Junina

"Junina" is a tribute to the June popular festivities in Brazil, when the streets and house facades are decorated on many cities, mainly on the Northeast Region of the country. Small flags, paper balloons, and lamps are hung on public space creating a very special atmosphere and colorful landscapes.

Plenty of forró (traditional music), bonfires, fireworks, typical food and drinks are part of these festivities that celebrate rural popular culture. The “Festas Juninas” (June festivities) have an important affective place in the imaginary of the Brazilian population.

"Junina" continues the experimentations with code of my previous work "Monotipia". The challenge of creating graphic compositions with simple elements remains. Searching and trying to delve deeper into ways to play with the rhythm and subtleties of transparencies, colors, shapes and textures.

This project is also an homage to the painters who made the Brazilian June festivities as the theme of their works, especially Alfredo Volpi (1896-1988) and Alberto da Veiga Guignard (1896-1962), but also Anita Malfatti (1889-1964), Emiliano Di Cavalcanti (1897-1976), Heitor dos Prazeres (1898-1966), and many others.

Features:
-> 8 palettes (rarest = grayscale)
-> 9 compositions
-> Elements: 6 geometric shapes OR mixed element compositions
-> 5 canvas formats:
-----> tall portrait (9:16)
-----> portrait (2:3)
-----> square (1:1)
-----> landscape (3:2)
-----> wide landscape (16:9) = rarest
-> Border colors:
-----> soft
-----> dark
-----> deep gray
-----> soberest color from palette
-----> random color from palette (rarest)

• The names of the color palettes are words related to popular June festivals. The decision to use untranslated expressions was made because these words carry many poetic meanings in Portuguese. For example, "cinza" means "gray" but also "ash". A word that refers to both the color and to the residue that results from burning wood in bonfires.

To save the image as a png file, type:
[1] save at actual size
[2] save with 2000px height
[3] save with 3000px height
[4] save with 4000px height
[5] save with 5000px height

Depending on the size option, the render time can be long.

Created with p5.js

(c) Marcelo Terça-Nada, 2023
https://marcelonada.redezero.org/
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