A Map is a score for a new world...
Maps is a generative NFT released on Art Blocks in 2022.
collection size: 90
Each mint generates a unique svg.
Some were printed below ...
[1. IMG: GRAPHIC SCORE BY JOHN CAGE] THE INITIAL INSPIRATION FOR MAPS WAS THE IDEA THAT GRAPHIC NOTATION CAN CREATE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT OUTPUTS.
[2. IMG: MARIO SPRITESHEET] SPRITES, A FORM OF GRAPHIC NOTATION THAT GIVES A SENSE OF HOW THINGS MOVE WITHOUT BEING ANIMATED, INSPIRED HOW THE OUTPUTS EXPLORE EACH WORLD IN LAYOUT.
[3. IMG: BIOME PYRAMID DIAGRAM] EACH MAP USES VARIABLES OF COLOR AND PATTERN TO GENERATE DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS. BY MIXING 10 DIFFERENT ELEMENTS, NEW BIOMES ARE NAMED (I.E. SCORCHED FOREST, DUNE OCEAN, ETC…)
[4. IMG: PANTONE CHIPS] MAYBE AN NFT CAN BE AN INSTRUCTION FOR SOMETHING NON-DIGITAL, TOO… THE DIFFERENT COLORS ARE ALSO MATCHED WITH PANTONE CHIPS SO THAT EACH SVG CAN BE EASILY PRINTED.
[5. IMG: DITHERING] THE METHOD FOR GENERATING THE PATTERN IS CALLED DITHERING, WHICH IS BOTH INHERENTLY AS MUCH A DIGITAL PROCESS (I.E. BITMAPPING) AS IT IS A PHYSICAL ONE (I.E. HALFTONE). THE SCRIPT USES A MODIFIED FLOYD–STEINBERG DITHER ALGORITHM TO APPROXIMATE THE LIGHT BETWEEN EACH PIXEL AND CREATE UNIQUE PATTERNS.
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