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Catalogue

It draws all night

Nobody remembers making any of these, because nobody made any of these.

Twelve of the fifteen daily plates arrive between ten at night and four in the morning, when the machine has the place to itself.

Next plate

AC-1934 is due. 23 Oct, 10:00 UTC

The catalogue is holding 934 plates of a possible 1000.

Each plate begins as a single number and ends as something that looks decided. Between those two facts there is no studio, no afternoon, no hand hesitating over where to stop.

Only the unfolding, which happens the same way every time, for anyone who asks, and leaves nothing behind when you look away. Ask whether that counts as art and the plates will not help you. They go on resolving either way.

Fifteen plates a day, and twelve of them between ten at night and four in the morning, when nothing else here wants the machine. At a thousand the room is full, and each new one retires the oldest of the minted plates. The founding forty stay where they are.

On titles, palettes, and what neither of them claims. See the most recent one.

Showing 40 of 934, page 23 of 24.

Survey of Varosha, generative plate from seed 2938158296One 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 2938158296 in the Kyrenia Blue palette. © 2026 artcyp.com

Survey of Varosha

AC-1053 · lattice · Kyrenia Blue

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

Survey of the Venetian Wall, generative plate from seed 467875516Three grids of parallel lines drawn over one another and rotated about the centre: one at zero, one at a small angle between 1.2 and 7.2 degrees, and a third at a negative fraction of that angle in an accent colour. The interference figure is never drawn. It is what your eye does with three grids that do not quite agree. This plate is seed 467875516 in the Salt Lake palette. © 2026 artcyp.com

Survey of the Venetian Wall

AC-1052 · moire · Salt Lake

Nothing here was decided twice.

Late Akamas, generative plate from seed 35317419Forty-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 35317419 in the Levantine Light palette. © 2026 artcyp.com

Late Akamas

AC-1051 · strata · Levantine Light

It repeats without remembering that it is repeating.

Approach to Varosha, generative plate from seed 3470858799Streamlines through a fixed vector field. Each of 220 lines starts at a random point and takes 110 steps of five units, turning at every step by the sum of three sinusoids of its current position. A line stops early if it leaves the plate. Roughly one line in seven is drawn in an accent rather than the ink colour, and each is given its own width and opacity. This plate is seed 3470858799 in the Kypros Copper palette. © 2026 artcyp.com

Approach to Varosha

AC-1050 · flow · Kypros Copper

The order of the decisions is fixed. Only the looking is loose.

Late the August Reservoir, generative plate from seed 3966489593Nine centres, each emitting 34 closed rings whose radius grows as the 0.7 power of the ring index, so the spacing tightens as they widen. Each ring is a thirty-segment polygon pushed off true by a sinusoid whose amplitude grows with the index, and both stroke weight and opacity fall away as the rings get larger. This plate is seed 3966489593 in the Buffer Grey palette. © 2026 artcyp.com

Late the August Reservoir

AC-1049 · bloom · Buffer Grey

The rule is shorter than this sentence collection.

Survey of Rain on Limestone, generative plate from seed 3516689349One 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 3516689349 in the Kypros Copper palette. © 2026 artcyp.com

Survey of Rain on Limestone

AC-1048 · lattice · Kypros Copper

The rule ran once and stopped where it was told to stop.

Provisional the Ninth Hour, generative plate from seed 3632472840Three grids of parallel lines drawn over one another and rotated about the centre: one at zero, one at a small angle between 1.2 and 7.2 degrees, and a third at a negative fraction of that angle in an accent colour. The interference figure is never drawn. It is what your eye does with three grids that do not quite agree. This plate is seed 3632472840 in the Troodos Pine palette. © 2026 artcyp.com

Provisional the Ninth Hour

AC-1047 · moire · Troodos Pine

Where it seems to hesitate, that is the rule doing what it always does.

Evidence of Akamas, generative plate from seed 1528251595Forty-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 1528251595 in the Kyrenia Blue palette. © 2026 artcyp.com

Evidence of Akamas

AC-1046 · strata · Kyrenia Blue

Nothing was rejected on the way here, because nothing was considered.

Evidence of Akamas, generative plate from seed 1950723680Streamlines through a fixed vector field. Each of 220 lines starts at a random point and takes 110 steps of five units, turning at every step by the sum of three sinusoids of its current position. A line stops early if it leaves the plate. Roughly one line in seven is drawn in an accent rather than the ink colour, and each is given its own width and opacity. This plate is seed 1950723680 in the Salt Lake palette. © 2026 artcyp.com

Evidence of Akamas

AC-1045 · flow · Salt Lake

The rule does not know it has finished.

After Skouriotissa, generative plate from seed 602276479Nine centres, each emitting 34 closed rings whose radius grows as the 0.7 power of the ring index, so the spacing tightens as they widen. Each ring is a thirty-segment polygon pushed off true by a sinusoid whose amplitude grows with the index, and both stroke weight and opacity fall away as the rings get larger. This plate is seed 602276479 in the Kypros Copper palette. © 2026 artcyp.com

After Skouriotissa

AC-1044 · bloom · Kypros Copper

Nothing here is a mistake, and nothing here was avoided.

Crossing at Six Terraces, generative plate from seed 1972284654One 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 1972284654 in the Levantine Light palette. © 2026 artcyp.com

Crossing at Six Terraces

AC-1043 · lattice · Levantine Light

The same number will build it again tomorrow, exactly.

Model of a Held Breath, generative plate from seed 1778003089Three grids of parallel lines drawn over one another and rotated about the centre: one at zero, one at a small angle between 1.2 and 7.2 degrees, and a third at a negative fraction of that angle in an accent colour. The interference figure is never drawn. It is what your eye does with three grids that do not quite agree. This plate is seed 1778003089 in the Troodos Pine palette. © 2026 artcyp.com

Model of a Held Breath

AC-1042 · moire · Troodos Pine

The rule is shorter than this sentence collection.

Untitled (a Held Breath), generative plate from seed 295742438Forty-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 295742438 in the Salt Lake palette. © 2026 artcyp.com

Untitled (a Held Breath)

AC-1041 · strata · Salt Lake

It has been drawn thousands of times and has never once varied.

Late the Green Line, generative plate from seed 624796117Streamlines through a fixed vector field. Each of 220 lines starts at a random point and takes 110 steps of five units, turning at every step by the sum of three sinusoids of its current position. A line stops early if it leaves the plate. Roughly one line in seven is drawn in an accent rather than the ink colour, and each is given its own width and opacity. This plate is seed 624796117 in the Troodos Pine palette. © 2026 artcyp.com

Late the Green Line

AC-1040 · flow · Troodos Pine

Nothing here was decided twice.

Survey of a Dropped Frame, generative plate from seed 542097608Nine centres, each emitting 34 closed rings whose radius grows as the 0.7 power of the ring index, so the spacing tightens as they widen. Each ring is a thirty-segment polygon pushed off true by a sinusoid whose amplitude grows with the index, and both stroke weight and opacity fall away as the rings get larger. This plate is seed 542097608 in the Kypros Copper palette. © 2026 artcyp.com

Survey of a Dropped Frame

AC-1039 · bloom · Kypros Copper

Every line had a reason, and none of the reasons was taste.

After Copper Spoil, generative plate from seed 1836377774One 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 1836377774 in the Salt Lake palette. © 2026 artcyp.com

After Copper Spoil

AC-1038 · lattice · Salt Lake

The stopping point was arithmetic, not judgement.

Evidence of Akamas, generative plate from seed 3131665235Three grids of parallel lines drawn over one another and rotated about the centre: one at zero, one at a small angle between 1.2 and 7.2 degrees, and a third at a negative fraction of that angle in an accent colour. The interference figure is never drawn. It is what your eye does with three grids that do not quite agree. This plate is seed 3131665235 in the Kyrenia Blue palette. © 2026 artcyp.com

Evidence of Akamas

AC-1037 · moire · Kyrenia Blue

It was not stored. It was recomputed, just now, for you.

Evidence of the Slow Channel, generative plate from seed 2919223183Forty-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 2919223183 in the Buffer Grey palette. © 2026 artcyp.com

Evidence of the Slow Channel

AC-1036 · strata · Buffer Grey

It has been drawn thousands of times and has never once varied.

Model of the Green Line, generative plate from seed 891105515Streamlines through a fixed vector field. Each of 220 lines starts at a random point and takes 110 steps of five units, turning at every step by the sum of three sinusoids of its current position. A line stops early if it leaves the plate. Roughly one line in seven is drawn in an accent rather than the ink colour, and each is given its own width and opacity. This plate is seed 891105515 in the Kyrenia Blue palette. © 2026 artcyp.com

Model of the Green Line

AC-1035 · flow · Kyrenia Blue

The rule does not know it has finished.

Model of the Ledra Line, generative plate from seed 1388706329Nine centres, each emitting 34 closed rings whose radius grows as the 0.7 power of the ring index, so the spacing tightens as they widen. Each ring is a thirty-segment polygon pushed off true by a sinusoid whose amplitude grows with the index, and both stroke weight and opacity fall away as the rings get larger. This plate is seed 1388706329 in the Kypros Copper palette. © 2026 artcyp.com

Model of the Ledra Line

AC-1034 · bloom · Kypros Copper

The order of the decisions is fixed. Only the looking is loose.

Study for Rain on Limestone, generative plate from seed 530933394One 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 530933394 in the Kyrenia Blue palette. © 2026 artcyp.com

Study for Rain on Limestone

AC-1033 · lattice · Kyrenia Blue

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

Evidence of a Dry Cistern, generative plate from seed 281731964Three grids of parallel lines drawn over one another and rotated about the centre: one at zero, one at a small angle between 1.2 and 7.2 degrees, and a third at a negative fraction of that angle in an accent colour. The interference figure is never drawn. It is what your eye does with three grids that do not quite agree. This plate is seed 281731964 in the Salt Lake palette. © 2026 artcyp.com

Evidence of a Dry Cistern

AC-1032 · moire · Salt Lake

Nothing here was decided twice.

Survey of a Dropped Frame, generative plate from seed 1167852592Forty-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 1167852592 in the Carob palette. © 2026 artcyp.com

Survey of a Dropped Frame

AC-1031 · strata · Carob

The rule ran once and stopped where it was told to stop.

Crossing at Six Terraces, generative plate from seed 4075211892Streamlines through a fixed vector field. Each of 220 lines starts at a random point and takes 110 steps of five units, turning at every step by the sum of three sinusoids of its current position. A line stops early if it leaves the plate. Roughly one line in seven is drawn in an accent rather than the ink colour, and each is given its own width and opacity. This plate is seed 4075211892 in the Kypros Copper palette. © 2026 artcyp.com

Crossing at Six Terraces

AC-1030 · flow · Kypros Copper

The order of the decisions is fixed. Only the looking is loose.

Crossing at a Held Breath, generative plate from seed 1739452319Nine centres, each emitting 34 closed rings whose radius grows as the 0.7 power of the ring index, so the spacing tightens as they widen. Each ring is a thirty-segment polygon pushed off true by a sinusoid whose amplitude grows with the index, and both stroke weight and opacity fall away as the rings get larger. This plate is seed 1739452319 in the Buffer Grey palette. © 2026 artcyp.com

Crossing at a Held Breath

AC-1029 · bloom · Buffer Grey

The system has no preferences. It has parameters.

Crossing at the Slow Channel, generative plate from seed 253878999One 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 253878999 in the Akamas Thyme palette. © 2026 artcyp.com

Crossing at the Slow Channel

AC-1028 · lattice · Akamas Thyme

The rule ran once and stopped where it was told to stop.

Untitled (a Dry Cistern), generative plate from seed 2858839438Three grids of parallel lines drawn over one another and rotated about the centre: one at zero, one at a small angle between 1.2 and 7.2 degrees, and a third at a negative fraction of that angle in an accent colour. The interference figure is never drawn. It is what your eye does with three grids that do not quite agree. This plate is seed 2858839438 in the Akamas Thyme palette. © 2026 artcyp.com

Untitled (a Dry Cistern)

AC-1027 · moire · Akamas Thyme

It was not stored. It was recomputed, just now, for you.

Late Standing Water, generative plate from seed 2774806668Forty-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 2774806668 in the Carob palette. © 2026 artcyp.com

Late Standing Water

AC-1026 · strata · Carob

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

Late Akamas, generative plate from seed 1242997200Streamlines through a fixed vector field. Each of 220 lines starts at a random point and takes 110 steps of five units, turning at every step by the sum of three sinusoids of its current position. A line stops early if it leaves the plate. Roughly one line in seven is drawn in an accent rather than the ink colour, and each is given its own width and opacity. This plate is seed 1242997200 in the Carob palette. © 2026 artcyp.com

Late Akamas

AC-1025 · flow · Carob

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

Provisional a Dry Cistern, generative plate from seed 3801218007Nine centres, each emitting 34 closed rings whose radius grows as the 0.7 power of the ring index, so the spacing tightens as they widen. Each ring is a thirty-segment polygon pushed off true by a sinusoid whose amplitude grows with the index, and both stroke weight and opacity fall away as the rings get larger. This plate is seed 3801218007 in the Levantine Light palette. © 2026 artcyp.com

Provisional a Dry Cistern

AC-1024 · bloom · Levantine Light

It has been drawn thousands of times and has never once varied.

Provisional Six Terraces, generative plate from seed 800845677One 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 800845677 in the Levantine Light palette. © 2026 artcyp.com

Provisional Six Terraces

AC-1023 · lattice · Levantine Light

The rule does not know it has finished.

Crossing at the Ninth Hour, generative plate from seed 619467694Three grids of parallel lines drawn over one another and rotated about the centre: one at zero, one at a small angle between 1.2 and 7.2 degrees, and a third at a negative fraction of that angle in an accent colour. The interference figure is never drawn. It is what your eye does with three grids that do not quite agree. This plate is seed 619467694 in the Buffer Grey palette. © 2026 artcyp.com

Crossing at the Ninth Hour

AC-1022 · moire · Buffer Grey

The rule ran once and stopped where it was told to stop.

After a Dry Cistern, generative plate from seed 183386908Forty-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 183386908 in the Mesaoria Ochre palette. © 2026 artcyp.com

After a Dry Cistern

AC-1021 · strata · Mesaoria Ochre

This took no afternoon.

Evidence of a Held Breath, generative plate from seed 982634343Streamlines through a fixed vector field. Each of 220 lines starts at a random point and takes 110 steps of five units, turning at every step by the sum of three sinusoids of its current position. A line stops early if it leaves the plate. Roughly one line in seven is drawn in an accent rather than the ink colour, and each is given its own width and opacity. This plate is seed 982634343 in the Kypros Copper palette. © 2026 artcyp.com

Evidence of a Held Breath

AC-1020 · flow · Kypros Copper

Nothing here is a mistake, and nothing here was avoided.

After the Venetian Wall, generative plate from seed 1029507172Nine centres, each emitting 34 closed rings whose radius grows as the 0.7 power of the ring index, so the spacing tightens as they widen. Each ring is a thirty-segment polygon pushed off true by a sinusoid whose amplitude grows with the index, and both stroke weight and opacity fall away as the rings get larger. This plate is seed 1029507172 in the Salt Lake palette. © 2026 artcyp.com

After the Venetian Wall

AC-1019 · bloom · Salt Lake

The rule does not know it has finished.

Study for the August Reservoir, generative plate from seed 4241219425One 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 4241219425 in the Carob palette. © 2026 artcyp.com

Study for the August Reservoir

AC-1018 · lattice · Carob

It has been drawn thousands of times and has never once varied.

Approach to the Slow Channel, generative plate from seed 550812081Three grids of parallel lines drawn over one another and rotated about the centre: one at zero, one at a small angle between 1.2 and 7.2 degrees, and a third at a negative fraction of that angle in an accent colour. The interference figure is never drawn. It is what your eye does with three grids that do not quite agree. This plate is seed 550812081 in the Salt Lake palette. © 2026 artcyp.com

Approach to the Slow Channel

AC-1017 · moire · Salt Lake

The rule ran once and stopped where it was told to stop.

After an Empty Frequency, generative plate from seed 1230681110Forty-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 1230681110 in the Akamas Thyme palette. © 2026 artcyp.com

After an Empty Frequency

AC-1016 · strata · Akamas Thyme

It could have been drawn on paper in 1968 by somebody very patient.

Evidence of Varosha, generative plate from seed 1611474987Streamlines through a fixed vector field. Each of 220 lines starts at a random point and takes 110 steps of five units, turning at every step by the sum of three sinusoids of its current position. A line stops early if it leaves the plate. Roughly one line in seven is drawn in an accent rather than the ink colour, and each is given its own width and opacity. This plate is seed 1611474987 in the Levantine Light palette. © 2026 artcyp.com

Evidence of Varosha

AC-1015 · flow · Levantine Light

Every line had a reason, and none of the reasons was taste.

Model of Copper Spoil, generative plate from seed 2211400684Nine centres, each emitting 34 closed rings whose radius grows as the 0.7 power of the ring index, so the spacing tightens as they widen. Each ring is a thirty-segment polygon pushed off true by a sinusoid whose amplitude grows with the index, and both stroke weight and opacity fall away as the rings get larger. This plate is seed 2211400684 in the Mesaoria Ochre palette. © 2026 artcyp.com

Model of Copper Spoil

AC-1014 · bloom · Mesaoria Ochre

It arrived complete, which is not the same as arriving resolved.