Alec Albright – Looking Outwards – 02

The Linienbild series of generative curves by Zdeněk Sýkora is a group of works by a pioneer in the field of generative art. Zdeněk Sýkora, creator, began this work in 1975 and continued it for over two decades. The inspirational aspects of this series for me are the connection and evolution of its general aesthetic as time progresses. It is as if for each several years of time passing, the thicker the lines and the more simple yet bold the next installment of the series becomes. I suppose that the algorithm used to create these works may have included some time variable to implement this idea of physical bulk and growth as time progresses. It also appears that the algorithm may have randomized the color of the lines.