Fontana

Harvey Rayner | patterndotco

500 unique artworks

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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.

RELEASE DATE

5 Oct 2022

LIBRARY

svg@na

RELEASE DETAILS

500 works released with Exponential Dutch auction on 5 Oct 2022

CHARITABLE GIVING

25% of sales of Fontana will be donated to Water for South Sudan. Delivering sustainable quality-of-life services to and with the people of South Sudan by efficiently providing access to clean, safe water, and improving hygiene and sanitation practices in areas of great need. Print availability: Follow me on Twitter @patterndotco or my AB discord channel #harvey-rayner for updates See test mints: https://artist-staging.artblocks.io/project/63

PROJECT ID

0xa7d8d9ef8d8ce8992df33d8b8cf4aebabd5bd270-367

CONTRACT

Etherscan

367000409

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Harvey Rayner

b.1975 England Lives and works in New York

Harvey Rayner is an English artist, creative coder, designer, inventor, programmer, and business owner based in New York. His art practice involves a unique blend of compositional restraint and precision coupled with playful dynamism and boldness. He attended The City & Guilds of London Art School....

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