Chromagenesis
On the weekend of October 4, 5 and 6, 2024, I’ll be exhibiting my chromatic research as part of the Parcours d’artistes d’Etterbeek, at the Hotel Sofitel, Place Jourdan.
Take a painting, yours, mine or that of a great artist, a van Gogh for example. What if we rearranged the colors in a different way?
That’s the question behind this article and video. Here, pixels take on their own independence, roaming wherever they please. By imposing a few rules on them, they form surprising and sometimes really pretty images.
I pursued this research to create Chromagenesis, a process at the crossroads of generative art, traditional art and technology. The digital images thus produced always have the same size and pixels as the initial image; only the composition varies.
Initial compositions are established on the basis of various fully automated protocols, depending on a choice of parameters. While these compositions are certainly pleasing, they can appear too systematic. In my opinion, manual intervention brings interesting surprises.
As a foretaste, here are two examples, slightly degraded. Can you guess the artist? The original painting?
In the coming days, I’ll be posting new paintings on Instagram (@vincy.lacroix),
At the Sofitel Hotel, you’ll see fine art prints by Chromagenèse.
I look forward to seeing you there!
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Practical Workshops at Craffiti
Would you like to learn about the properties of colors?
I have designed and created the COLHORA color cards set. You can use it to analyze images and discover color harmonies or to create new ones.
If you wish to discover the COLHORA set and play with it, you are welcome to workshops organized at Craffiti (1040 Brussels).
Color Basis and Mixing Workshop
In this workshop, after your analysis with the COLHORA card set, you will learn how to reproduce colors, with gouache or acrylic, from the printing primaries (CMYK: cyan, magenta, yellow, and black). You will then use these mixtures for one or another personal creation.
Full information on Craffiti.be (register here)
Date available:
January 21st (2023) 15h-18h
March 10th (2023) 18h-21h
Color Basis and Marbling
In another workshop, you will also learn the properties of colors with the help of the COLHORA color card set.
You will then be introduced to the marbling technique.
February 11th (2023) 15h-18h
March 24th (2023) 18h-21h