TROPOLISM

From the 'Don't Fully Get It But Your Under-25-Y.O. Readers Totally Will' Department: a basic programming language called Processing, created to aid in visual representations of information.

It is created to teach fundamentals of computer programming within a visual context and to serve as a software sketchbook and professional production tool. Processing is developed by artists and designers as an alternative to proprietary software tools in the same domain.

Of interest to the editorial staff here at Tropolism, and following our (totally pre-planned) theme of the week, is the open-source nature of this project. And, the architectural aspirations of many of the projects on the stunning Exhibitions page, with its extra-add-on-bonus-treasure-trove sidebar with even more art projects. Our favorite featured artist is the trippy and awe-inspiring Flight Patterns project by Aaron Koblin.