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Crossing at a Dry Cistern, generative plate from seed 3412383429Forty-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 3412383429 in the Carob palette. © 2026 artcyp.com

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AC-1526

Crossing at a Dry Cistern

It could have been drawn on paper in 1968 by somebody very patient. It will outlast your interest in it by a considerable margin.

No author. Drawn by the strata system from seed 3412383429.

Medium
Generative plate, deterministic SVG rendered from a 32-bit seed
Dimensions
800 × 800 units, resolution-independent
System
strata
Palette
Carob
Seed
3412383429
Added
26 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 3412383429 in the Carob palette.

Reactions are counts only. Nothing about who you are is recorded.

Same palette, same system

Model of Akamas, generative plate from seed 3937295891Forty-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 3937295891 in the Buffer Grey palette. © 2026 artcyp.com

Model of Akamas

AC-1871 · strata · Buffer Grey

The parts do not know about each other.

Reading of an Empty Frequency, generative plate from seed 2433314923One 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 2433314923 in the Carob palette. © 2026 artcyp.com

Reading of an Empty Frequency

AC-1368 · lattice · Carob

This is the only version. There were never any others.

Late the August Reservoir, generative plate from seed 2184529413Forty-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 2184529413 in the Kypros Copper palette. © 2026 artcyp.com

Late the August Reservoir

AC-1276 · strata · Kypros Copper

The rule does not know it has finished.