Mazinaw is about the timeless struggle to express our humanity and communicate the ineffable. The title derives from Mazinaabikinigan-zaaga'igan, an Algonquin word meaning “picture” or “writing”, alluding to the dual nature of pictographs. Inspired by my encounters with neolithic cave paintings in Europe and indigenous pictographs flanking Canadian lakes, Mazinaw hints at etchings, drawings, and anthropomorphic forms. While Mazinaw draws on expressionists from Wassily Kandinsky to Norman Lewis, it takes abstraction one step further: each piece is constructed by the artist indirectly, via a generative code, allowing the emergence of new undreamt-of forms. The 19 palettes are inspired by the natural world, but their roles are sometimes twisted: cerulean blue strokes appear over an ochre canvas, and green flashes of light hop across a gray expanse. I invite the viewer to spend time with each piece, finding their own order from chaos. Signed fine-art archival inkjet prints will be available for owners at a modest cost. Note: Mazinaw is best viewed in large format (full screen), or printed. Each piece has infinitely fine details, some of which will only be visible in print. Mazinaw renders seamlessly in any aspect ratio; adjust the window size and shape as desired, click on the frame, and type 'f'. Controls: s -- save as png spacebar -- pause/unpause f -- toggle square / fit-to-screen aspect ratio 1-6 -- set pixel density (default=2 on retina displays) +/- -- increase/decrease pixel density n -- enable/disable night mode p -- enable/disable pastel mode

Eric De Giuli

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Project Description: Mazinaw is about the timeless struggle to express our humanity and communicate the inef...

Artist
Eric De Giuli
Blockchain
Ethereum
Token standard
ERC-721
Contract address
0xa7...d270
Token
288000188
Attenuation
False
Branch probability
0.1
Complexity
Infinite
Echo
True
Hatched
False
Loop probability
0.9
Loops
Round
Mazinaw
Branch probability: 0.1
Number of poles
5
Number of roots
7
Order
Surface
Palette
Altamira
Stroke opacity
0.8
Stroke pinch
0
Stroke precision
0.9
Activity
ArtworkPriceFromToTime
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