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10x10 inches;
JS Algorithmic Art, Pen Plotted on Watercolor;
2025
At the Still Point of the Turning World: Algorithmic Self Portrait, 2025 #1 is a pen-plot of an output from a generative art project being released on ArtBlocks.io, where additional unique outputs from the algorithm will be mintable during the Durham Art Guild's 71st Annual Juried Show’s duration (December 19th, 2025 to February 8th 2026).
The project, At the Still Point of the Turning World: Algorithmic Self Portrait, 2025 (AKA “Still Point”) is the fifth project in the Zenerative series, a collection of Zen-inspired generative art projects. “Still Point” explores holding presence in a dynamic world and maintaining calm within a sort of structured chaos.
Within each output is an identity surrounded by overlapping and interacting rings that create interference. The motion of the outer world affects the inner, and a visual motion is hinted at while a psychological motion is created. These effects are enhanced when a piece is portrayed digitally, as pixels on the screens will dance with the narrow and high contrast lines. The artworks are size agnostic vector graphics, and they are both plottable and feature togglable animation.
I choose to only use black and white for this piece, because I wanted to emphasize this strange vibrancy of chaos and confusion that I find myself in. Color made it too…pedestrian, or pretty. Only stark black and white seems appropriate for this portrait; their interplay and overlapping patterns adding to the visual aesthetic.
While I made this piece to reflect my experience and visualize my state of being, I know that others resonate with the theme and symbolism. It’s not a traditional self portrait, and it may not be a portrait of only me. Others may see themselves in it as well, and while we may feel like we’re alone in that center, we’re together in the experience.
Website: https://matto.xyz
IG: @monkmatto
10x10 inches;
JS Algorithmic Art, Pen Plotted on Watercolor;
2025
At the Still Point of the Turning World: Algorithmic Self Portrait, 2025 #1 is a pen-plot of an output from a generative art project being released on ArtBlocks.io, where additional unique outputs from the algorithm will be mintable during the Durham Art Guild's 71st Annual Juried Show’s duration (December 19th, 2025 to February 8th 2026).
The project, At the Still Point of the Turning World: Algorithmic Self Portrait, 2025 (AKA “Still Point”) is the fifth project in the Zenerative series, a collection of Zen-inspired generative art projects. “Still Point” explores holding presence in a dynamic world and maintaining calm within a sort of structured chaos.
Within each output is an identity surrounded by overlapping and interacting rings that create interference. The motion of the outer world affects the inner, and a visual motion is hinted at while a psychological motion is created. These effects are enhanced when a piece is portrayed digitally, as pixels on the screens will dance with the narrow and high contrast lines. The artworks are size agnostic vector graphics, and they are both plottable and feature togglable animation.
I choose to only use black and white for this piece, because I wanted to emphasize this strange vibrancy of chaos and confusion that I find myself in. Color made it too…pedestrian, or pretty. Only stark black and white seems appropriate for this portrait; their interplay and overlapping patterns adding to the visual aesthetic.
While I made this piece to reflect my experience and visualize my state of being, I know that others resonate with the theme and symbolism. It’s not a traditional self portrait, and it may not be a portrait of only me. Others may see themselves in it as well, and while we may feel like we’re alone in that center, we’re together in the experience.
Website: https://matto.xyz
IG: @monkmatto
