About the series
Crafted for the Combine24 generative art competition by the Finnish National Gallery, this project distills all 80,610 entries obtained through the gallery’s API to their most elemental components: artist names, titles (in all available languages), and inventory numbers.
After selecting a specific entry, the algorithm generates an artwork based on the textual information of this entry through a blend of typography and dithering. The selected entry is displayed underneath. The metadata—once a repository of meaning—now flits between partial readability and pure abstraction, creating a fragile thread that ties any output of the algorithm back to its source.
Interactive controls (in live mode):
S — save a PNG · F — fullscreen
Artworks (51)
![m̶e̶t̶a̶ #32 — Unknown artist, Helene Schjerfbecks brev till Bertha Stenman 01.05.[1945]](./img/thumbs/32.png)
