Medium

Software
Custom software (color, silent), computer, screen or projector
Dimensions variable, horizontal or vertical
Generative, interactive
JavaScript (p5.js), HTML, CSS
Web browser, Linux, Windows, MacMaya Man’s unique contribution to Social Codes offers a new way to think about software and performance. Her deep explorations in art, dance, and code come together in “can I go where you go?” As a video clip of Maya dancing plays, her code analyzes the video frames one by one to generate a silhouette. This contour becomes an ever-changing shape the viewer can take charge of by drawing with it, or they can simply watch as the software performs itself.