Kenny Vaden
@kennyvaden
Generative artist based in Charleston, SC. My art captures the beauty, turbulence, and horror of our times.
Shiranui / 不知火 (R code) Unknown fires Color palette inspired by The Tale of Shiranui by Utagawa Kunisada (1853) #codeart #generativeart #proceduralart #genartclub #charlestonsc
Lithic (R code) Inspired by James Sowerby’s color engravings in British Mineralogy (1802) #codeart #generativeart #proceduralart #genartclub #charlestonsc
Neijuan 内卷 (R code) #codeart #generativeart #proceduralart #genartclub #charlestonsc
The cracked bowl (R code) The master set a cracked bowl beneath the rain. By morning, it held a little water and the whole sky. But it is still broken, said the student. Yes, said the master, and so it can hold both. #codeart #generativeart #proceduralart #genartclub #charlestonsc
Hold On (R code) #codeart #generativeart #proceduralart #genartclub #charlestonsc
WWIV (R code) #codeart #generativeart #proceduralart #genartclub #charlestonsc
Continuity (R code) #codeart #generativeart #proceduralart #genartclub #charlestonsc
Echoic Memory (R code) Traces of underlying geometry in smudges, textures, and line weights #codeart #generativeart #proceduralart #genartclub #charlestonsc
Gap (R code) Deforming horizontal lines with invisible orbiting forces. The best iterations emerged from the spaces left behind. #codeart #generativeart #proceduralart #genartclub #charlestonsc
Time well wasted (R code) The hardest part was choosing a favorite. Stryp dina älsklingar. #codeart #generativeart #proceduralart #genartclub #charlestonsc
Natural Selection (R code) #codeart #generativeart #proceduralart #genartclub #charlestonsc
Symbolic Structures (R code) Inspired by hourglass towers in The Mural of Cincinnati by Saul Steinberg (1947) #codeart #generativeart #proceduralart #genartclub #charlestonsc
Earthly Delights (R code) #codeart #generativeart #proceduralart #genartclub #charlestonsc
Doppelformen (R code) New kinetic artwork that I created with the R Statistics language The German title “duplicate forms” is both a visual and bureaucratic reference #codeart #generativeart #proceduralart #genartclub #charlestonsc
Sea-Change (R code) Code-based art in the R Stats language. #codeart #generativeart #proceduralart #genartclub #charlestonsc
Machine House (R code) Layer by layer: shadows, transparency, randomized geometry #codeart #generativeart #proceduralart #genartclub #charlestonsc
Zero Sum Game (R code) #codeart #generativeart #proceduralart #genartclub #charlestonsc
Reductionist (R code) Circuitry, skyline, and ruin. #codeart #generativeart #proceduralart #genartclub #charlestonsc
Dark Times (R code) Simple rules → complex forms Randomized oscillation, circle sizes, colors in a smoothed noise field → coral stalagmites in a deep blue pool #codeart #generativeart #proceduralart #genartclub #charlestonsc
Vessel (R code) #codeart #generativeart #proceduralart #genartclub #charlestonsc
Strata (R code) #codeart #generativeart #proceduralart #genartclub #charlestonsc
GM friends! Harmonics (R code) #codeart #generativeart #proceduralart #genartclub #charlestonsc
Rave (R code) This piece was created using the R statistics language, with custom functions to efficiently identify points within convex and concave polygons. These enabled circle placement & clipping within complex tiles. #codeart #generativeart #proceduralart #genartclub #charlestonsc
Sisyphus Grinned (R code) #codeart #generativeart #proceduralart #genartclub #charlestonsc
Boundless (R code) #codeart #generativeart #proceduralart #genartclub #charlestonsc
Natsukashii (R code) A walk in Charleston Cool winds and warm sun So many memories #codeart #generativeart #proceduralart #genartclub #charlestonsc
Hi code art friends! Defiance (R code) Inspired by mountain climbers, persistent and defiant against danger Color gradient fine-tuned with a beautiful online color tool by @obumbratta.com - thanks for posting about it on bsky! #codeart #generativeart #proceduralart #genartclub #charlestonsc
This never happened (R code) New sketch with a coding error that distorted the circle sizes to produce emergent structures, shading, and collisions Structured experimentation and a bit of luck #codeart #generativeart #proceduralart #genartclub #charlestonsc
Poster presentation (Monday # 14) at the hearing research conference, ARO Midwinter Meeting, on the progression of age-related hearing loss and noise effects in a population scale audiometric dataset. Happy to discuss a new postdoc opportunity in the SCAN lab with interested PhD grads too!
I'm honored to have artwork in the virtual exhibit at Tulane University, for Data Love Week Feb 8-13. This special iteration of Tunnels was written in the R code, with New Orleans references in colors and data from NOPD/OPCD Calls for Service 2025. (Mardi Gras is ~1/3 from the left side.)