AluanWang

When I was making the Polypaths series, I always felt the real heart of the project wasn't the final image, but the system behind it. The output is just what happens. The real magic is in the underlying logic. There are a bunch of ways to build a generative system, but with Polypaths, every single parameter is tightly linked. They all influence each other, and sometimes, when everything lines up just right, something almost spiritual just appears.
The pieces on @verse_works were curated by collectors. But for the @GalerieMet version, I wanted to take the lead as the artist. My goal was to push the system further and see what else it could do. I made a few subtle tweaks, a bit of magic, you could say, and adjusted how the parameters related to each other. The result was a set of works that felt different from the previous series. This whole process really proved to me that in generative art, the structure and architecture are way more important than the final output.
This is why the artist's version exists. It's not a replacement; it’s a way to show more of the system's inner life. It reveals how a complex, responsive structure can create an entire ecosystem of variations. It reminds me why I'm so passionate about generative art. It’s not just a tool for making pretty pictures, but a way of thinking, building, and seeing the world.

I've been traveling in Hanoi these past few days, sketching street scenes from different cafés.
My doctor told me to stop spending so much time looking at screens. But I still want to make art, so I'm finding other ways, going back to where I started.

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Heading to Hanoi next week with my old high school classmates. We were in the art class back then and spent whole days outside sketching.

Now in middle age, we've all gone different ways in our careers. Really looking forward to a trip with no purpose at all, just sketching.