{"id":219,"date":"2019-03-09T12:53:32","date_gmt":"2019-03-09T12:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/?p=219"},"modified":"2019-03-12T11:13:44","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T11:13:44","slug":"djerba-sunset-phoenix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/djerba-sunset-phoenix\/","title":{"rendered":"Djerba Sunset Phoenix"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Last week I was in Djerba, an island in Tunisia known for its holiday resort facilities and decorative palm trees that produce dates only camels can eat, among many other things. But hey, no this article is not about Tunisia! It&#8217;s a new story of <strong>particle art<\/strong>, and it&#8217;s an attempt at <em>sharing insights into a creative process<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Djerba-Sunset-Phoenix-10-724x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Djerba-Sunset-Phoenix-10-724x1024.png 724w, https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Djerba-Sunset-Phoenix-10-212x300.png 212w, https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Djerba-Sunset-Phoenix-10-768x1086.png 768w, https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Djerba-Sunset-Phoenix-10.png 894w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><figcaption>Djerba Sunset Phoenix<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Remote-not-working<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>After a previous Tunisian &#8220;creative trip&#8221; during which 95% of my time ended up being spent on just traveling, this time I wanted to experience a <em>nomad working routine<\/em> with as few obligations as possible. This way I could <strong>focus<\/strong> on key tasks, while still being able to deal with project demands from France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, things did not go as planned, as the day I landed both my phone and laptop wifi card unexpectedly crashed. Somehow I got my phone back in business after a day of shamanic Android tricks, but my laptop remained <em>internetless<\/em>.<br>Dealing with emails and on the phone is a pain, handling documents unthinkable. So, I had to postpone stuff and book the earliest plane ticket back. Yay!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Djerbahood<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Still.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I took a day to explore the open-air <a href=\"http:\/\/www.djerbahood.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Djerbahood museum<\/a>, located in a small village. In 2014, more than a hundred street artists were gathered here to express their form of art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zjSmI7gcytk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On a friend recommendation, I had a tour guided by a local kid, who was very kind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"551\" height=\"980\" src=\"https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20190303_125716-Copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"225\" data-link=\"https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=225\" class=\"wp-image-225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20190303_125716-Copy.jpg 551w, https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20190303_125716-Copy-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 551px) 100vw, 551px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"551\" height=\"980\" src=\"https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20190303_125224-Copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"224\" data-link=\"https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=224\" class=\"wp-image-224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20190303_125224-Copy.jpg 551w, https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20190303_125224-Copy-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 551px) 100vw, 551px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>After that I grabbed the official plan and had my own solo super-slow wanderer experience of all of Djerbahood, the kind I&#8217;m starting to like more and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the northernmost edge of Djerbahood zone, you can set foot in <strong>abandoned ruins<\/strong> that used to be slaughterhouses. I will just shoot a few words about the feeling in there: post-apocalyptic, rubbish, horror, colors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Walking along each artwork pointed on my map and getting some inspiration here and there, I was particularly struck by a minority of pieces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"496\" height=\"882\" src=\"https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20190303_123533.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"226\" data-link=\"https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=226\" class=\"wp-image-226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20190303_123533.jpg 496w, https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20190303_123533-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"496\" height=\"882\" src=\"https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20190303_133232.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"227\" data-link=\"https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=227\" class=\"wp-image-227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20190303_133232.jpg 496w, https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20190303_133232-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"496\" height=\"882\" src=\"https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20190303_140421.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"229\" data-link=\"https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=229\" class=\"wp-image-229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20190303_140421.jpg 496w, https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20190303_140421-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"496\" height=\"882\" src=\"https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20190303_135818.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"228\" data-link=\"https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=228\" class=\"wp-image-228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20190303_135818.jpg 496w, https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20190303_135818-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20190303_131652-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20190303_131652-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20190303_131652-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20190303_131652-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20190303_131652.jpg 1306w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chaos functions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>That night, artist friend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sioegroub\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Sioegroub (Alex Bourgeois)<\/a> told me about <em>chaos equations<\/em>. <em>CodeParade<\/em> proposed the word and made a great video about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fDSIRXmnVvk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The way those patterns are generated is really different from the physical way of playing with particles on a canvas.<br>Instead of resorting to Newton&#8217;s Second Law of Motion, with acceleration and forces, the approach is more <strong>geometrical<\/strong>, kinda like the way fractal patterns are built, or parametric equations. In the video an example in given:<\/p>\n\n\n<span class=\"wp-katex-eq\" data-display=\"false\"> x&#039; = -y^2 - t^2 + tx \\newline y&#039; = yt + xy <\/span>\n\n\n\n<p><br>This means you can have <strong>particle leaps<\/strong>. This also means the systems are very chaotic, and indeed when giving it a shot myself I had a hell of a trouble finding equations that ensure system stability! Or maybe I&#8217;m not doing things right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So\u2026 I thought I could apply my own simple chaos functions to speed instead of position. I would thus benefit from intrinsic continuity.<\/p>\n\n\n<span class=\"wp-katex-eq\" data-display=\"false\"> t = sin(stepCount \/ 50) \\newline xSpeed = y - t^2 \\newline ySpeed = t - x + yxt <\/span>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Some interesting patterns started to emerge. Time to work on colors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Masters of lights<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I recently had a highly enriching debate with a lady named Ary (anonymized).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abstract: <strong><em>&#8220;All great painters have an outstanding mastery of light in their work.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hm. Apprentice-me wants to know more about that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/6c9.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-253\" width=\"208\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/6c9.png 352w, https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/6c9-278x300.png 278w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I remembered that back in October I accidentally watched a film on Arte about the painter <em>J. M. W. Turner<\/em>. The film is <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wikiwand.com\/en\/Mr._Turner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Mr. Turner<\/a><\/em>, by <em>Mike Leigh<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/turner-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/turner-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/turner-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/turner-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/turner.jpg 1050w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>What struck me most in that film was the camera angles. In several scenes, you get to see some action only in a corner of the screen space, while all the remaining view makes a vibrant framed painting. Also, many scenes were filmed at <strong>sunrise or sunset<\/strong>. Stunning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How could I have a go at another way of <em>using light<\/em>? My particle systems live in a 2D world where I sometimes simulate a third dimension, but they never go through the graphics rendering pipeline you can get in 3D creation software. This constraint is part of my personal touch, I believe, but maybe I can try something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The concept of particle directional lighting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Little by little, I came up with a new technique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scaffolding an <strong>angle-dependent color<\/strong>, I started with simple laws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"wp-katex-eq\" data-display=\"false\"> hue = 200 + speedAngle <\/span>, where speedAngle is the direction of the speed vector of a particle<br> <em>Note: I use the <strong>HSL<\/strong> color space for all my artworks, I believe it is a most natural way of manipulating and thinking about color. Love it, even wrote a <\/em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"thesis (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/alexandrix.com\/huehunt\/assets\/Improving%20HSL%20Recognition%20Skills%20with%20a%20Color%20Game.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>thesis<\/em><\/a><em> about it a few years ago, haha.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few steps later, the law became more like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<span class=\"wp-katex-eq\" data-display=\"false\"> speedLightFactor = (\\frac{ 1 + cos(2 \\cdot (speedAngle + incomingLightAngle)) }{2})^5 \\newline lightness_{(\\%)} = 10 + 60 \\cdot  speedLightFactor <\/span>\n\n\n\n<p><br>In a nutshell, with this type of equation you can choose <strong>which strokes will be lit based on their orientation<\/strong>, and how discriminative this choice is by adjusting the exponent. <em>speedLightFactor<\/em> will always be between 0 and 1 so you are free to scale it differently everywhere you need it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some more research enabled me to apply this <em>SLF<\/em> (Speed Light Factor, oh look an acronym lol) to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Hue<\/li><li>Saturation<\/li><li>Lightness<\/li><li><em><strong>Particle size<\/strong><\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The last one is the most interesting. SLF on a stroke thickness will give a <strong>feeling of 3D<\/strong> to a rotating particle on a plane, as though it were a ribbon, and with all those coupled parameters you can aim at the right adjustments.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class='codepen'  data-height='500' data-theme-id='1' data-slug-hash='PLNdvz' data-default-tab='result' data-animations='run' data-editable='' data-embed-version='2'>\n See the Pen Browniandrix noise L8 by Alex Andrix on CodePen <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p><br>So that&#8217;s a trick for a somewhat 3D feeling, or calligraphy.<br>There is probably much more room for improving the SLF equation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Djerba Sunset Phoenix<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Some steps<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A different code base than the previous snippet was used to create the artwork. Our <em>chaos equation<\/em> is still the following:<\/p>\n\n\n<span class=\"wp-katex-eq\" data-display=\"false\"> t = sin(stepCount \/ 50) \\newline xSpeed = y - t^2 \\newline ySpeed = t - x + yxt <\/span>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/chaos-functions-1986-2808-1552048327485-724x1024.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"267\" data-link=\"https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=267\" class=\"wp-image-267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/chaos-functions-1986-2808-1552048327485-724x1024.png 724w, https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/chaos-functions-1986-2808-1552048327485-212x300.png 212w, https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/chaos-functions-1986-2808-1552048327485-768x1086.png 768w, https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/chaos-functions-1986-2808-1552048327485.png 1986w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"596\" height=\"843\" src=\"https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/chaos-functions-1986-2808-1551652143675.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"270\" data-link=\"https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=270\" class=\"wp-image-270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/chaos-functions-1986-2808-1551652143675.jpg 596w, https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/chaos-functions-1986-2808-1551652143675-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/chaos-functions-4966-7021-1551651238484-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"268\" data-link=\"https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=268\" class=\"wp-image-268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/chaos-functions-4966-7021-1551651238484-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/chaos-functions-4966-7021-1551651238484-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/chaos-functions-4966-7021-1551651238484.jpg 745w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/chaos-functions-4966-7021-1551653004695-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"269\" data-link=\"https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=269\" class=\"wp-image-269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/chaos-functions-4966-7021-1551653004695-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/chaos-functions-4966-7021-1551653004695-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/chaos-functions-4966-7021-1551653004695.jpg 745w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Final artwork<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Djerba-Sunset-Phoenix-10-724x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Djerba-Sunset-Phoenix-10-724x1024.png 724w, https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Djerba-Sunset-Phoenix-10-212x300.png 212w, https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Djerba-Sunset-Phoenix-10-768x1086.png 768w, https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Djerba-Sunset-Phoenix-10.png 894w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><figcaption>Djerba Sunset Phoenix<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In some creation processes there is a long and deep <em>preparation phase<\/em>, during which you seed as many thought-through elements as you can to start with a quite neat idea in your imagination &#8211; albeit largely transformed in most cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This artwork though, is more of a spontaneous <em>happening<\/em> driven by <strong>experiences<\/strong>, <strong>encounters<\/strong> with people around me and continuous artistic <strong>thinking<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have explored new ways of playing with <em>particles behaviour<\/em> and <em>colors<\/em>, and I will definitely keep using them!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am working on an article about a second artwork made in Djerba. Should be out soon!<br><br>Alright, this short story ends.<br>Thanks for reading!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"551\" height=\"980\" src=\"https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20190303_145516.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20190303_145516.jpg 551w, https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20190303_145516-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 551px) 100vw, 551px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Acknowledgements<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Amine Metani<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Sioegroub (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sioegroub\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sioegroub<\/a><br>&#8220;Ary&#8221;<br>Kiddo guide<br>Barbelot<br>Lucie Cur\u00e9<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week I was in Djerba, an island in Tunisia known for its holiday resort facilities and decorative palm trees that produce dates only camels can eat, among many other things.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":264,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219"}],"version-history":[{"count":49,"href":"https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":295,"href":"https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219\/revisions\/295"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alexandrix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}