Algorithmically generated gradients translate the tonal subtlety of Japanese bokashi printing into a digital image.
Provenance
Presented in PROOF’s Grails V, December 2023.
01 / 01Orange, cream and dark gradients give the tapered form a sculptural presence.
- Medium
- Generative digital image
- Materials & process
- p5.js; algorithmically generated color gradients; Ethereum ERC-721 NFT.
- Dimensions
- Variable digital display; portrait composition, 3:4.
- Edition
- Unique output #40. Art Blocks records 53 minted outputs against a maximum edition of 150.
Related in the collection
The title refers to bokashi, the graduated application of ink used in Japanese woodblock printing. DCA takes that gradual transition of tone as the subject of the image, extending it through algorithmic shifts in hue. Each output’s colors are generated without a predefined palette. The result gives a familiar geometric form an individual atmosphere.
This is output #40 from Spire (Bokashi Cone), presented in PROOF’s Grails V in 2023.