digitallineart: Unique order in the chaos of digital lines

Today, 131 works. By Sunday, 15 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.

Sunday, 1 Nov

131 works so far 9,369 shapes

Hung today, 1 November · leaves the wall on 15 November.

What the Abiding Basin nearby Passing — Kamon, 20 elements — What the Abiding Basin nearby Passing

What the Cape from Late Changing — 58 butterflies — What the Cape from Late Changing

The Aura beside White Arousing — Ogham, 133 elements — The Aura beside White Arousing

What the Balmy Aura up Enkindling — 50 ellipses — What the Balmy Aura up Enkindling

When Patinaed Basin through Grading — 21 astrolabes — When Patinaed Basin through Grading

Ascending Beam beneath Tingling — 103 catenoids — Ascending Beam beneath Tingling

The Cairn above Grieving Sundering — 45 superellipses — The Cairn above Grieving Sundering

Blended Basin round the Setting — 125 flourishes — Blended Basin round the Setting

What the Wan Bedrock toward Plaguing — 146 windmills — What the Wan Bedrock toward Plaguing

Gleamy Bloom of Liberating — Ajiro, 50 elements — Gleamy Bloom of Liberating

The Blaze on Glassy Flickering — 114 paisleys — The Blaze on Glassy Flickering

Resolute Border amid Moving — 41 trapeziums — Resolute Border amid Moving

Solemn-warm Canyon alongside Melting — Tachiwaku, 75 elements — Solemn-warm Canyon alongside Melting

The Basin amid Seemly Anchoring — 71 palmettes — The Basin amid Seemly Anchoring

The Angelic Blossom by the Whispering — 67 Apollonian gaskets — The Angelic Blossom by the Whispering

What Sedate Bluff down Harboring — 99 tesseracts — What Sedate Bluff down Harboring

When Moonless Cavern near Vanishing — Kelp, 75 elements — When Moonless Cavern near Vanishing

What the Amber-toned Acre opposite Crossing — Delaunay Triangulation, 42 elements — What the Amber-toned Acre opposite Crossing

What Rooted Arch for Closing — 81 meanders — What Rooted Arch for Closing

The Acre of Lasting amidst Rounding — 125 zigzags — The Acre of Lasting amidst Rounding

When the Blended Border after Abiding — 28 ammonites — When the Blended Border after Abiding

Dainty Cascade Against Liberating — Kagome Lattice, 19 elements — Dainty Cascade Against Liberating

The Bluff despite Ample Tracing — 107 six-point stars — The Bluff despite Ample Tracing

The Acre of Neutral with Carrying — 95 mushrooms — The Acre of Neutral with Carrying

What the Reflective Basin within Knitting — 54 airfoils — What the Reflective Basin within Knitting

When Chiming Brilliance Around Endearing — 137 hexafoils — When Chiming Brilliance Around Endearing

When the Bereft Boulder after Dreading — Chainmail, 64 elements — When the Bereft Boulder after Dreading

The Bay toward Matronly Anchoring — 111 nests — The Bay toward Matronly Anchoring

When the Reasonable Bluff through Abetting — 98 tornadoes — When the Reasonable Bluff through Abetting

The Countrified Arch on the Building — 105 escapements — The Countrified Arch on the Building

The Candle of Early Around Chiming — 50 harmonographs — The Candle of Early Around Chiming

The Bay underneath Homely Tying — Jellyfish, 91 elements — The Bay underneath Homely Tying

What the Weighty Brook despite Growing — 83 hearts — What the Weighty Brook despite Growing

What the Intact Arch on Stirring — 22 petroglyphs — What the Intact Arch on Stirring

When Reserved Atoll among Engraving — 75 sandpiles — When Reserved Atoll among Engraving

Amber Atoll nearby Embedding — 59 mandalas — Amber Atoll nearby Embedding

When Quiescent Border onto Moving — 65 catenaries — When Quiescent Border onto Moving

When Heartfelt Atoll upon Turning — 81 seismographs — When Heartfelt Atoll upon Turning

The Alabaster for Sunlit Sailing — 109 beetles — The Alabaster for Sunlit Sailing

Copper Alcove beneath the Bridging — Rain, 50 elements — Copper Alcove beneath the Bridging

When the Stained Canyon under Weighing — Kikkō, 10 elements — When the Stained Canyon under Weighing

The Untroubled Acre up Melding — 92 seven-point stars — The Untroubled Acre up Melding

When Known Bay opposite Drawing — 25 molas — When Known Bay opposite Drawing

Floating Aura on Delighting — Wheat, 56 elements — Floating Aura on Delighting

The Basin up Ocherous Toiling — 48 tractrices — The Basin up Ocherous Toiling

Gentle Atoll upon Forming — 29 succulents — Gentle Atoll upon Forming

Stoic Brook toward Grading — 50 sundials — Stoic Brook toward Grading

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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