digitallineart: Unique order in the chaos of digital lines

Today, 153 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.

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

50 elements of argyle spread across the field, crossing wherever chance brought them together. Each carries its own colour; the pale rose ground holds them together.

Saturday, 31 Oct

153 works so far 9,983 shapes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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