Starry Night Interactive Animation

source: highlike

Work: “Starry Night interactive” app aims to provide an immersive interpretation of Van Gogh’s original masterpiece; the iconic flows of original painting come to life, in a hypnotic animation. The user is further engaged by the ability to interact with the painting; almost infinite variations can occur, as the flows are driven by his hand. The background ambient music is also responsive, making the experience even more intense. The app can be used for “re-discovering” classical art and serve educational purposes. Lot of effort was put on creating an interactive piece that respects the original masterpiece; “Starry Night” had to be completely deconstructed and then accurately reconstructed. In other words, the “machine” is actually drawing the painting from scratch. The animation was designed to be as simple and elegant as possible. The original PC version is ported to iOS, and it is available for iPhone/iPad.

Publications: “Very cool! An interactive animation of van Gogh’s ‘The Starry Night’.” MoMA – The Museum of Modern Art of New York (facebook page on Feb 10th, 2012): “We find Vrellis’ interactive piece enchanting – and even, given Van Gogh’s tragic story, emotionally powerful.” CNET: “Van Gogh’s Starry Night modded into beautiful interactive light and sound show. … This is one of those little projects you wish you could just play with the second you’ve seen it.” Engadget: “The effect is so beautiful and mesmerizing.” Gizmodo: “Vrellis took a piece with a seemingly unsurpassable amount of artistic merit, and breathed new life into it.” Huffington Post: “Bring a Van Gogh painting to life… This astonishing video will draw you in to an enchanting and psychedelic world.” France24: “Beauty through simplicity at its finest and most playful.” Creative Applications Network: “A very fascinating version of ‘Starry Night’.” Today and tomorrow: “This interactive version of Van Gogh’s Starry Night seems to be something wholly different and wonderful.” Colossal art & desig: “The work finds success in subtlety.” Design.org: “Designer Petros Vrellis adds a whole new dimension with his animated and interactive version of the painting” Dutch daily news “The results, which also have a musical soundtrack, are quite stunning”.
Photographer: Petros Vrellis
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source: theverge

“Starry Night” is arguably one of the most recognizable paintings in the world, and is now the subject of a more modern art project. Created by artist Petros Vrellis, the newly interactive “Starry Night” uses a multi-touch touchscreen which allows you to touch the painting and watch it react in real time. The project itself uses 80,000 ‘particles’ which flow around the 1920 x 1080 resolution environment at 30 frames per second. The results, which also have a musical soundtrack, are quite stunning.
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source: au-secours-jai-un-blog

Après la nature morte animée par Scott Garner, l’artiste grec Petros Vrellis réalise lui cette étonnante œuvre interactive autour de «La Nuit Étoilée» de Van Gogh. L’utilisateur, à l’aide d’un écran tactile, peut faire évoluer le tableau en créant divers mouvements comme ici dans le ciel. Il utilise pour se faire un logiciel nommé openFrameworks. Une autre manière d’appréhender une œuvre en étant plutôt acteur que spectateur!
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source: app178

iPad最新交互动画应用Starry Night(梵高同名经典画作《星夜》)给广大用户提供了一个与艺术近距离接触的机会。让著名的梵高画作在你的指尖流动，近距离体会艺术带给你的愉悦。该应用是由艺术家Petro Vrellis开发，售价为1.99美元。支持多点触控。但有一个不足就是，由于在苹果App Store上架较早，这款应用还来不及优化以适用于新iPad的Retina屏幕。