“Sparsely Populated Grid” is the result of an architect’s fascination with Cartographies and a crypto-enthusiast love for Neo Punk aesthetics. The first sketch, drawn by hand with Procreate, was made in October 2021.

This is an exploration on the field of Generative Cartographies, an abstract diagrammatic representation of a randomly generated area within the virtual IPFS world. Everything starts with an GRID of varying sizes and angles, subsequently POPULATED by a random number of forms. But, how to populate the grid? SPARSELY, of course, with just the right amount of superpositions.

The algorithm produces varying compositions of fourteen different forms, with seven possible mixes and ten colour palettes. Movement, made possible by its generative digital nature, follows sinusoidal patterns, as if the forms breathed and danced to an unheard music.

Besides, they never forget to celebrate birthdays.


// INTERACTIVITY

- CLICK or SPACEBAR to stop movement.
- UP and DOWN ARROWS to Disable/Enable graphic elements such as texts (wink).
- LEFT and RIGHT ARROWS (when stopped) to Move frames back and forth.
- Press 1 for a low-res PNG.
- Press 2 for a medium-res PNG (3x).
- Press 3 for a hi-res PNG (6x).
- Press G for Glitch (low-res).
- Press P for PixelArt (low-res).

If you want a different resolution, you can also add ?&res=xxx to the url to get your desired output. Then simply Right-Click SAVE the canvas -- experimental