Colour Maze

 

COLOUR MAZE: A Stone of Many Virtues, So That Water is Queen.

Ian Funke-McKay, 2020

VIDEO SNIPPET: AUDIO VISUAL INTRODUCTION

“As you enter the room, a coloured light illuminates familiar patterns and designs. Musical chimes echo through the hallways, and lead you toward a cool breeze. It’s difficult to remember which direction leads you back home, but every symbol and character painted on the wall shares a story that takes you on a new path.”

A circuit that re-orients chromatic texts through mathematical systems and digital animations; Colour Maze is inspired by romanesque frescoes, maze chapbooks from the 90s, and colour phenomenon detailed within Dark Age era texts like ‘The Mabinogion’. This movement based program uses Markov chains and gestural parameters to alter the visible colour-field while developing a path in constant flux.

The environment features an ambient remixed sound-track that echoes Hildegard Von Bingen and Takashi Kokubo entitled ‘A stone of many virtues, so that water is queen’ 2:57.

The user is portrayed as animated butterfly.

  • Controls via keyboard (WASD / Arrows) or touch-screen gestures.
  • Please turn your volume ON
  • Web-friendly Javascript compatible with most browsers and devices.
  • Lead Programmer: Jonah McKay
  • Videographer: Malachy Schwartz

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Ian Funke-McKay, Jonah McKay, Program, Virtual, Maze,

 

 

Fieldtrip project presented by the Confederation Centre.