digitallineart: Unique order in the chaos of digital lines

Today, 194 works. By Saturday, 14 November, none of them.

Each piece is generated once, straight from a formula, and never remade. The lines land wherever the math puts them; the colour falls where chance decides. Nothing on this wall is a print or a copy. What hangs here now will be gone before you think to look again, and something that has never existed will take its place.

When the Late Border among Bridging — 104 trapeziums — When the Late Border among Bridging

104 trapeziums overlap again and again, building a weave no hand would have planned. Every line is drawn in a colour of its own against a muted ochre ground.

Saturday, 31 Oct

194 works so far 12,798 shapes

Hung today, 31 October · leaves the wall on 14 November.

What the Cool Candle among Lifting — 105 paths — What the Cool Candle among Lifting

The Firm Bog under Girding — 42 zigzags — The Firm Bog under Girding

The Ash toward Dusky Failing — 146 lemniscates — The Ash toward Dusky Failing

When Firm Bluff through Abiding — Kikkō, 25 elements — When Firm Bluff through Abiding

When the Shrouded Carbon off Yielding — 25 hatchings — When the Shrouded Carbon off Yielding

The Old-fashioned Acre up Anchoring — 4 leaves — The Old-fashioned Acre up Anchoring

Composed Acre along the Bordering — 3 windmills — Composed Acre along the Bordering

Sustained Basin amid Circling — 18 corals — Sustained Basin amid Circling

When Mossy Basin underneath Following — 66 seahorses — When Mossy Basin underneath Following

Haggard Bedrock within the Blistering — 64 evolutes — Haggard Bedrock within the Blistering

What the Bay till Ponderous Curing — 54 snowflakes — What the Bay till Ponderous Curing

Embittered Brine after Stalling — Lissajous, 25 elements — Embittered Brine after Stalling

When Forthright Cape Since Stirring — Yagasane, 75 elements — When Forthright Cape Since Stirring

What the Rough Bluff for Drawing — 117 meanders — What the Rough Bluff for Drawing

The Measured Bog along Continuing — 146 springs — The Measured Bog along Continuing

Plain Atoll Against the Flowing — 44 dodecagons — Plain Atoll Against the Flowing

Radiant Air into the Burgeoning — 76 flourishes — Radiant Air into the Burgeoning

The Fleeting Alabaster down Uplifting — Shorthand, 42 elements — The Fleeting Alabaster down Uplifting

The Atoll of Balanced near Layering — 56 scribbles — The Atoll of Balanced near Layering

The Canyon of Mossy of Adjusting — 119 cardioids — The Canyon of Mossy of Adjusting

True Basin on the Gathering — 28 diatoms — True Basin on the Gathering

What the Restful Atoll by Centering — 137 triquetras — What the Restful Atoll by Centering

The Sagacious Canyon Around Housing — 142 tricuspoids — The Sagacious Canyon Around Housing

The Canyon into Sound Turning — 100 airfoils — The Canyon into Sound Turning

Diamantine Aurora among Flaring — 25 stipplings — Diamantine Aurora among Flaring

Diamantine Beam with Lilting — 25 harmonographs — Diamantine Beam with Lilting

When the Glad Candle amid Burgeoning — 6 staves — When the Glad Candle amid Burgeoning

Temperate Acre above Abiding — 131 teardrops — Temperate Acre above Abiding

The Canyon before Cultivated Casting — 113 nephroids — The Canyon before Cultivated Casting

What the Centered Arch down Keeping — 22 feathers — What the Centered Arch down Keeping

What Enduring Basin over Opening — 33 parallelograms — What Enduring Basin over Opening

Old-fashioned Border within the Waiting — 125 neurons — Old-fashioned Border within the Waiting

The Nuanced Canyon via Pressing — 51 pollen grains — The Nuanced Canyon via Pressing

The Blaze out Shining Aerating — Houndstooth, 26 elements — The Blaze out Shining Aerating

The Bloom on Phosphorescent Twinkling — 81 Apollonian gaskets — The Bloom on Phosphorescent Twinkling

What Mellowed Bay within Laboring — Rain, 30 elements — What Mellowed Bay within Laboring

When the Distant Brook betwixt Forging — 115 orreries — When the Distant Brook betwixt Forging

The Cave before Tired Yielding — 138 circles — The Cave before Tired Yielding

The Atoll Around Sober Reckoning — Parang, 25 elements — The Atoll Around Sober Reckoning

The Basin under Mossy Ripening — 48 tornadoes — The Basin under Mossy Ripening

Frugal Canyon past the Gathering — Jellyfish, 32 elements — Frugal Canyon past the Gathering

When Unshaken Basin Around Sowing — 10 cams and followers — When Unshaken Basin Around Sowing

When Lean Bluff for Girding — 111 arcs — When Lean Bluff for Girding

Strong Alcove for Carving — 139 oloids — Strong Alcove for Carving

The Composed Bay through Gathering — 137 strophoids — The Composed Bay through Gathering

The Alcove alongside Sure Closing — 150 octopuses — The Alcove alongside Sure Closing

Tawny Basin Around Changing — 64 triangles — Tawny Basin Around Changing

The Bluff of Durable till Calming — 145 limaçons — The Bluff of Durable till Calming

Matronly Basin opposite the Dwelling — 84 five-point stars — Matronly Basin opposite the Dwelling

What the Amber Bay amid Flowing — Kumiko, 25 elements — What the Amber Bay amid Flowing

Hardy Cape circa the Enduring — 41 succulents — Hardy Cape circa the Enduring

When Sedate Bluff via Opening — Zonohedra, 38 elements — When Sedate Bluff via Opening

The Sedate Arch near Toiling — 85 hippopedes — The Sedate Arch near Toiling

The Loyal Bay via Mending — 57 pseudospheres — The Loyal Bay via Mending

When Grounded Alcove before Circling — 88 dendrograms — When Grounded Alcove before Circling

The Alcove via Mindful Grading — 50 sundials — The Alcove via Mindful Grading

The Sober Bog in the Arching — 4 molas — The Sober Bog in the Arching

Wild Bluff under Drifting — Tachiwaku, 5 elements — Wild Bluff under Drifting

Amber-toned Arch on Spinning — 21 comets — Amber-toned Arch on Spinning

When Patient Bluff beside Holding — 10 protractors and rulers — When Patient Bluff beside Holding

What the Rooted Brook across Knitting — 70 curves — What the Rooted Brook across Knitting

Venerable Brook into the Rooting — 100 butterflies — Venerable Brook into the Rooting

The Border across Clay-rolled Tilling — 17 spidrons — The Border across Clay-rolled Tilling

What Reflective Atoll via Changing — Rangoli, 39 elements — What Reflective Atoll via Changing

The Self-possessed Basin onto the Weighing — Ogham, 28 elements — The Self-possessed Basin onto the Weighing

The Brilliance of Flawless Inside Waking — Argyle, 50 elements — The Brilliance of Flawless Inside Waking

The Sienna Arch under Staying — 133 dandelions — The Sienna Arch under Staying

Vivid Blossom till the Lifting — 99 dreamcatchers — Vivid Blossom till the Lifting

Shaped Acre alongside Setting — 128 astroids — Shaped Acre alongside Setting

What the Transparent Beam past Tingling — 116 mushrooms — What the Transparent Beam past Tingling

When the Distant Brook with Calming — 22 squares — When the Distant Brook with Calming

When Familiar Cape into Spreading — Moiré, 50 elements — When Familiar Cape into Spreading

Leisurely Bluff under Aging — 53 heptagons — Leisurely Bluff under Aging

One line. One moment. Never again.

Every work on this wall comes out of code and chance. Nothing is traced from a template, and no filter is laid over it afterwards. An algorithm takes a new random start for every picture and lets the uncertainty do the rest.

The works are made live through the day, one every few minutes, from carefully balanced parameters. Shapes unfold, colours shift and lines cross in ways nobody can predict, and nobody can repeat them either. The rules are strict and the outcome is open, which is why some pictures look as if they had chosen their own path.

Nothing is edited and nothing is made twice. Each picture is what one run of the program produced, and it exists in that one version only. That makes every piece here one of a kind, a fingerprint left by the code: precise and random at the same time, and not made to last.

Whether you collect, make things yourself or just like rhythm in a picture, stop here for a moment. What you find will be gone soon, and nothing quite like it will come back.

Each work is made once and never copied. Go and find yours.

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