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Holger Lippmann is an artist who uses Processing, which is a drawing software, to create these visuals that are randomly generated and modified in a way where he decides the composition of the work. He also developed the Processing program so it would have certain aesthetic feel in his work. With them, he composes delicate structures and abstract geometrical patterns where he can layer and vary. The LUMAS pieces are based on a special program, in which the artist set a range of parameters to regulate the scattering of the geometrical elements. Lippmann then unites different compositions made in this way into cohesive pieces. “My internal process is the same as it was when I was working with paint and canvas,” Lippmann explains. “That’s why I call my current work digital or computer-aided painting.” Lippmann is also a painter, who knows what color he should use and has a knowledge about what the right composition is. So he is aware of what type of visual choices he makes.