The "interactive" star night of Vincent van Gogh

Petros vrellis, A Greek digital artist, has recreated the starry night of Vincent van Gogh, One of the best known and considered works of the Dutch artist, But turning it into an interactive paint using a touch screen and the framework known as OpenFrameworks, thus achieving that any spectator is able to change the course of the winds that appear in the digital painting with the only touch of their hands.

Greek digital artist Petros Vrellis has given life in an interactive piece the famous picture of Vincent Van Gogh, painted there by 1889, a year before his death and that from 1941 It is part of MoMa's collection (The Modern Art Museum in New York). Through a touch screen and openFrameworks, This Hellenic artist has created, From this picture, an interactive work with which the observer can interact playing with the shapes of the painting itself, added to the sound that goes to match that interaction.

In its digital version the starry night is apparently alive since by animation, The strokes of heaven, stem, city ​​and other elements are in a continuous harmonious movement that is a bit hypnotizing. However, the spectator-user can modify it with its fingers, You simply have to touch a section of the picture and drag the "paint" towards any direction, which will affect the flow of colors on the image, changing the composition for a few seconds. And after a short period, The picture returns to its original image.

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