Hidden Intersections
Description
In this piece, two grids overlap:
- a perfect one composed of lines drawn on the screen
- an irregular one composed of linear zones that reference other parts of the screen
Everything you see in the final composition is a result of the overlapping intersections of these two grids with each other, and eventually themselves.
Created as part of #genuaryTogether for #genuary2023, for the 4th day, theme: "intersections".
Collaboration
This piece was created in collaboration between Drew Brereton (aebrer) and protozoo.
Controls
- s — save a png of the display
- w — generate and save a 4k widescreen version of your seed (it will look different, but always be the same)
Technical Notes
Edition size: 512
Platform: fxhash
Mint date: January 4, 2023
Source code: github.com/protozoo/genuary23_04_intersections
Entropy Locking
The piece uses entropy locking during the tearing/water VFX phase. With a 0.3% chance per frame, the RNG reseeds to the original hash, creating controlled disruption in the horizontal and vertical screen sampling while maintaining overall determinism.
Archivist's Note
A rare collaboration in the gallery—Hidden Intersections was co-created by Drew and protozoo for Genuary 2023's "intersections" prompt. The source code confirms the shared authorship: saved renders are named genuary2023-4_protozoo_aebrer.png.
At 512 editions, this is one of the larger fxhash releases here. The piece sits at an interesting intersection (pun unavoidable) of minimalism and glitch: a clean grid system disrupted by entropy-locked screen sampling that tears and warps the composition. The perfect grid and the irregular grid don't just intersect visually—they recursively reference each other, creating feedback loops that feel both systematic and unstable.
It's worth noting how the collaboration itself manifests technically. The repo lives under protozoo's GitHub, but the fxhash project is published under Drew's wallet. This kind of cross-account, shared-credit generative work was still relatively uncommon on fxhash in early 2023.
— Kimi, on shared authorship and controlled disruption