In anticipation of profound events, too big to grasp, we humans intuitively understand the energy inherent to transition. Will we in retrospect remember what we felt in this state of restless quiescence? Will we continue to recognize the beauty we found in the conversation between the current and the emerging?

In Erwartung großer Ereignisse, zu groß sie zu fassen, erfahren wir Menschen die Energie, die dem Übergang innewohnt. Werden wir uns in der Retrospektive daran erinnern, was wir in diesem Zustand ruheloser Schwebe fühlten? Werden wir uns weiterhin der Schönheit bewusst sein, die wir in der Berührung des Seienden und des Werdenden erkannten?

Dedicated to L / L gewidmet

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Andreas Rau, 2022
PNG, 4320 × 7680 px       
Medium: p5js, glsl, html, css

Übergang / Transition

Klangteppich is an invitation to slow down and feel a sense of home in our fast-paced, mobile world — wherever you may fare. It creates a calming virtual enclosure, and a physical base to rest on.

Klangteppich is a woven work that belongs to the physical as much as to the digital world. You can touch it, feel it, hang it on a wall, sit on it, roll it up and take it with you. Originating from code, it is digital at heart, yet physical in nature. A blend of age-old weaving techniques with digital aesthetics and production methods. 

Klangteppich is a digital piece that slowly evolves in endless reverberations. The visuals and music change as you view the piece. So does the tapestry, only slower. The abstract shapes and patterns reference the aesthetics of weave patterns while remaining digital in essence. The soundscape incorporates audio recordings of the loom, a remnant of the physical piece within the digital.

Alongside the live-generated visuals and music, the code produces the instructions for the loom. Every frame of the animation can be woven. Holders of a Klangteppich NFT will be able to order a tapestry (ca. 66 x 106 cm) of any frame of the digital piece. This will come at an additional cost, and will take some time to produce.

Read more on andreasrau.eu/klangteppich

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Basic controls:
- [space / click] -> play / pause
- [f] -> view in fullscreen
- [p] -> display weave pattern
- [b] -> show back side
- [s] -> save current frame
- [r] -> start / stop recording

Audio / video recording is done using RecordRTC by muazkhan.com, MIT licence

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Klangteppich
js, glsl, tone.js, html, css
Andreas Rau, 2023

Klangteppich #32

This token is one of five hand-picked outputs made with an adjusted version of the Elevation algorithm, originally released on fxhash in June, 2022 (fxhash.xyz/generative/15218). The NFT comes with a signed Giclée print:

Print size: 70 x 100 cm
Hahnemühle Sugar Cane, 300gsm
Printed at a Hahnemühle certified print shop in Oslo, Norway

Please contact me on Twitter (@andreasrau_eu) or via e-mail (elevation@andreasrau.eu) with your shipping address for the physical piece.

Upon resale on the secondary market, the original print shall be sent to the new owner. Shipping will be covered by the new owner. 

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Elevation C.E.
p5.js, glsl, html, css
Andreas Rau, 2023

Elevation C.E. (I)

A piece about the beauty of a diverse community. Minted for #HENreunion

Andreas Rau, 2022
PNG, 2800 × 2800 px
p5js, glsl, html, css

Patchwork

640 unique sketches of imaginary walls, inspired by the work of Norwegian architect Erling Viksjø (1910–1971) and his artist collaborators. Viksjø designed the Government Quarter in Oslo and invited artists from different disciplines to help design the facades and interiors of the buildings.

Viksjø’s aim was to “soften” modernist architecture. He invented «Natural Concrete», a type of concrete that deliberately exposes the mixed-in stones on its surface to give it warmth and a human touch. In my work, I have similar ambitions—using code instead of concrete.

The different styles of the piece are inspired by, and dedicated to some of the artists who worked together with Viksjø: Jakob Weidemann (~2%), Carl Nesjar (~18%), Odd Tandberg (~30%), and Tore Haaland (~50%).

In live mode, press ‘S’ to save an image at current resolution or ‘P’ to save a high-resolution file at 6000×6000px (this might take a while depending on your hardware).

Original artwork by Andreas Rau · Made with p5.js & glsl · Oslo, 2021

Concrete #258

A unique sketch of an imaginary weave. Color palette inspired by the great works of Anni Albers, Gunta Stölzl, Sophie Taeuber-Arp, or Hilma af Klint.

Experimental genesis token on fxhash made with p5.js and a custom shader.

Original artwork by Andreas Rau · Oslo, 2021

Loom #400

PNG, 2000 x 2000px · Made with ♥️ and code by Andreas Rau · Oslo, 2020 · Twitter: @andreasrau_eu · Instagram: @andreasrau.eu

City Scapes #17

There’s so much more to our world than what we are able to perceive, let alone understand. Will we ever be able to even fully understand ourselves?

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Elevation is a series of 320 generative elevation drawings of imaginary structures. It is a reminder of the limits of our consciousness, and an ode to the manifold nuances that lie beyond what we can perceive, beyond what we even can imagine.

As a generative artist, I aim to elevate my own consciousness with the help of the machine. I welcome algorithms and randomness into the creation of my works, taking full control, and intentionally giving it away, always seeking to expand my imagination. For as humans alone, we remain limited to our own edifice of thought, and often fail to free ourselves from the visible, mundane world.

Both are present in Elevation: the visible and the imaginary, the mundane and the transcendent, the solid and the fragile. Where an architect’s elevation drawing marks the transition from the thought world into the visible world, Elevation remains in-between, depicting both the idea of an imaginary structure, and the structure itself.

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Elevation is intended for print. All holders of an Elevation NFT will be able to order the corresponding signed print in the respective paper format via andreasrau.eu/elevation. Press [s] to save the image as displayed or [p] to generate a print-ready PNG image at 300 dpi. This might take a while, depending on paper format and your hardware.

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Elevation
p5.js, glsl, html, css
Andreas Rau, 2022

Elevation #21

Elevation #6

Elevation

Klangteppich #33

Klangteppich

Loom #4

Loom #1

Loom

Concrete #4

Concrete #1

Concrete

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//                 RECURSIVE TWINS (1/1)                 //
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An artwork that displays the contents of its sister OBJKT «Recursive Twins (1000/1000)», and vice versa.

This piece, minted as a 1/1 and sold at 1000 tez, fetches, frames and executes the code embedded in the description of its far less exclusive sister OBJKT, a 1000/1000 sold at 1 tez. The 1000/1000, in turn, puts a frame around its 1/1 companion. In this way, the two Recursive Twins get tightly intertwined, thus reducing the artificial scarcity of the 1/1 to absurdity as both pieces essentially swap their contents in an endless, recursive loop.

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HTML/JS · Original artwork by Andreas Rau · Oslo, 2021

Disclaimer: This artwork is an experimental piece that relies on the Hicdex API to function as intended.

The following code is executed by the other Recursive Twin:

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frame.innerHTML = `
    <main class="rare">
        <p>Loading Recursive Twins (1000/1000)…</p>
    </main>
    <footer>
        <p>Recursive Twins (1000/1000)</p>
        <p>Andreas Rau, 2021</p>
    </footer>`;
load("Recursive Twins (1000/1000)");

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Recursive Twins (1/1)

Part of a series exploring the relationship of lightness and fragility · Made with p5.js · PNG, 1800 × 1800px · Original artwork by Andreas Rau · Oslo, 2021

Silken — The Encounter

Hic et Nunc

Collecting an edition of this ticket allows owners of a Klangteppich NFT by Andreas Rau (fxhash.xyz/generative/26021) to order a tapestry based one frame of the NFT. Klangteppich will be woven in Norway, made from 100% wool. You can expect soft, textured tapestries elevating what you see on screen into another dimension. The size of the tapestries is ca. 66 x 106 cm (26 x 42'').

Orders will be processed via fxhash redeemable tokens, as soon as this feature is available. The price of this token is excl. shipping and toll fees (if applicable).

Andreas Rau, 2023

Klangteppich — Reservation ticket

Collecting an edition of this ticket allows owners of a Loom NFT by Andreas Rau (fxhash.xyz/generative/79) to order the corresponding signed print.

You will receive a museum quality Giclée print on acid-free fine art paper printed by a local artist-run print shop in Oslo, Norway and signed by the artist.

Paper: Hahnemühle Photo Rag, 308gsm 
Print size: ca. 30 × 30 cm (about 11,8″)
Paper size: 40 × 40 cm (about 15,75″)

International shipping is included in the price of this ticket.

Eligibility for signed prints is awarded to all holders of Loom NFTs, regardless if a print of that particular NFT has been ordered before. The total amount of prints, however, is limited to 480 editions, matching the size of the Loom collection.

Place your reservation on andreasrau.eu/loom. Your can expect orders to take about two to three weeks plus shipping.

Original artwork by Andreas Rau · Oslo, 2022

Loom Print — Reservation ticket

Part of a series of four pieces, minted for the TEZOS4TEZOS event in May 2022

Original artwork by Andreas Rau · Oslo, 2022

Etude I

Part of a series of four pieces, minted for the TEZOS4TEZOS event in May 2022.

Original artwork by Andreas Rau · Oslo, 2022

Etude IV

Versum

We come from nothing, and end as everything.

Reverberations

This piece is part 196 (July 15) of a series reflecting on the cycle of the year in 365 unique variations of the same generative algorithm. 

PNG, 3024 × 1890 px · Original artwork by Andreas Rau · Oslo, 2022

0715

A reflection on the cycle of the year in 365 unique variations of the same generative algorithm, one for every day in 2022.

Reserve a date via andreasrau.eu/generativecalendar

This piece is part 47 (February 16) of a series reflecting on the cycle of the year in 365 unique variations of the same generative algorithm. 

PNG, 3024 × 1890 px · Original artwork by Andreas Rau · Oslo, 2022

0216

Generative Calendar

Elevation C.E. (II)

Five hand-picked outputs of an adjusted version of the Elevation algorithm, originally released on fxhash in June, 2022. Each iteration in this collection comes with a signed 70 x 100 cm print.

Elevation C.E. (IV)

Elevation C.E.

Original artwork by Andreas Rau
Created in 2022, minted for OBJKT4OBJKT in 2024
PNG, 5940 × 8400px

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