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

Mazinaw #199

From

Mazinaw

Description

Artist

Blockchain

Ethereum

Token standard

ERC-721

Contract address

Token

Attenuation

False

Branch probability

0.2

Complexity

Infinite

Echo

True

Hatched

False

Loop probability

0.3

Loops

Angular

Mazinaw

Branch probability: 0.2

Number of poles

7

Number of roots

4

Order

Surface

Palette

Peach

Stroke opacity

1.2

Stroke pinch

0.5

Stroke precision

0.7

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