Transition explores the concept of motion resulting from the shift between two states.
The tipping point from stability/order to chaos.
Structures emerge and dissolve into surreal landscapes lost in time.
It is highly recommended to experience the piece in big format or zoom in on parts of the image.
Transition is a work that uses WebGL2, while a lot of work has been put into optimisation, recent devices might be required to render it.
[classifieds]
An algorithm inspired by the classifieds section of old newspapers
Before social media, people would use classified ads to find services, jobs, and even partners. The charm of this medium for me was its brevity, akin to a tweet where you had limited characters to describe yourself, your service, or your request. Despite its basic functionality, the columns and rows, font size, and occasional clipart created density throughout the page that I found interesting to look at.
The algorithm uses a grid ranging from 3x3 to 20x20, with each cell further divided within the same range. Each cell represents an individual listing, and instead of text, it's randomly filled with polygons to create varying densities. The resulting outputs range from near-identical to more free-form.
Key controls:
D - Toggle grid view on/off
"JaggedMemories" focuses on anti-aliasing, a characteristic of on-screen media, and expresses jaggies and pixel characteristics in a unique approach to animation. Inspired by Takawo's past work "SinteredMemories," it shows the moment when memories of the past intersect with future possibilities.
[classifieds] - a generative expressionistic algorithm inspired by the classifieds section of old newspapers. Before social media people would use them to find services, jobs and even partners. The charm of this medium for me was its brevity, akin to a tweet where you had limited characters to describe your; self, service or request. Despite its basic functionality, the columns & rows, font size and occasional clipart created density throughout the page that I found interesting to look at.
The algorithm uses a grid ranging from 3x3 to 20x20 with each cell further divided within the same range. Each cell represents an individual listing and instead of text, it's randomly filled with polygons to create varying densities - the resulting outputs range from near identical to more free form.
key controls:
D - toggle grid view on/off
Generative Couture is a work of generative art reaching beyond digital screens and into material, wearable artworks.
Being a generative piece, it offers the viewer a chance to generate a multitude of unique, unrepeatable images.
Here however, the algorithm goes beyond visuals; it also writes the coding instructions for embroidery machines, and the vectors for the tech-pack, allowing real garments to be cut and stitched automatically, on demand, fully generated on the NFT.
The artwork itself finds its inspiration in the observation of natural phenomena, like bubbles and wet reflections, and the translation of those extremely shiny/oily light effects to really flat and matte palettes and techniques.
It all adds to a bit of a Trompe l'œil where stitched threads actually seem chrome-like, representing the concept of digital-material duality .
To interact with this piece:
- Use mouse or fingers to rotate, zoom and pan
- Press keys to G(enerate), R(egenerate), L(ive template), A(ugment) and S(ave)
--This NFT generates and displays the generative artwork.
If you're interested in the embroidery machine code and tech pack, kindly inquire with a link to your minted piece.--
This generative algorithm explores the geometric theme of non-intersecting line segments. In short: no two lines in this design are allowed to cross each other. By incorporating various boundaries and shapes, constraining line angles, adjusting line density and applying several other techniques, a wide range of intricate compositions is produced.
The inability to truly connect can be interpreted as a metaphor for modern day life where we are flooded with digital means of communication but often struggle or fail to connect on a deeper, interpersonal level. This project thus reflects on the paradoxical nature of our increasingly interconnected yet isolated existence.
Using the keys numbered 1 to 4, you can export high-resolution files in sizes from A1 to A4 for printing at 300 dpi. Please be patient while the exports render. The success of the export may depend on your hardware configuration. If larger sizes fail to render, try exporting smaller sizes.
Spensieratezza is a heartfelt tribute to the joy and carefree of childhood.
In the piece, the simple code-painted brush strokes symbolize the instinctive and careless action of painting typical of kids, and the muted colors represent the fears and responsibilities of adults.
In this harmonious dichotomy, the artwork embodies the struggle to relinquish past and future thoughts and embrace the present moment with a carefree spirit.
la caverna deals with the impossibility of seeing the absolute truth given our subjective minds and our subjective world. The title is a tribute to Plato’s allegory of the Cave, included in his work Republic. It does not only deal with the fact that what we perceive is affected by our senses and our mental state, which is a function of our genetic inheritance plus our life experiences, current and past, but it also is a reflection of today’s world, where a fabricated reality is no longer distinguishable from what it really is. What is reality today?
The artwork creates a set of basic volumes, inspired in the platonic forms, which represent a potential ideal reality. It then presents a distorted view of that reality through several steps of distortion. The artwork also presents, in separate tokens, the undistorted reality and a representation of the layer that transforms that reality into what the observer can see in the first token. The two tokens that represent these other elements will be available to redeem for free at a later stage to collectors who own the first piece (this token) at the time of claiming the rest of the triptych. The three tokens are included in the price of the first token’s mint.
The artwork allows to refine the view (simulating more light, creating stronger images) pressing "r". You can save the current image pressing "s". You can decrease/increase the resolution appending in live view the URL parameter ?globalResK=2 (for example). By default, globalResK is 1. You can go as high as your graphics card can handle.
Made with vanilla javascript and glsl, no additional libraries or external dependencies. Thanks to @greggman @iquilezles @piterpasma for sharing knowledge about webgl and raymarching. I hope I know something someday to share that little bit.
Tested to work fine on Chrome, Safari, Brave on macos, Chrome, Safari, Firefox iOS, Edge Windows. Firefox macos fails to render the image correctly. Please check before you purchase.
A collection of perspectives - many voices, one hi*story*
Every piece of chronicles is a different voice, a different point of view, narrating the same history as we are living it.
Chronicles are ephemeral, but consistent.
They will always maintain their main properties, but every time you look at them, they will tell you about a different moment.
Every individual chronicle is a collection composed by infinite variations itself.
So each of them is not only a piece, but all the pieces that are written in that chronicle every second. That's about 31,536,000 different outputs each year.
### How does it work
Chronicles uses two different RNGs. One of them is derived uniquely from the hash of the piece, and determines the main aesthetics such as accent color, density of characters, margins, type of core etc.
The second is derived by a combination of current point in time and hash. This is so that every piece is different from each other when looked at in the same moment, and also continues to vary over time.
So if you look at a chronicle now, and then after a few seconds refresh the page (or click on it), you will see the chronicle changed to reflect the newer point in time, but maintaining the aesthetical style.
I'm sure you know what Suma is about. You could say it in English sum, and then it's an elementary arithmetical problem, the total amount of something that exists.
Suma system is divided in two equal parts, displayed side by side. Symbolic surface areas are given the exact same quantity of resources, just look at the numbers. But they don't appear to be alike or identical. Differing points of advantage or disadvantage are highlighted by structural glowing barrier. Constant challenging movements are fixing the system, striving to achieve equilibrium.
“Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
― James Baldwin
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Suma is part of YOU TOPIA exhibition, presented by VerticalCrypto Art at The NFT Gallery in London and New York.
Curated by Micol Ap.
I'm sure you know what Suma is about. You could say it in English sum, and then it's an elementary arithmetical problem, the total amount of something that exists.
Suma system is divided in two equal parts, displayed side by side. Symbolic surface areas are given the exact same quantity of resources, just look at the numbers. But they don't appear to be alike or identical. Differing points of advantage or disadvantage are highlighted by structural glowing barrier. Constant challenging movements are fixing the system, striving to achieve equilibrium.
“Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
― James Baldwin
“Spacetime grips mass, telling it how to move... Mass grips spacetime, telling it how to curve.”
– John Archibald Wheeler
Spatial Curvatures captures the powerful and mysterious essence of the universe, depicting the phenomena of gravitational lensing, the spacetime continuum, and the space fabric. The main focus of this piece is the visualization of the warping, bending, and fracturing of light and space fabric caused by gravity. The viewer can see how the fabric of spacetime is affected by the presence of matter and energy, and how this in turn affects the motion of objects within the universe.
In creating this artwork, a particle system was utilized to create the spacetime fabric, and various shaders were used to visualize how gravity can warp, bend, and fracture the fabric and light.
To obtain higher resolution output, you can press the 's' key in live view. Alternatively you can right-click and save the preview image.
Due to differences in how shaders operate in different engines, there may be slight differences between the preview image and the live-rendered output.
Made with p5js and custom glsl shaders.
DistCollective, February 2023
When one pays homage to the _departed_, what unfolds?
"Décorés" - a French word meaning "awarded" or "gilded" - delves into the realm of fleeting beings who are bestowed with the precious metals of gold and silver. Through a fortuitous yet deliberate interplay, figurative entities emerge, bearing organic characteristics that defy all sense of proportion. From extraterrestrial beings to minuscule cellular organisms, this collection encompasses both the monumental and the infinitesimal.