This work, created using a plotter, translates digital calculations into physical form through the mechanical precision of ink on paper. Part of the “G–R–I–D_-_RULES” series, this piece employs algorithmic functions—binary operations, trigonometric transformations, modular arithmetic—to generate patterns that oscillate between digital texture and organic form.

The transition from the digital version to the paper version gives rise to new compositional rules. In the original series, each cell could only be filled with black or white; in this version, hatching replaces the black and white rectangles. This hatching can take different forms and orientations, and its spacing increases exponentially. Another difference from the original series is that text is inserted into the grid’s squares; these are short phrases such as advertising slogans or references to art or the code that drives the composition.

The grid imposes a spatial logic indifferent to semantic coherence. Words fragment in the middle of a syllable; letters repeat until meaning dissolves into the texture. The result is neither legible text nor an abstract pattern, but an unstable oscillation between the two—a liminal state where language hovers on the edge of legibility.

This work reveals language as a substrate: stripped of its communicative function, the text becomes pure distribution, rhythm, and material accumulation. A visual archaeology of the loop.