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A collection of 279 1/1 naughty children that are tired of messing up only in their own places. They want to play and they want the whole neighborhood.

Bored Kids Neighborhood

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Thoughts of Meadow by Eric Davidson

These shapes are nothing more than rectangles and lines.

And yet...

There is a concept in painting called "pentimento", the presence of earlier forms or images that have been painted over. These could be changes that the artist made deliberately, or mistakes that they were able to cover. Sometimes as the paint fades, the pentimenti will be revealed, but often they will remain unseen.

The challenge is to recognize the pentimenti that influence the canvas, but cannot be found there even at the base layer. These are scattered throughout the years of the artist"s life.

"Thoughts of Meadow" is a generative system that distorts a chess-like grid into complex shapes. Many of the outputs give the illusion of immense three-dimensional structures using simple geometric principles. It is an attempt to represent the concept of "pentimento" through the rendering process. Each layer builds upon the complexity of the previous one but also covers it. If you look closely through the gaps in the grid, you can see the incremental changes that took place.

In that sense, this project is a reminder for myself of where I"m from, an incredibly small town called Meadow, and the gratitude I feel for the years I spent there. The first layer of my life"s pentimento.

As always, I doubt this project would exist without the work and observations of Vera Molnr. Squares were certainly made for her, I just appreciate being able to borrow them once in a while.

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1BITS is a 1250 supply collection of black and white pixel characters. There are no 1/1s each is individually unique. Why? Because we're 1BITS and all the same!

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