mountain pushing out of algorithmic landscape shrouded in orange light

Matt DesLauriers

Sierra

€750

Edition of 166

Each print is accompanied with four NFTs. Each one corresponds to the bitmap of a CMYK layer in Sierra. Claiming instructions will be shared with collectors after launch. You can find the NFTs on the Opensea page here.

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Sierra carves a lone mountain from chance and serendipity.

From thousands of generative outputs, Matt DesLauriers was struck by an artwork that broke the confines of his algorithm. Like a mountain reaching out from the landscape below, his code had arranged colours to cast an ‘alpenglow’. This optical phenomenon occurs when the sun dips below the horizon, bathing mountain peaks in a fiery glow.

The dialogue of colour theory was pivotal in transforming the digital artwork into a print. The palette of DesLauriers’ algorithm, while striking in digital form, presented challenges for silkscreen printing. This led to a careful unravelling of the original RGB palette into CMYK components. 15 layers of ink flood a creamy off-white background, creating a textured depth reminiscent of a woodcut print. Finally, a layer of fluorescent ink is applied to the red and yellow areas, capturing the warm iridescent sheen of alpenglow.

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Matt DesLauriers1 collaborationMatt DesLauriers wants to change the way we think about generative art. Inspired by generative pioneers such as Vera Molnar and Georg Nees, as well as internet-era software like Processing, DesLauriers examines what generative art has meant historically, and its possibilities for the future. He is fascinated by all things method and process, which he believes is too often neglected. “While the software is the source of all these artworks, the code is usually forgotten about in favour of a static reproduction.” DesLauriers proposes a view that considers “software as art” so that the making of the art is just as integral to the work as the final product.

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