Fontana is Latin for fountain. 

This project is a playful attempt at abstractly capturing the flowing movement of a fountain using precisely drawn elements that evoke a static and considered rendering of a subject that is in constant flux. The visual language is reminiscent of hand-draughted technical drawing, a precise and methodical practice that progresses at a radically different pace to the flowing and capricious movement of water. To increase this tension between dynamic motion and static mechanical process I wanted the surface textures to appear worn and aged like a drawing that has spent its life in the bottom of a mechanics drawer. This process of abrasion and discoloration is occurring on yet another scale of time adding complexity to the references of time passing. 

Woven into the very fabric of Fontana is a fully generative solution for creating color expression. This means there is no reliance on preset palettes with every output being an entirely unique color articulation of the color story I want the project to reveal as a whole. Far from being random I attempted to create an approach which produces colors that evoke early 20th Century art and design media. With this intention I wanted  outputs to look like they could be working drawing artifacts from this period of time.

Fontana

Random and anarchy, chaos and structurality. Jiometory No Compute is a living motion experimental study, a contemplative geometry organism that lives now and forever. Each individual units movement contributes and flows into a generative path for a greater purpose. Together they try to achieve a symbiosis, although an « ideal » computer program is very relative. Exploring domains of definitions and warping an input data-set leads to unexpected behaviors, sometimes surprising, often fascinating.   Interactions : Zoom-in / Zoom-out / Drag left and right / Best view in full-screen. 

ム サクイ デ ムチツジョ、 コントン ト コウゾウセイ。 Jiometory No Compute ハ、 セイブツテキ ナ ウゴキ ノ ジッケンテキ ケンキュウ デ アリ、 ゲンザイ ソシテ エイエン ニ セイチョウスル シコウテキ ナ キカガクテキ ユウキブツ デス。 ココ ノ ユニット ノ ウゴキ ハ、 オオキナ モクテキ ノ タメ ノ セイセイ ニ ナガレコミ、 ツカワレマス。 « リソウテキ ナ » コンピュータ プログラム ハ ヒジョウ ニ ソウタイテキ デス ガ、 ソレラ ハ キョウセイ ヲ タッセイシヨウ ト スル ノ デス。 テイギ ノ ドメイン ヲ タンサクシ、 ニュウリョク データセット ヲ ワープスル コト デ、 ヨキシナイ ドウサ ガ ハッセイシ、 トキニハ オドロク ベキ、 シバシバ ミリョクテキ ナ ドウサ ヲ ウミマス

Unique working GameBoy Cartridges certificate are redeemable for every holders of the Jiometory No Compute artworks to be displayed as a special and rare piece of hardware art. Because they are completely hand-made / crafted, those will be available in small batches for an additional fee, some more informations about the cartridges will be released after the sale.

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“Apparitions” is an exploration of the space between algorithmic and organic. Each “Apparition” is unique to the transaction that originated it. Created by Aaron Penne

Apparitions

Elementals is inspired by physical printmaking techniques and early Bauhaus principles. It starts with a few basic coloured shapes and arranges them in varying frequencies, sizes, and positions based on a unique transaction hash. Multiple overlaid variable grids allow for myriad layouts and opportunities for colour interaction. The goal is to create pieces that feel both intentional in composition and part of the same family.

Elementals

LoVid’s signature video work mixes handmade analog synthesizers with digital tools in immersive Red, Green, and Blue (RGB) compositions that celebrate luminosity, chaos, relationships between craft and engineering, and connections between body and tech.
 
Tide Predictor, LoVid’s first onchain generative work, builds a bridge from video synthesizer patches to algorithmic code-derived imagery. This collection is formally and technically inspired by hardware-based image generation, and places experimental moving-image, circuit boards, and electrical signal-based video art at the conceptual roots of generative art.

Tide Predictor is a modular video synthesizer patch model, designed to reflect the analog spirit by working with three channels: RGB. Tide Predictor reimagines NTSC-encoded, oscillator driven electrical current based video synthesis while adding digital randomness/unpredictability, and transformations based on code, along with each mint’s unique content.
 
In the late 19th century, mechanical analog computers used rhythm and repetition to anticipate the rise and fall of water levels. In addition to “tides”, which are low frequency oscillations of the ocean, higher frequency changes or “waves” are frequently discussed in reference to both water and electrical signals. By working with looping - and explicitly addressing the period (=1/frequency) for each RGB color - Tide Predictor extends analogies between the flow of water and the flow of electricity.

LoVid’s Tide Predictor brings these relationships from the blockchain, through your screen, straight to your retina!

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