Kai-Gen

Primordial presents forms as diverse as those found in the natural world. The emergent system powering Primordial is capable of generating this diversity but is hard to control. After the initial generation there is a curation step; forms must meet certain criteria or the algorithm replaces them.

The forms produced by Primordial are presented in a triptych, as comparing multiple outputs is fundamental to understanding a generative algorithm. Primordial attempts to generate triptychs where the individual forms are related, and the results can be surprisingly harmonious or discordant.

Once the triptych is finalized, click on one of the forms to redraw a previous image. Press s to save the entire triptych, or 1-3 to save an individual image.

Primordial

Our brains are well adapted to organize visual data in the form of previously recognized patterns. This means we usually have a very hard time just accepting pure abstraction. In the structures found in “Antennas”, this phenomenon not only resides in the eye of the spectator, but it also informs the creative process behind them. In the procedure that gives shape to these layers of simple overlapping geometry, I look to let intuition find ground in the known figurative world, in shapes we recognize and give ease to our cognition, working with code in a playful back and forth in order to find a balance between complexity and meaning.

Antennas

This generative art project by CryptoWiener brings the crowd to the party and the party to your wallet. Create life on chain and give birth to unique citizens of algorithmic art in 32x32 pixels. Each character tells its own story of a wild and unstoppable event in history that we are all part of. // 

Concept & Design: Ross & Nissla //
Names: Jan //
Code: Porphy & Ross

geVIENNAratives

Many things in the world are perceptible but not visible. Some things we can only feel, but not understand. Some things touch us and move us deeply, but not physically. We can only confirm some things through experience.
Qi is believed to be part of everything that exists as a "life force" or "spiritual energy" that pervades the natural world. It cannot be seen, but in some paintings, the artist creates the flow of Qi to present a vivid world. Artists use Qi to show the presence of life in their artwork, and it’s also believed to be a metaphor for the energy that powers our body and spirit.
In this work, a single object is gradually deformed, shifted, and rotated in an attempt to find a pattern in the chaos that describes the workings of the life force and constitutes a living entity. It is inspired by the fluent Tai Chi movement, Cloud Hand. The basic unit starts in one position and flows to another. It develops with organic rotations and movements, like practicing Tai Chi on the canvas.
Metaphysics is not only a set of images but also a generative system. This system is invisible to viewers, but every single output is its physical presentation. It tries to simulate an organic world, to make the audience feel the Qi, which makes the code generative system live.
That movement composes this piece, and once we feel the vital life force on the inside, we are touched by the process of metaphysics.

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Metaphysics

Woop Woop! Run for your life! Kai-Gen are attacking!
Fresh from the underground and ready to smash your city, these mutant beasties come unique and fired up. No polygons or texture maps here, just sweet ray-marching magic living right on-chain. When you're ready, press the 2 key on your keyboard to bring them to life. But be forewarned, animated Kai-Gen are hungry AF and will eat old GPUs like jellybeans. A modern-day PC/Mac desktop is highly recommended, then hit that 2 key, if you think you can handle it...
Key 1 = Still, Key 2 = Animated. Let's GOOOOO!

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Takeshi Murata, Christopher Rutledge, J. Krispy

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Takeshi Murata, Christopher Rutledge, J. Krispy

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