digitallineart: Unique order in the chaos of digital lines

Today, 195 works. By Friday, 13 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.

Earthen Acre beyond the Knotting — 22 hearts — Earthen Acre beyond the Knotting

22 hearts drift over the ground, some touching, most keeping their distance. Against the bright ochre ground, no two of them share a colour.

Friday, 30 Oct

195 works so far 11,893 shapes

Hung today, 30 October · leaves the wall on 13 November.

When the Substantial Bay atop Meeting — Rangoli, 19 elements — When the Substantial Bay atop Meeting

When Oppressed Brine opposite Howling — 75 butterflies — When Oppressed Brine opposite Howling

The Arch into Clear Forging — 59 orbits — The Arch into Clear Forging

Layered Alcove before the Shaping — 69 trochoids — Layered Alcove before the Shaping

When Sagacious Atoll of Pressing — 110 seven-point stars — When Sagacious Atoll of Pressing

The Basin circa Salted Bending — 136 hippopedes — The Basin circa Salted Bending

What Rooted Brook above Finding — 100 Truchet tiles — What Rooted Brook above Finding

What the Canyon betwixt Worldly Weaving — 100 tensegrity structures — What the Canyon betwixt Worldly Weaving

The Bluff of Loyal circa Hedging — 72 dreamcatchers — The Bluff of Loyal circa Hedging

What the Beckoning Breath on Honeying — 116 windmills — What the Beckoning Breath on Honeying

Muted-gold Alcove outside Fording — 100 orreries — Muted-gold Alcove outside Fording

The Canyon of Ample upon Staying — Asanoha, 25 elements — The Canyon of Ample upon Staying

The Sure Atoll into Lining — 5 polylines — The Sure Atoll into Lining

The Bog under Subtle Spanning — 52 octagons — The Bog under Subtle Spanning

The Ashen-warm Bay across Grounding — Vortex, 75 elements — The Ashen-warm Bay across Grounding

Earthy Brook through Turning — 100 peonies — Earthy Brook through Turning

The Basin atop Sound Arching — Ogham, 62 elements — The Basin atop Sound Arching

The Natural Alcove nearby Rooting — Bargello, 26 elements — The Natural Alcove nearby Rooting

Calm Arch after the Measuring — 12 cissoids — Calm Arch after the Measuring

What the Border Inside Quiet Plowing — 100 cycloids — What the Border Inside Quiet Plowing

What Trusty Brook over Clearing — 16 squares — What Trusty Brook over Clearing

What Spotless Aura by Ascending — 50 tunnels — What Spotless Aura by Ascending

Fanciful Aurora in Glittering — 38 gyroid slices — Fanciful Aurora in Glittering

Permanent Acre from Curing — 12 prisms and antiprisms — Permanent Acre from Curing

When the Exquisite Air out Exhaling — 25 cosmati pavements — When the Exquisite Air out Exhaling

The Bog alongside Serene Closing — 19 Chladni figures — The Bog alongside Serene Closing

What the Aurora till Lilting Flaring — 24 sundials — What the Aurora till Lilting Flaring

The Wise Alcove opposite the Crossing — Kikkō, 75 elements — The Wise Alcove opposite the Crossing

Solemn-warm Bay within the Entwining — 99 ellipses — Solemn-warm Bay within the Entwining

Slow Alcove for Grounding — 115 tornadoes — Slow Alcove for Grounding

The Bay of Mossbacked between Damming — Moiré, 25 elements — The Bay of Mossbacked between Damming

The Border until Earnest Casting — 142 rectangles — The Border until Earnest Casting

What the Aurora from Open Ascending — 82 heptagons — What the Aurora from Open Ascending

What the Bluff in Dignified Pacing — 84 Voronoi diagrams — What the Bluff in Dignified Pacing

When the Reflective Basin till Grounding — 78 harmonographs — When the Reflective Basin till Grounding

The Neutral Border beside the Continuing — Tartan, 75 elements — The Neutral Border beside the Continuing

The Calm Alcove up Carving — 20 ouroboros — The Calm Alcove up Carving

The Atoll of Fertile from Earning — 41 six-point stars — The Atoll of Fertile from Earning

The Loamy Atoll During Changing — 75 corals — The Loamy Atoll During Changing

What the Forged Arch for Knitting — Craquelure, 100 elements — What the Forged Arch for Knitting

Serene Bluff with the Inscribing — Braille, 150 elements — Serene Bluff with the Inscribing

When Trusty Basin unto Bracing — 97 ammonites — When Trusty Basin unto Bracing

When Strong Atoll amidst Forging — 142 lines — When Strong Atoll amidst Forging

When Resolute Alcove During Joining — 62 nephroids — When Resolute Alcove During Joining

Tranquil Acre amidst the Hedging — Shorthand, 75 elements — Tranquil Acre amidst the Hedging

The Basalt of Dreadful up Aching — 6 nonagons — The Basalt of Dreadful up Aching

The Basin of Salted of Crafting — 81 doilies — The Basin of Salted of Crafting

The Bay of Reflective in Aging — 17 rhombuses — The Bay of Reflective in Aging

Bronzed Arch until Holding — 72 cardioids — Bronzed Arch until Holding

Distant Arch till the Curving — 100 stripes — Distant Arch till the Curving

Sound Bog Around Moving — 33 labyrinths — Sound Bog Around Moving

The Border atop Cordial Sounding — 36 mandalas — The Border atop Cordial Sounding

The Canyon During Olive Weaving — 70 birdcages — The Canyon During Olive Weaving

When Lonely Carbon through Tormenting — 15 gears — When Lonely Carbon through Tormenting

Beckoning Candle into Aerating — 75 catenoids — Beckoning Candle into Aerating

When the Phosphorescent Candle onto Leaping — 39 tricuspoids — When the Phosphorescent Candle onto Leaping

Level-headed Alcove beside the Laboring — 53 dandelions — Level-headed Alcove beside the Laboring

The Alabaster of Immaculate upon Uplifting — Parang, 78 elements — The Alabaster of Immaculate upon Uplifting

The Arch of Honest Around Cycling — 93 superquadrics — The Arch of Honest Around Cycling

Organic Basin beneath the Rolling — 50 fingerprints — Organic Basin beneath the Rolling

The Anchored Cape behind Changing — Argyle, 25 elements — The Anchored Cape behind Changing

Textured Brook off Tying — 92 molecules — Textured Brook off Tying

Countrified Acre near Finding — 95 superellipses — Countrified Acre near Finding

The Cool Candle into Awakening — Kumiko, 50 elements — The Cool Candle into Awakening

The Arch toward Steadfast Ripening — 86 leaves — The Arch toward Steadfast Ripening

When Stocky Arch amid Waiting — 23 meanders — When Stocky Arch amid Waiting

Deliberate Arch beyond Fastening — 5 dendrograms — Deliberate Arch beyond Fastening

What the Arch between Rooted Seeding — 100 evolutes — What the Arch between Rooted Seeding

Serene Border before the Resting — 130 hexafoils — Serene Border before the Resting

What the Canyon throughout Sure Channeling — 100 diatoms — What the Canyon throughout Sure Channeling

The Substantial Bog round Circling — 103 diamonds — The Substantial Bog round Circling

The Resolute Brook betwixt Crossing — Zonohedra, 75 elements — The Resolute Brook betwixt Crossing

The Blaze Inside Joyful Enlivening — 4 neurons — The Blaze Inside Joyful Enlivening

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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