Generated through repeated random expansion, this irregular form connects computational chance with the East Asian tradition of appreciating viewing stones.
Provenance
Released through Plottables in 2022.
01 / 01An irregular viewing stone rendered in the Water palette against a perspective grid.
- Medium
- Generative digital drawing
- Materials & process
- p5.js; closed-loop shape expansion; line-based drawing suitable for pen plotting; Ethereum ERC-721 NFT.
- Dimensions
- Variable digital display; portrait composition.
- Edition
- Unique output #221 in a series of 350 works.
Related in the collection
Really Random Rock begins with a closed-loop shape and repeatedly expands it through random operations. DCA links these unpredictable results to the appreciation of naturally formed viewing stones. Any resemblance to a familiar subject arises by chance. The series was made for Plottables, and each image can be translated into a pen plot.
Output #221 uses the Water palette and is classified as a large rock, with rounded crags and diffuse, spread shading. The work retains the specificity of an individual specimen while making visible the algorithm that produced it.