@Annika

"My work focuses on exploring the space between the hand-drawn and the computer-drawn and trying to blur those boundaries. I use Processing (p5js) and JavaScript to build my programs, and I design my own algorithmic brushes to complete each piece.

All my work is the result of highly-ordered chaos. This means that I write very organized instructions to direct the code, but then introduce random parameters so that the computer can try out an infinite variety of results."

Sarah Ridgley is a generative artist based in Arkansas.

Grapheme #20

Grapheme #5

"I’ve used letters and writing in my work for a long time, both with letterpress printing and in my asemic poetry programs. With asemic writing, I generate unrecognizable letters to reference text, and here I use recognizable letterforms removed from their typical function as language signifiers.

My goal with this project was to build as much texture and layering as possible by warping and collaging the letters together in various ways. The font I’m using is a design I made years ago to supplement my wood type collection for printing. I really enjoyed being able to bring that part of my past work into my generative art practice.

Each image is composed of the letters found in the hash for that piece, divided into either vowels or consonants. The program builds on a technique I’ve used before, where I generate an image to an off-screen canvas and then dive through the pixels to pull out the color and form I want to surface in the final image."

GRAPHEME

DAMO'S CAVE

Damo (達摩) is considered the Chinese patriarch of Zen Buddhism.

Legend has it that after being refused entry into China, Damo travelled to Shaolin Monastery and lived in a cave nearby, where he faced a wall for 9 years, not speaking for the entire time.

Seven years into his wall-gazing, he fell asleep and , angry at himself for this, cut off his own eyelids. As his eyelids hit the floor, the first tea plants sprang up. To this day, tea would provide a stimulant to help keep students of Zen awake during zazen.

by Jimi Wen

Daniel Aguilar (Barcelona, 1978) is a visual artist, designer and developer exploring the use of algorithms and emergent processes as an instrument of expression. With a background on interaction, user interface and data visualization, he publishes his creative work as PROTOZOO. ‍ His style features geometric elements, organic layouts and patterns as a result of generative processes. He takes inspiration from multiple design trends, mathematical ideas and contemplation of nature.

ÉSSERS #76

RHYTHMS #270

RHYTHMS #158

A Tribute to Cow by Grant Riven Yun - Yepayepayepa

"Tratti" is an Italian word that has many different meanings. When we started working on this piece, we wanted to create something that combines our traits ("tratti" in Italian).

We had this urge to channel the turbulent times we're living in now into this artwork using just lines ("tratti" in Italian).

We don't know what to do now, we're here, and that's all that matters. We're here for our families, our friends, and our community. Like everything in life, there are joyful times and challenging times. We must accept happiness as something that is not constant but that what we feel at times (a "tratti" in Italian).

With "tratti", we want to send a message to every disheartened human being: "Stay strong and never let anyone or anything crush the hope in you. Joyful times are around the corner".

— Alessandro Fiore x Emanuele Pasin

TRATTI

TRATTI #160

HAPPY HALLOWEEN Deca Fam!

Mon is a Generative art series by Mark Knol indulging colours inspired by Piet Mondrian.

This series explores abstract compositions using attractors and evolutionary iterations.