Anna Lucia
| Anna Lucia | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1991 |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Dutch |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Known for | Generative Art, Process Art, New Media Art, NFT Art |
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Anna Lucia (born 1991) is a Dutch engineer and digital artist who creates art using computer programming. She is known for her use of compositional instructions executed by computers within a space of randomness to produce her art. She finds connections and inspiration with female textile artists who have been overlooked throughout history.[1]
Early life and education[edit]
Anna Lucia was born in The Netherlands and from a young age, she had a passion for mathematics and a keen sense of creativity. She enjoyed building objects out of things around her and even started designing clothes for her Barbies using a computer. After high school, Lucia was accepted at an art academy to study fashion, but soon realized that she wanted a more mathematical and scientific field of study. As a result, she pursued engineering at the Technical University of Delft, specializing in water treatment engineering. She continued to create and design as a hobby and a side job.[2]
Career beginnings[edit]
Lucia's career as a digital artist began when she discovered the medium that suited her best. In 2019, she stumbled upon Processing, a flexible software sketchbook and a language for learning how to code within the context of the visual arts. She started experimenting with it and creating sketches, not even realizing that what she was doing was already a form of generative art.
In 2021, Lucia discovered the Genuary Challenge, a coding challenge that takes place every January, encouraging participants to create an artwork based on a daily prompt. This challenge introduced Anna to a whole community of generative artists, which inspired her to create generative artworks intentionally.[3]
Notable works and collaborations[edit]
Loom Project on Art Blocks - December 2021[edit]
Loom is a long-form project created by Anna Lucia, launched on Art Blocks in 2021. The project is based on an algorithm that emulates the inner workings of a 4-shaft hand weaving loom. The weaving pattern is generated at the moment of transaction, with randomness often distorting the orderly woven pattern. Thread colors are picked from a single color palette.[4]
The Loom project draws inspiration from the female artists of the Bauhaus movement, who were often relegated to weaving as other disciplines were deemed "inappropriate." The project seeks to showcase the potential for creativity and innovation in weaving and to challenge the gender norms associated with this art form.
In addition to its artistic goals, Loom also has a charitable aspect. 10% of the sales from the drop were donated to charity, specifically to bring clean and safe water to people in need. This further underscores the project's commitment to social responsibility and making a positive impact beyond the art world.
“I was inspired to do something with weaving when I learned about the female designers of the Bauhaus movement. Women studying at Bauhaus were often nudged into the weaving workshop because other crafts weren't deemed appropriate for women at the time. This, in particular, struck a chord with me because, almost a century later, I was fighting relatable ignorances at work.
Aesthetically I quickly moved away from the initial inspiration. I consciously didn't want to make a digital approximation of something that looks woven but interpret the inner workings of weaving looms and merge that with my own aesthetic. Similarly, the distortions were inspired by old pieces of fabric falling apart; this inspired the algorithm underneath, distorting the underlying grid. But keeping the aesthetics digital, sometimes producing Looms reminiscent of computer circuit boards. I want to keep the primitive shapes that the work is made of visible”.[2]
Art for Walls in public spaces 2022[edit]
Lucia created Art for Walls in 2022. Her idea emerged from a series she first created in 2021 called Art for Subways. She made the first sketch in 2021 which Raphaël de Courville featured in his weekly Creative Code News Twitch stream. As everyone commented that the piece resembled public and street art, the artist decided to incorporate the idea into the piece and named it Art for Subways. She released the series on HEN. In this project, the only random thing is the fill color of the shapes; all other parameters are hardcoded into the algorithm.
When she had the time, Lucia kept making other different sketches, by playing around with a concept and moving on after a few hours. She shared some of those outcomes in a Tweet when she “was in the mood” and liked them enough. Once in a while, she returned to a sketch and started drawing in some additional elements. It developed into something bigger: that is how Art for Walls In Public Spaces was created.[5]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Anna Lucia". Verse.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Slowing down with... Anna Lucia". i·illucid. March 17, 2022.
- ↑ "GENUARY 2023 –". genuary.art.
- ↑ "Loom by Anna Lucia". thisispaper.com.
- ↑ "Art For Walls In Public Spaces - TENDER". tender.art.
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