Sixteen visual systems from one 1976 issue, rebuilt as working instruments. Open a card, change its rules, and make a new image from the underlying mechanism.
01 Ordinal FifteenOpen
Manfred Mohrfour generated units placed through a five-symbol magic field
02 Barbadillo ModulesOpen
Manuel Barbadilloa module alphabet joined by rotation, inversion, and continuity
03 Cubic LimitOpen
Manfred Mohrtwelve cube edges become a radial field of projected signs
04 Cube VariationsOpen
Edward Zajeceight elements assemble through formative, connective, and additive rules
05 Sýkora MatrixOpen
Zdeněk Sýkora + Jaroslav Blažeka chance-free row scan fills modules through four Boolean rules
06 Nine-Square VariationsOpen
Roger Vildernested rectangles cycle between horizontal and vertical states
07 Cube Series ProjectionOpen
Howard Fegarskycube shells and slice planes form one projected structure
08 Kubus PermutatorOpen
Klaus Bassetfive typewriter signs overstrike into permuted cube faces
09 Kawano MosaicOpen
Hiroshi Kawanoa Markov-style neighborhood model grows color states
10 Random SquaresOpen
Herbert W. Frankethree layers place outline squares from discrete size sets
11 Text Image MatrixOpen
Kenneth Knowltonlines of text reconstruct a source image through density
12 Harmonic StoryOpen
Jean-Claude Marquettetext becomes binary rhythms, bands, gaps, and color sequences
13 Colored Matrix GrowthOpen
Lawrence J. Mazlackcompatibility and weighted choice grow a field from seed points
14 Luminous SculptureOpen
Lawrence J. Mazlackmatrix growth expands into illuminated translucent volume
15 Tangent Polygon TrailsOpen
Fritchie + Morrisstangential circles carry polygon segments through a plotter trail
16 Concentric RosettesOpen
Fritchie + Morrisspolygon edges rotate and drift across concentric rings
Manfred Mohrfour generated units placed through a five-symbol magic field
02 Barbadillo ModulesOpen
Manuel Barbadilloa module alphabet joined by rotation, inversion, and continuity
03 Cubic LimitOpen
Manfred Mohrtwelve cube edges become a radial field of projected signs
04 Cube VariationsOpen
Edward Zajeceight elements assemble through formative, connective, and additive rules
05 Sýkora MatrixOpen
Zdeněk Sýkora + Jaroslav Blažeka chance-free row scan fills modules through four Boolean rules
06 Nine-Square VariationsOpen
Roger Vildernested rectangles cycle between horizontal and vertical states
07 Cube Series ProjectionOpen
Howard Fegarskycube shells and slice planes form one projected structure
08 Kubus PermutatorOpen
Klaus Bassetfive typewriter signs overstrike into permuted cube faces
09 Kawano MosaicOpen
Hiroshi Kawanoa Markov-style neighborhood model grows color states
10 Random SquaresOpen
Herbert W. Frankethree layers place outline squares from discrete size sets
11 Text Image MatrixOpen
Kenneth Knowltonlines of text reconstruct a source image through density
12 Harmonic StoryOpen
Jean-Claude Marquettetext becomes binary rhythms, bands, gaps, and color sequences
13 Colored Matrix GrowthOpen
Lawrence J. Mazlackcompatibility and weighted choice grow a field from seed points
14 Luminous SculptureOpen
Lawrence J. Mazlackmatrix growth expands into illuminated translucent volume
15 Tangent Polygon TrailsOpen
Fritchie + Morrisstangential circles carry polygon segments through a plotter trail
16 Concentric RosettesOpen
Fritchie + Morrisspolygon edges rotate and drift across concentric rings
Studies, not reproductions. Every image here is generated by new code written from the published descriptions. No magazine scans ship, and no original artwork is traced.
The mechanisms belong to the artists named on each card. Where the 1976 text left a constant unstated, the interpretation is ours and is marked as such inside the instrument. If you hold rights to any of this work and want a study changed or removed, write to hello@supermega.design.