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homage to agnes martin | 2019

Homage to Agnes Martin follows Homage to Walter Benjamin, here considering reproduction and production of Martin’s Untitled 1960. The work was decoded into a set of rules, which were then used to ‘reproduce’ the original first by means of a single hand drawing and second by means of an algorithm capable of producing endless, unique, digital, XML-based SVG versions.

MATERIALS

90lb Stonehenge paper 22” x 30”
Ink or graphite <=.9mm
24” ruler / Mayline
Square

RULES

FIELD = 18” x 18” centered 2” from left, top and right paper edge oriented long edge left

Very lightly draw square demarcating field

Just below top edge of field make 27 light point marks roughly ½” apart beginning from 2-⅜” from top-left but not further than 2-⅜” from right edge of field

Iterate/repeat previous along bottom edge of field

Using varying pen/pencil pressure draw a vertical line upwards, or downwards, between some bottom point mark and its corresponding top point mark originating and terminating at some distance near, but without connecting, marks

Iterate/repeat for remaining 26 corresponding pairs of bottom-top point marks

With varying pen/pencil pressure beginning ¾” down from top-left corner of field draw a horizontal line either from left to right, or right to left, every ⅝”-¾” down totaling 16-½” but not below ¾” from bottom of field

Within every ⅝”-¾” vertical block draw with varying pen/pencil pressure nine horizontal lines at some close not overlapping and with varying distance to one another and whose terminal ends approach but do not connect field edges at varying distance

Iterate/repeat previous drawing ten horizontal lines within every ⅝”-¾” vertical increment until number of horizontal lines = 247 or total vertical height = 16-½”

Erase square demarcating field

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