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Salamatar: Website That Generates Melodies From Live Lightning Data

https://www.salamatar.fi

The website displays real-time lightning strikes on a map using data from the Finnish Meteorological Institute. It also converts the properties of these strikes into melodies that can be played live.

Here is a musical piece created through an improvised session layered over the lightning strike soundtrack: R Dimensio – Salamatar

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Website and Gallery for a Clothing-Focused Art Project

ensaemble website

I’ve had the privilege of working with Ensæmble on multiple projects. In 2015, I collaborated with them to create a data-driven dance piece, and more recently, I developed this showcase website to their exact specifications. The site features five triptychs, each with images that change at randomly selected intervals. Take a look!

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Art

ASLAP: 1000 year long GIF animation – the longest GIF in the world?

AS Long As Possible (ASLAP) is a 1000 year long animated GIF loop. It’s an art project by Juha van Ingen in collaboration with Janne Särkelä. It is the longest GIF in the world. After 1000 years it’ll start again from the beginning.

The starting point in making AS Long As Possible was to make a one extremely long animated GIF loop. ASLAP is made of black frames with a white number indicating the frames position in the loop. There are 48 140 288 frames which change in c.a. 10 minute intervals making the total duration of the loop 1000 years.

The GIF animation specification itself doesn’t limit its length.

The name of ASLAP is hommage to John Cage composition “ORGAN2/ASLSP” (1987) which is played with Halberstad organs for the next 625 years. The abbreviation of Cages composition included and instruction to the performer of the piece: As SLow aS Possible.

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Responsive WordPress Theme for an Art Project Site

International Teletext Art Festival website was rebuilt as a fully responsive WordPress site. In addition to serving as the festival’s main hub, it hosts a virtual gallery showcasing artworks by participating artists.

A custom WordPress theme was designed and developed from scratch to meet the festival’s unique aesthetic and functional needs.

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Browser-Based Gamified Audiovisual Artwork

Inter_active

Inter_active is a browser-based gamified installation by Juha van Ingen, inspired by the ancient game Moksha Patam (also known as Snakes and Ladders).

The piece features two parallel image paths—each a sequence of animated GIFs—that players navigate using keyboard inputs. Progression is linear, but interaction introduces variation.

A layered audio component accompanies the visuals, created by selected sound artists. The sound loops operate independently of the animations. Players can toggle individual audio tracks on or off, with a maximum of two playing simultaneously. The soundtrack also progresses in sequence, adding a temporal element to the audiovisual journey.

The goal is to view all animations and reach the end of the paths. Along the way, users generate their own unique combinations of imagery and sound, effectively becoming co-creators of the experience.

The piece is built using HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript (jQuery).