A two decade long project, inspired by Deleuze, to mimic systems of growth and evolution via the steady, patient accumulation of human error.

In this instance, a grid of 10x10 is formed - in one random cell a horizontal pattern is created. This pattern is then replicated manually in a non-adjacent cell. When no non-adjacent cells are remaining, the next available cell is filled - if there is a complete cell above this one, an attempt is made to match as closely as possible the cell above.

The result is a grid of broadly similar cells that summarises, through a form of abstract visual storytelling, the story of a failed human attempt to mimic the exactitude of mechanical systems. The four images are unique and non-repeatable.

The Nucleic Asymptote series is lightly interactive - click to read a machine translation of the original drawing.

Code for interactivity generously provided by Liam Egan - @neuromantic6