cross pollination

Meridians by Matt DesLauriers paired with the photography works of: Michelle Moore, Eric Kerr, Robert Downie, Jerad Armijo, Joelle LB, Ryan Newburn, Tara Workman, Jessica Cardelucci, Tom Leighton, Gabriella Morton, Benjamin Grandi, MintFace

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Fontana by Harvey Rayner

With Special Guest: Harvey Rayner

Collection released: Oct 5, 2022 Collection size: 500 Platform: Artblocks - Curated

"This project is a playful attempt at abstractly capturing the flowing movement of a fountain using precisely drawn elements that evoke a static and considered rendering of a subject that is in constant flux. The visual language is reminiscent of hand-draughted technical drawing, a precise and methodical practice that progresses at a radically different pace to the flowing and capricious movement of water. To increase this tension between dynamic motion and static mechanical process I wanted the surface textures to appear worn and aged like a drawing that has spent its life in the bottom of a mechanics drawer. This process of abrasion and discoloration is occurring on yet another scale of time adding complexity to the references of time passing. Woven into the very fabric of Fontana is a fully generative solution for creating color expression. This means there is no reliance on preset palettes with every output being an entirely unique color articulation of the color story I want the project to reveal as a whole. Far from being random I attempted to create an approach which produces colors that evoke early 20th Century art and design media. With this intention I wanted outputs to look like they could be working drawing artifacts from this period of time." - Harvey Rayner

Category: Composition

Each Fontana has a "source" from which the shapes radially emerge, similar to a Fountain (for which Fontana is named).

When the Composition is Adjacent, there are two sources opposing each other in the piece, creating a rift where their radial elements meet.

With the Single Composition, a single source centralized to the piece emerges.

The Free Composition results in any possibility, and the source is often not central to the piece.

The Cascade composition has 3 sources that overlap and create brilliantly busy outputs.