Memories of Qilin

Emily Xie

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Memories of Qilin is inspired by traditional East Asian art. It channels the sense of movement and fluidity found in classical Chinese brushwork, while drawing from the colors, patterns, and forms of ukiyo-e woodblock prints.

The series explores elements of folklore, evoking the mythological imagery of dragons, phoenixes, flowers, and mountains. The title references a fabled chimerical beast found throughout East Asian mythology (while the qilin is its Chinese name, it is also known in Korea as the girin and Japan as the kirin) that represents prosperity and luck.

Viewers are invited to interpret elusive forms that verge on representation. As with the stories passed on through generations, each piece is imagined, organic, and ever-in-flux.

RELEASE DATE

21 Mar 2022

LIBRARY

p5@1.0.0

CREATIVE CREDITS

Thanks to David Lu for his invalauble help in setting up the Verlet physics engine that this piece adapts. Shout out to Thomas Lin Pedersen who was kind enough to provide his code snippet that finds the intersection of two line segments.

SALES NOTES

Dutch auction starting at 5 ETH and dropping every 5 minutes with the following steps: 5 > 4 > 3 > 2.5 > 2 > 1.75 > 1.5 > 1.25 > 1 > 0.75 > 0.5 > 0.3 > 0.2 > 0.1 ETH

RELEASE DETAILS

1024 works released on 21 Mar 2022

CHARITABLE GIVING

25% of the proceeds above 0.2 ETH will go towards charitable donations.

PROJECT ID

0xa7d8d9ef8d8ce8992df33d8b8cf4aebabd5bd270-282

CONTRACT

Etherscan

LICENSE

CC BY-NC 4.0

282000445

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Emily Xie

Lives and works in New York, NY

Emily Xie works with algorithms to create lifelike textures, patterns, materials, and forms, which are often encoded with references to her own culture and femininity. Her creative coding work has been exhibited internationally, most recently at Unit London, The Armory Show, Bright Moments, Vellum LA x Artsy.net, the StandardVision Artist Showcase, Los Angeles, a...

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