Trace vectors²¹

Letterforms sampled into points, then dragged from one glyph to the next while a sheaf of strands records the trip. The run kept asking the same question sixteen ways — what carries the morph: beads, ribbons, tubes, pinstripes — and later versions put the itinerary on screen, a grid of cells the word is spelled across with a gauge reporting speed or direction.

Still frame of Trace vectors — Sf height.

Trace vectors — Sf height

Still frame of Trace vectors — Sf height 2.

Trace vectors — Sf height 2

Still frame of Trace vectors v1 — Infinite.

Trace vectors v1 — Infinite

Still frame of Trace vectors v2 — Circle.

Trace vectors v2 — Circle

Still frame of Trace vectors v3 — Oscillation.

Trace vectors v3 — Oscillation

Still frame of Trace vectors v4 — Sample factor.

Trace vectors v4 — Sample factor

Still frame of Trace vectors v5 — Sample factor wave.

Trace vectors v5 — Sample factor wave

Still frame of Trace vectors v6 — Rainbow curves.

Trace vectors v6 — Rainbow curves

Still frame of Trace vectors v7 — Abc.

Trace vectors v7 — Abc

Still frame of Trace vectors v7 — Shiny.

Trace vectors v7 — Shiny

Still frame of Trace vectors v8 — 123 grid.

Trace vectors v8 — 123 grid

Still frame of Trace vectors v8 — Color changer line.

Trace vectors v8 — Color changer line

Still frame of Trace vectors v8 — Numbers grid.

Trace vectors v8 — Numbers grid

Still frame of Trace vectors v9 — 123 grid extended.

Trace vectors v9 — 123 grid extended

Still frame of Trace vectors v10 — Abc grid moving.

Trace vectors v10 — Abc grid moving

Still frame of Trace vectors v11 — 135 grid moving.

Trace vectors v11 — 135 grid moving

Still frame of Trace vectors v12 — Abc circular moving.

Trace vectors v12 — Abc circular moving

Still frame of Trace vectors v13 — Infinite.

Trace vectors v13 — Infinite

Still frame of Trace vectors v14 — Random.

Trace vectors v14 — Random

Still frame of Trace vectors v15 — Changing speed.

Trace vectors v15 — Changing speed

Still frame of Trace vectors v16 — Changing direction.

Trace vectors v16 — Changing direction