Pre-fabricated: Safdie-Klee, Interactive Digital Touch Display, 2024, 16.5" W x 10.0" H

“Prefabricated: Safdie-Klee” is a touch screen work created by using object oriented programming (OOP) written in p5.js. This algorithmic piece evokes three associations: (1) the technique of instantiation of a prefabricated software shape object; (2) architect Moshe Safdie’s famous “Habitat” apartment building made of prefabricated units for the 1967 Montreal World Exposition; (3) and Paul’s Klee painting “Zweihuegel Stadt” or “Two Hill City.” This interactive work invites the viewer to contribute to an ever changing composition which mirrors Safdie’s intent that architecture serves as a catalyst for community.

Gregory Patrick Garvey, is Professor of Game Design & Development at Quinnipiac University. He is a 2023 recipient of the Artist Fellowship from the Connecticut Office of the Arts and creates generative art, games and interactive computer-based installations, exhibiting in the United States, Canada and Europe. He has had appointments as a Fellow of the Center for Advanced Visual Studies at MIT and as an Associate Artist of the Digital Media Center at Yale University.

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