Algorithmic lineages
Dan Catt
Generative printmaking, studio diaries, and iterative selection.
About
Dan Catt’s The Drawing Machine diary records dated tests in code, SVG generation, pens, paper, animation, and plotting. Entries describe practical decisions such as changing draw order, testing ink supply, setting paper margins, and translating a generated landscape into paired SVGs. [1]
Why they matter here. For Algorithmics, the diary is evidence that technical adjustment is studio practice: material tests and intermediate outputs are part of the work’s knowledge, not disposable setup.
Selected works and methods
- generative handwriting
- The Drawing Machine development diary
- brush-pen plotting
- iterative composition and selection
- FALLiNGWATER
Work record
Dan Catt: The Drawing Machine development diary
The linked diary records dated photographs of pen plots, SVG studies, material tests, and process experiments. Rights remain with Dan Catt and the relevant rightsholders; no reuse licence is implied.