Pre:Cycle n.04

The work is part of a series of experiments by artist Tris.To.Quads, stage name of Matteo Cavaglià, collected under the common title "Cycle." These works come to life through the virtual kinematics of digital machines designed by the artist: mechanisms formed by circular elements that, similar to gears, are set into rotation until they develop complex and articulated movements. These movements are finally transmitted to a virtual nib that, like a planet in orbit, ends up drawing an orbit in the form of a continuous, intricate line. Unlike real mechanisms, the machines created in the virtual environment are designed to explore and exploit physically impossible movements, such as sudden changes in size and even true "teleportation."
The research explores the consequences of the recombination of these mechanisms and the results these changes bring about on the final representation. Representation that at a glance might appear modest, but on closer inspection reveals instead the spatial and geometric complexity of the layout protagonist of the work. The dynamism between two antithetical aspects, such as complexity and simplicity, thus becomes the focus of the artistic research, whose raison d'être becomes that of developing compositions that mix these seemingly opposite aspects. The process and the final work thus become an almost meditative operation that invites contemplation of how seemingly simple actions can produce complex results, similar to life itself.