My work focused on shape, colour and pattern exploration
I rework these elements across different mediums to sort of
make and break rules myself about how I create compositions
I'm WolffiaInc. I'm a visual artist and I'm the co-creator of ilumz
This desire I have to create this feeling of non-permanence within my work
has always made me curious about generative art and that is how I met Motus.
My name is Owen. I am a generative artists and all around creative coder.
My work would focus on creating visual arts and animations
using code, mathematics and algorithms.
Owen and I are complete creative opposites really
which is why this project has gone the way that it has.
For all of my colourful, organic and spontaneous ideas that I live by in the moment when I'm in my studio
Owen has met them all with his own focus that's on mathematics, problem-solving and creative coding
The algorithm to control and handle these organic shapes, hand-drawn by Emily
was a great challenge, and took a lot more investment in my time and mathematics than normal.
The shapes are all simulated, following a simple set of rules to create this vast complexity
growing and adapting to their environment. Constantly colliding yet never overlapping
This results in a truly unique piece, in keeping with Emily's characteristic abstract style
Owen has typically worked using monochrome
and I always use a full-colour spectrum, when I'm working in my real-world pieces
so for ilumz, we decided to use a reduced pallet that represented both of us for this collaboration
My work normally focuses on very structured grid-like, right or wrong mathematics
this was completely different, and is exactly what I wanted
I wanted to push my capabilities, do something organic, fluid, a bit different
working with these complex shapes interacting with one another, really took
the algorithms I normally create to a whole other level and I couldn't be happier with the result.
Collaborating with Motus has pushed my work and ideas further
and to communicate ideas really beyond the physical works I normally produce
it's a whole new world to me. A new audience of art collections and really
it's been so inspiring to embrace the possibilities that on-chain art and creative coding open up.