GMVF Paintings
2011
A closed painting system in which gestural input is modulated through synthesis-derived controls to produce resolved visual form.
Press:
GMVF Paintings is a software-based painting practice developed through a custom toolchain that integrates live gestural input with techniques drawn from sound synthesis. Rather than recording expression directly, the system modulates real-time brushstrokes using oscillation, sequencing, and controlled randomness, producing paintings that resolve into coherent, materially legible forms.
The system was intentionally closed: tools were not exposed, and authorship remained singular. While chance and modulation shape each work, the system remains tightly coupled to direct, often two-handed gestural control, combining drawing with continuous modulation to guide how paint accumulates and resolves into finished objects rather than extended processes. The emphasis is placed on the painting as a resolved artifact, not on the performance of its making.
