrocław, Poland
• [18.11-16.12.2018] Tetoki! as a part of the Interactive Playground exhibition at the Izolyatsia Platform for Cultural Initiatives, Kiev, Ukraine

License

Tetoki! by Paweł Janicki is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License..

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