Interact With Van Gogh’s “Starry Night”

by Esfand Khoram

Peter Velleris created an interactive animation of Vincent Van Gogh’s “Starry Night” (1889), the template (made by OpenFramework) responds to the movement of viewer’s fingers, creating a flow of oil lines on the painting accompanied by an ambient music which is coherent with the flow.

The work is at once a dialogue between the two artists through two very different mediums and acts as a bridge between the viewers and Van Gogh’s masterpiece, allowing them to interact freely with the artwork.

I imagine the experience to be very pleasant, fortunately the artist has promised to port the application to iPad and Android, making the experience accessible to a wide public audience.

For some technical details about the work check out this link, and to watch more animations inspired by classic works head to this article by The Atlantic.

Starry Night (interactive animation) from Petros Vrellis.