Interactive generative art and sound composition (2020-2026)
After Piet Mondrian is an interactive digital artwork that translates the geometric abstraction of Mondrian’s compositional language into a participatory sound and visual experience. The work presents a grid of rectangular sections – each a field of colour waiting to be activated. Click or tap any rectangle to fill it with your chosen colour and trigger its unique sound loop – layer multiple rectangles to build your own audio-visual composition.
The work draws on Mondrian’s fundamental proposition – that pure geometric form and primary colour are sufficient to express the full range of human emotion and experience. Here, that proposition becomes interactive: the viewer is not a passive observer but an active composer, making decisions about colour, rhythm and sound that transform the composition in real time.
Each session is unique and temporary. The composition exists only in the moment of its making.
Technical Details
| Medium | Interactive generative art, p5.js, Web Audio API |
| Year | 2020, revised 2026 |
| Platform | Web browser – desktop and mobile |
| Sound | 24 unique sound loops, activatable simultaneously |
| Interaction | Click or tap to paint and activate sound |
| Colours | Seven – based on Mondrian’s primary palette |
Credits & Licences
Visual composition and code: Hristo Yordanov
Sound loops sourced from Freesound.org contributors under Creative Commons licences: Andre_Onate, sandyrb, CarlosCarty, zagi2, LloydEvans09, ERH, Sclolex, florianreichelt, suonho, KlangRaumWort, camel7695, stair, waveplay, xcwm, rippinclaws, c0mp0s3r, spidervis. Individual sound files are licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication) or CC BY 3.0 unless otherwise noted.
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