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Name: Ragnar Digital, LLC
Price range: $

Hasaqui Yamanobe

2024

NFT/Digital

Description

Though Hasaqui Yamanobe’s_ Goz Basket _reflects his fascination with basketball, it was not initially intended as a sports allegory. When iterating the project using p5.js —a Javascript library of code that can be combined, fine-tuned, and deployed without deep engineering knowledge— he found outputs mirroring how basketball nets are hooked to hoops.

In Goz Basket, algorithmic limitations determine the spacing, direction, and amount of multicolored nails deployed in rows. Four separate structures emerge from this deterministic placement. All contain tight, colorful clumps of nails in their centers. Thin strings loop randomly around nails, creating the impression of exterior walls which surround each structure’s imploding shape.

Yamanobe’s process reflects his interpretation of basketball as a game of ever-improving mechanics: the continual push toward perfection is expressed in iterative repetitions of hand movements, arm angles, and shooting force. This differs little from a generative artist’s process.