Untitled (custom wrapping paper) by Roman Verostko, 1995

Untitled (custom wrapping paper)

Roman Verostko

1995

Plotter Drawing

24.75"x20.25"

Description

This grid of plotter-drawn glyphs was created using an algorithmic process Roman Verostko referred to as “epigenetic,” a random accumulation of variables that recalls the organic evolution of biological life. Demonstrating his characteristically generative approach to composition, Verostko used his own custom-coded Hodos software written with Basic and Digital Microprocessor/Plotting Language (DM/PL) to produce endless variations of alien forms that unfold in response to a pre-set algorithmic process.

Executed by a multi-pen plotter coupled to a PC and driven by the artist’s software, the 375 unique designs featured here are made up of thousands of individual lines. In other works of this period the artist layered his glyphs with colored elaborations, but here the initial black marks stand stark. It is addressed to Mary Lou Bock of the Williams Gallery in Princeton, New Jersey, which specialized in computer art. Verostko sent the drawings for her to sell.

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