Kahani Ploessl

Forest Painter is an interacting processing sketch where users may grow their own digital ecosystems. Using a mouse - the brush - and 3D photogrammetry models of Trinidad's forests - the paint - Forest Painter presents a space to merge seemingly opposing realms in the physical and virtual, the natural and the technological. Each instance of Forest Painter loads 5 random models from a pool of 21. While user's may compose the scene to their liking, they rotate endlessly as a reminder its uncertainty. To start the experience anew, user's may press ENTER, in which the screen will freeze momentarily, a last glimpse at what was created, before resetting with an entirely new combination of models.