INTERLACE

The exhibition INTERLACE explores the boundaries of multi-colored plotter-based drawing, delving into the step-by-step and layered creation of patterns whose texture evokes weaving principles. The artists featured in this duo show distinguish themselves through unique approaches.

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Lenia Mascha is a Greek architect and artist based in Vienna. Her work involves computer-assisted creation and robotic production techniques, exploring their vast potential in architecture, design, and the arts. Her drawings are inherently digital, designed using procedural design techniques for generating patterns and compositions.
Her practice is strongly influenced by the teachings and writings of Anni Albers and the women artists and architects of the Bauhaus weaving workshop.

For the series 8 Colors, Lenia Mascha employs a robotic arm to create drawings using eight acrylic markers on paper and canvas. This process is based on a procedural system developed through a 3D software with a node-based interface. By combining predefined code blocks, the artist generates a generative environment that allows exploration of a multitude of variations in patterns, line widths, and color combinations. Through this approach, she transforms digital elements into tangible artworks that evoke a textile-like familiarity. Her creative process is an integral part of the work, experimenting with interactions between graphic elements and materials, emphasizing the dynamics of automated drawing.

Marc Maurer is a Kazakhstani generative artist whose current work explores the intersection between digital and physical mediums. His creative process is based on different fields of research, exploring programming and machine-learning models. His journey began with experiments with pixel sorting and machine learning models such as Style GAN, which later led him to use algorithmic approaches to create bright, dynamic compositions, patterns with random elements. Influenced by traditional artists like Gerhard Richter, Marc's work embraces the ambiguity and energy of abstraction, where his current approach seeks a harmonious balance between chaos and order, often prioritizing experimentation to channel intuition into his art.

In the series Glance, the recurring symmetry seems to engage directly with consciousness. The patterns evoke deep introspection, with compositions reminiscent of Rorschach tests used in psychological evaluation. These ambiguous forms invite multiple interpretations, allowing viewers to project their emotions onto the work. Through this approach, Marc Maurer creates a visual experience that reflects on subjectivity and the power of images to influence the unconscious.

The code was created using p5js and does not include third-party libraries. The program starts from the center of the canvas, where random values determine the scale of the noise, creating smooth transitions and angles. Based on the noise, a color index is calculated that clearly separates the boundaries. The function f, updated through the sine, generates a dynamic symmetry distortion.

Originating in digital experimentation, their creations are then embodied in the physical world with plotter drawing.

INTERLACE exhibition
from November 22 to December 7
Opening November 22 from 6 to 9 pm

Galerie Data 26, boulevard Jules Ferry Paris 11
Thursday - Saturday 2 pm - 8 pm

Glance series on Fxhash November 22, 2024
https://www.fxhash.xyz/u/GalerieData