Harm van den Dorpel
Uttered Modality, 2018
Ballpoint and pencil plotter drawing on paper
40 × 30cm
15.7 × 11.8″
Unique edition
15.7 × 11.8″
Unique edition
©The Artist
'Uttered Modality. The plotted structure was generated by an L-system — the same generative method behind my work Event Listeners. Of all the works this carries the most hand: many...
"Uttered Modality. The plotted structure was generated by an L-system — the
same generative method behind my work Event Listeners. Of all the works this
carries the most hand: many small, intuitive marks added by me in pencil and
pen over the plotted lines, plus pen-colour changes made during the drawing.
These small additions evoke microbes and microbiology — a teeming, cellular
register at the edge of the plotted form."
Generated through autonomous computational processes and realized as a unique plotter drawing, this work draws on forms found in nature, where intricate structures emerge through simple patterns and rules. The work invites reflection on the parallels between organic growth and computational processes.
