Monotau

Monotau is a generative artist who publishes works on the fx(hash) platform. The artist's practice is focused on the creation of algorithmic systems that produce visual outputs. The biographical details of the artist remain undisclosed, with the work itself serving as the primary record of their activity.

The works are generative programs, designed to run live in a web browser. The visual composition is rendered progressively, with image quality improving as the algorithm executes over time. This process can be accelerated or paused by the viewer. The artist provides controls that allow a user to alter resolution, save a static iteration as a portable network graphics file, and interact with the composition through clicking, dragging and zooming. The works in this collection, from the series `Cradle` and `Chrysalis`, are therefore not fixed images but software systems for viewers to explore.

The titles `Cradle` and `Chrysalis` suggest themes of origin, growth and metamorphosis. This is reinforced by the artist's accompanying notes, which construct a narrative of ancient alien remains and their "megalithic constructions" as the source of life in our Solar System. The slow, computational rendering of the forms can be read as a metaphor for geological time or biological evolution. By interacting with the work, the viewer engages in a process of discovery, exploring complex structures that emerge from a set of programmed rules and prompting reflection on creation and entropy.