enfantines I. small talk


ENFANTINES I. SMALL TALK
type. Long-form Generative Art 
date. 10-2022
platform. fx(hash)
editions. 171
The Enfantines are three sets of beginner piano pieces by Erik Satie, written with the aim of preparing children for the sound patterns of modern music. Composed in 1913, these are genuine children’s pieces, crafted for small hands, easy to learn.

Enfantines I. Small Talk is the first of a set of algorithms that explore the basics of Generative Art, written with the aim of preparing artists for the script patterns of digital life. “Small Talk” experiments with grids, flow-fields, and brushes; all with a fresh, almost childish style.

“Give them almost a "naive" feeling (not to take it the wrong way though) similar to kids drawings which can seem simple and dispensable, careless, but you will always have a parent who wants to frame it and put it on the wall.” @LukaPiskorec

With two modes that won’t produce the same outputs, Enfantines are best experienced twice. In music mode, the code uses Satie’s piano composition as a way of taming randomness, the sounds affecting the parameters of the strokes.

Hey, they have won me congratulations from the Shah of Persia and the King of Yvetot!

    RELEVANT LINKS
ARTWORKS on fx(hash)
ARTICLE with more info
CODE, public GitHub
SIGNED PRINTS
GALLERY with selection of iterationsFICTIONAL LOGBOOK

ENFANTINES I. SMALL TALK

type. Long-form Generative Art 
date. 10-2022
platform. fx(hash)
editions. 171


The Enfantines are three sets of beginner piano pieces by Erik Satie, written with the aim of preparing children for the sound patterns of modern music. Composed in 1913, these are genuine children’s pieces, crafted for small hands, easy to learn.

Enfantines I. Small Talk is the first of a set of algorithms that explore the basics of Generative Art, written with the aim of preparing artists for the script patterns of digital life. “Small Talk” experiments with grids, flow-fields, and brushes; all with a fresh, almost childish style.

“Give them almost a "naive" feeling (not to take it the wrong way though) similar to kids drawings which can seem simple and dispensable, careless, but you will always have a parent who wants to frame it and put it on the wall.” @LukaPiskorec

With two modes that won’t produce the same outputs, Enfantines are best experienced twice. In music mode, the code uses Satie’s piano composition as a way of taming randomness, the sounds affecting the parameters of the strokes.

Hey, they have won me congratulations from the Shah of Persia and the King of Yvetot!

    RELEVANT LINKS
ARTWORKS on fx(hash)
ARTICLE with more info
CODE, public GitHub
SIGNED PRINTS
GALLERY with selection of iterations