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experiment 16: stripe compositions
Challenge: Explore visual rhythm, spatial illusion, and color relativity
Materials: Color-aid paper; gouache on watercolor paper
Stripe compositions are similar to color grids. The fundamental concept is
more minimal—stripes are aligned along two sides, while grids align
on four. If a stripe composition is dynamic enough to suggest movement,
the movement will be side to side or up and down, but not both.
This limitation provides us with the opportunity to explore visual rhythm
more specifically. When we observe a stripe composition, certain colors
seem to emerge and others recede, creating ...