01 · ORDINAL FIFTEENMANFRED MOHR

CREDITED STUDY

Four generated units placed through a five-symbol ordinal magic field. The fifth state controls negative space.

Manfred Mohr · permission required

SOURCE STUDY · SEED 1972 · BUILDING

Manfred Mohr / Combinatorial Framework of the Ordinal 15 / 1972 / Computer Graphics and Art, May 1976 front cover / permission required

Ordinal Fifteen

Not a reproduction. Manfred Mohr has asked that his artwork not be reproduced online, and nothing here reproduces it. Every image on this page is generated by code written from the published description of the mechanism — no scan, no trace, no copy of an original plot. If Mohr or his representatives want this study taken down, write to hello@supermega.design and it comes down.

Documented mechanism: Four numbered graphic units from two routines: matrix labyrinths, and interpolation with hatching between curves. Placement is calculated by a magic square whose sum is fifteen.
Interpretation: A five-symbol Latin magic field, exact placement families, geometric constants, and the fifth symbol as configurable negative space.
Supermega: Deterministic seeds, alternate mappings, build playback, contemporary palettes, replayable configuration, and fixed-size PNG export.

Presets

Study

Placement

Magic family

Unit mapping

Fifth state

Maze units

Density

Turn bias

0.20

Continuity

0.82

Curve units

Amplitude

0.28

Interpolations

Hatch angle

32°

Hatch spacing

Advanced look and playbackFive controls

Polarity

Palette

Line weight

1.6

Build speed

6.0

Seed

Playback and artifact

Build

Output

1600×1000

PNG export always renders the canonical final frame, including while live playback is paused.

Load Configuration

Serialized configuration JSON

InstrumentREADY

Full provenance and source linksMay 1976

Artist: Manfred Mohr
Work: Combinatorial Framework of the Ordinal 15
Date: 1972
Issue placement: Computer Graphics and Art, May 1976 front cover.

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