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917 (around) #5/20

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Emergent DNA

Description

917 (around) is a meditative exploration of translucency and orbital motion. Utilizing p5.js and WebGL, the piece features twelve three-dimensional boxes that rotate slowly through a vertical void. Each form is rendered with soft, shifting gradients—ranging from cyan-blues to magenta-yellows—and governed by a sinusoidal wave transparency function that creates a rhythmic "breathing" effect. By overlapping these high-transparency volumes, the work generates new, emergent colors at their intersections, inviting the viewer into a meditative state of observation where the boundaries between digital geometry and light dissolve.

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Mark Walhimer

Artist Biography: Mark Walhimer (b. 1964) is a museum planner and generative artist whose practice explores the intersection of systems thinking, digital transformation, and meditative aesthetics. Walhimer utilizes HTML5, JavaScript, and p5.js to create time-based, immersive media artworks that seek to humanize code. His practice represents a deliberate move toward "soft technology," utilizing minimal interfaces and translucent light to create meditative environments inspired by the Light and Space movement. By incorporating real-time parameters and AI-assisted iteration, he invites viewers to co-create the work, breaking down the traditional barriers between artist and visitor. Walhimer’s digital compositions are conceived as emergent organisms, exploring how art can possess a lifespan and evolve across devices and time.