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Notes on a Dry Cistern, generative plate from seed 1307359663Forty-six bands stacked from the top down, each one a closed shape lying between two sine curves of differing amplitude, frequency and phase. The bands overlap, because each advances the cursor by only 62% of its own height. About one band in six is filled in an accent at higher opacity than the rest; the stack stops early if it runs past the bottom edge. This plate is seed 1307359663 in the Mesaoria Ochre palette. © 2026 artcyp.com

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AC-1376

Notes on a Dry Cistern

No file of this exists anywhere, including here. It will outlast your interest in it by a considerable margin.

No author. Drawn by the strata system from seed 1307359663.

Medium
Generative plate, deterministic SVG rendered from a 32-bit seed
Dimensions
800 × 800 units, resolution-independent
System
strata
Palette
Mesaoria Ochre
Seed
1307359663
Added
16 September 2026
Rights
© 2026 artcyp.com

Forty-six bands stacked from the top down, each one a closed shape lying between two sine curves of differing amplitude, frequency and phase. The bands overlap, because each advances the cursor by only 62% of its own height. About one band in six is filled in an accent at higher opacity than the rest; the stack stops early if it runs past the bottom edge. This plate is seed 1307359663 in the Mesaoria Ochre palette.

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Same palette, same system

Notes on a Dropped Frame, generative plate from seed 1427534526Forty-six bands stacked from the top down, each one a closed shape lying between two sine curves of differing amplitude, frequency and phase. The bands overlap, because each advances the cursor by only 62% of its own height. About one band in six is filled in an accent at higher opacity than the rest; the stack stops early if it runs past the bottom edge. This plate is seed 1427534526 in the Kypros Copper palette. © 2026 artcyp.com

Notes on a Dropped Frame

AC-1126 · strata · Kypros Copper

The same number will build it again tomorrow, exactly.

Late a Dry Cistern, generative plate from seed 2809363093One rectangle divided recursively. At each node the split usually runs across the longer side, at a ratio between 0.3 and 0.7. Division stops at depth eight, below 34 units, or on a 7% chance at any node. Every surviving cell is stroked with an inset, about one in five in an accent, and about one in ten also takes a translucent accent fill. This plate is seed 2809363093 in the Mesaoria Ochre palette. © 2026 artcyp.com

Late a Dry Cistern

AC-1523 · lattice · Mesaoria Ochre

A rule with no opinion produced something that appears to hold one.

Survey of a Held Breath, generative plate from seed 208607362Forty-six bands stacked from the top down, each one a closed shape lying between two sine curves of differing amplitude, frequency and phase. The bands overlap, because each advances the cursor by only 62% of its own height. About one band in six is filled in an accent at higher opacity than the rest; the stack stops early if it runs past the bottom edge. This plate is seed 208607362 in the Buffer Grey palette. © 2026 artcyp.com

Survey of a Held Breath

AC-1806 · strata · Buffer Grey

The drawing exists for as long as you are looking at it.