digitallineart: Unique order in the chaos of digital lines

Today, 216 works. By Tuesday, 17 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.

The Temperate Bay toward the Weighing — Zonohedra, 144 elements — The Temperate Bay toward the Weighing

144 elements of zonohedra pile up and interlace; from a step back they read as one surface. The bright orange ground lets each colour keep its own voice.

Tuesday, 3 Nov

216 works so far 14,534 shapes

Hung today, 3 November · leaves the wall on 17 November.

What the Wholesome Canyon within Delineating — Kelp, 56 elements — What the Wholesome Canyon within Delineating

Restful Alcove on Building — Bargello, 4 elements — Restful Alcove on Building

Nuanced Arch circa the Forging — 13 crosses — Nuanced Arch circa the Forging

What the Tranquil Brook outside Steadying — 21 flourishes — What the Tranquil Brook outside Steadying

When Shaped Bluff amidst Arching — Wheat, 100 elements — When Shaped Bluff amidst Arching

The Grey Ash via Dreading — 138 orbits — The Grey Ash via Dreading

Fathomed Alcove for Closing — 37 parasols — Fathomed Alcove for Closing

Autumnal Bay through Settling — 61 seahorses — Autumnal Bay through Settling

Incandescent Blossom nearby the Coruscating — 52 constellations — Incandescent Blossom nearby the Coruscating

When Sandy Bluff without Settling — 50 nomograms — When Sandy Bluff without Settling

When Airborne Air up Bedazzling — 44 Chladni figures — When Airborne Air up Bedazzling

Intrinsic Border amidst the Opening — 51 cissoids — Intrinsic Border amidst the Opening

Elysian Blaze During Emanating — 92 windmills — Elysian Blaze During Emanating

Glorious Beam on the Chiming — 144 nonagons — Glorious Beam on the Chiming

Plainspoken Bay along Lining — 25 cosmati pavements — Plainspoken Bay along Lining

The Canyon of Russet with Stretching — 4 arrows — The Canyon of Russet with Stretching

The Atoll among Wise Gathering — 58 arcs — The Atoll among Wise Gathering

The Border on Genuine Depositing — Kawung, 100 elements — The Border on Genuine Depositing

The Sun-baked Bog toward the Moving — 29 helicoids — The Sun-baked Bog toward the Moving

Scintillant Blaze Inside the Glinting — Ogham, 68 elements — Scintillant Blaze Inside the Glinting

When Ordinary Brook through Circling — 24 astrolabes — When Ordinary Brook through Circling

What the Acre opposite Contemplative Settling — 102 contours — What the Acre opposite Contemplative Settling

The Old-fashioned Alcove despite Cycling — Delaunay Triangulation, 19 elements — The Old-fashioned Alcove despite Cycling

What Quiet Bluff after Engraving — Chainmail, 53 elements — What Quiet Bluff after Engraving

When Methodical Brook despite Adjusting — 104 rectangles — When Methodical Brook despite Adjusting

The Meditative Basin across Tracing — 72 nephroids — The Meditative Basin across Tracing

The Bluff of Earnest into Extending — Matsukawa-bishi, 65 elements — The Bluff of Earnest into Extending

When the Hardy Bog opposite Knotting — 100 ndebele patterns — When the Hardy Bog opposite Knotting

When Abiding Bog above Measuring — 100 mandalas — When Abiding Bog above Measuring

When Steady Canyon under Cycling — Asanoha, 25 elements — When Steady Canyon under Cycling

Seemly Arch Around the Turning — 110 leaves — Seemly Arch Around the Turning

When Moderate Arch till Shaping — 66 ouroboros — When Moderate Arch till Shaping

What the Air unto Chaste Shining — 127 trochoids — What the Air unto Chaste Shining

What the Acre across Sensible Layering — 40 sandpiles — What the Acre across Sensible Layering

The Lasting Bog on Knotting — 53 mushrooms — The Lasting Bog on Knotting

Reasonable Atoll past the Centering — 29 spirals — Reasonable Atoll past the Centering

Recollected Arch through the Dividing — 47 deltoids — Recollected Arch through the Dividing

The Atoll Inside Steady Delineating — 50 stipplings — The Atoll Inside Steady Delineating

When the True Canyon above Winding — 53 astroids — When the True Canyon above Winding

The Earnest Acre Around Aging — 108 hexafoils — The Earnest Acre Around Aging

What the Methodical Acre up Extending — 34 evolutes — What the Methodical Acre up Extending

The Forthcoming Bluff without Rooting — 90 diamonds — The Forthcoming Bluff without Rooting

The Enduring Arch beside Sowing — 17 hendecagons — The Enduring Arch beside Sowing

Textured Atoll off the Crossing — 7 auroras — Textured Atoll off the Crossing

What the Effervescent Beam betwixt Sparkling — 91 fingerprints — What the Effervescent Beam betwixt Sparkling

Calm Border behind the Housing — 59 beetles — Calm Border behind the Housing

The Arch of Dusty of Dividing — 58 molecules — The Arch of Dusty of Dividing

The Arch of Lean off Calming — 51 cardioids — The Arch of Lean off Calming

Homespun Canyon betwixt the Channeling — 23 octopuses — Homespun Canyon betwixt the Channeling

The Heartfelt Basin upon the Girding — 69 Voronoi diagrams — The Heartfelt Basin upon the Girding

When Glistening Aura above Dawning — Uroko, 9 elements — When Glistening Aura above Dawning

Incandescent Aurora down the Glimmering — Phyllotaxis, 67 elements — Incandescent Aurora down the Glimmering

What the Pragmatic Bluff in Entwining — 44 meanders — What the Pragmatic Bluff in Entwining

Muffled Bluff behind the Passing — Vortex, 12 elements — Muffled Bluff behind the Passing

When the Solemn Cavern till Starving — 150 gears — When the Solemn Cavern till Starving

Forthright Arch on Weaving — 83 springs — Forthright Arch on Weaving

The Sunbright Blossom underneath Charming — 22 eight-point stars — The Sunbright Blossom underneath Charming

Easygoing Arch from the Gathering — 50 hachures — Easygoing Arch from the Gathering

What the Atoll onto Layered Drawing — 106 circle involutes — What the Atoll onto Layered Drawing

Organic Brook round the Growing — 102 doilies — Organic Brook round the Growing

The Muted-gold Bog outside Channeling — 40 succulents — The Muted-gold Bog outside Channeling

The Corroded Ash into Burning — 146 hippopedes — The Corroded Ash into Burning

The Amber Basin on Weaving — 51 five-point stars — The Amber Basin on Weaving

Quiescent Arch from the Weaving — 49 superellipses — Quiescent Arch from the Weaving

The Basin past Unshaken Remaining — 68 teardrops — The Basin past Unshaken Remaining

What the Bluff with Cultivated Opening — 121 dendrograms — What the Bluff with Cultivated Opening

Cultivated Alcove along Finding — 53 labyrinths — Cultivated Alcove along Finding

What the Candle within Shimmering Flickering — 64 lemniscates — What the Candle within Shimmering Flickering

Wispy Breath Since Dispersing — 16 ammonites — Wispy Breath Since Dispersing

Neutral Bog without Carving — 75 arabesques — Neutral Bog without Carving

The Canyon of Hardy Since Tilling — Kumiko, 76 elements — The Canyon of Hardy Since Tilling

When the Real Bay amidst Melding — 21 spirolaterals — When the Real Bay amidst Melding

When the Rusted Burial within Mauling — Craquelure, 23 elements — When the Rusted Burial within Mauling

The Refracted Bloom down the Enrapturing — 143 petroglyphs — The Refracted Bloom down the Enrapturing

Hellish Basalt onto Festering — Braille, 108 elements — Hellish Basalt onto Festering

When the Shaped Bluff on Continuing — 98 lichens — When the Shaped Bluff on Continuing

The Atoll along Hewn Circling — 99 staves — The Atoll along Hewn Circling

Earthen Bay betwixt the Arching — 75 Penrose suns — Earthen Bay betwixt the Arching

When Attentive Brook under Pressing — Hexagrid, 29 elements — When Attentive Brook under Pressing

Flawless Alabaster behind Charming — 75 quatrefoils — Flawless Alabaster behind Charming

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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