Jenni Lee — Looking Outwards 06

Mark Wilson’s Piece titled “e4708”

For this week’s looking outwards, I chose one of Mark Wilson’s generative art pieces titled “e4708.” I found the history of this piece to be particularly intriguing– Wilson began learning programming in order to create computer-generated artwork. With his distinct technological flavor to this unique, bright, colorful imagery, his computer-generated work quickly rose to fame. I found this piece to not only be visually engaging and hypnotizing, but also intellectually stimulating, as this was computer-generated with complex, technological layers.

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