Simple rules of movement and contact produce an evolving network, exposing the system behind the image.
Provenance
Released in 2022. Unique output #104 in a series of 120.
01 / 02Fine white circles, points and connecting lines form a network on black.
- Medium
- Generative software artwork
- Materials & process
- Custom browser software; Ethereum ERC-721 NFT.
- Dimensions
- Variable digital display; landscape original preview.
- Edition
- Unique output #104 in a series of 120.
Related in the collection
Pre-Process returns to experiments Reas began in 2003, which became foundational to his Process series. Its circles move, remain within a surface, change direction when they touch, and move apart when they overlap. Complex relationships emerge from this small set of behaviors.
Output #104 has Growth 5, Origin 3 and Surface 1. Released in Art Blocks’ Curated program in 2022, the work makes the transition from an initial arrangement to an ongoing system visible. It places the instructions and their unfolding image on equal footing.