Visual Language - Postcard

I went with a relatively simple concept for the show poster, aiming to give the most visual weight to the manipulated photograph, which is itself an object I felt was representative of the spirit of ITP - the intersection of human arts with technology.

The initial photograph (of current student, used with permission) is already beautifully shot and composed, capturing a spirit of quiet reflection and angst in an urban landscape. I used p5.js to interlace the mirrored version of the photograph with itself, creating a somewhat ghostly mirror reflection in the image.

/* initialize Global state */
function preload() {
  img = loadImage('postcard.png');
}

function getRow(pixels, i) {
  // returns a regular array of size 4 * width
  let result = new Array();
  let d = pixelDensity();
  for(let j = 0; j < width; j++) {
    let n = (i * width + j) * d * d;
    for(let offset = 0; offset < 4; offset++) {
      result[j * 4 + offset] = pixels[n * 4 + offset];
    }
  }
  return result;
}

function writeRow(pixels, i, row) {
  // writes a row of pixels of size 4 * width into pixels
  let d = pixelDensity();
  for(let j = 0; j < width; j++) {
    let n = (i * width + j) * d * d * 4;
    for (let pdx = 0; pdx < d; pdx++) {
      for (let pdy = 0; pdy < d; pdy++) {
        for(let offset = 0; offset < 4; offset++) {
          // n*4 is the starting point of the d*d*width*4 size row
          // each pixel row is d * width * 4
          pixels[n + offset + pdx * d * 4 + pdy * 4 * width * d] = row[j * 4 + offset];
        }
      }
    }
  }
  return pixels;
}

function sortRow(row) {
  let row_colors = new Array();
  for(let i = 0; i < width; i++) {
    row_colors[i] = row.slice(i * 4, i * 4 + 4);
  }
  row_colors = row_colors.reverse();
  for(let i = 0; i < width; i++) {
    row[i * 4] = row_colors[i][0];
    row[i * 4 + 1] = row_colors[i][1];
    row[i * 4 + 2] = row_colors[i][2];
    row[i * 4 + 3] = row_colors[i][3];
  }
  return row;
}

function setup() {
  createCanvas(3295,2232);
  image(img, 0, 0, width, height);
  let d = pixelDensity();
  loadPixels();
  for (let i = 0; i < height; i++) {
    pixels=writeRow(pixels, i, sortRow(getRow(pixels, i)));
  }
  updatePixels();
}

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