Memory of Nymphaeas is a generative interpretation of monotype printing and indexical mark making. 

The program makes each piece in two parts. First, it generates a unique painting of blooms scattered across a pool of water to a background canvas. Then, random pixels are lifted from that image and pressed onto the screen. 

The original form is erased. The final result shows an impression of what was there, for a moment, in the computer’s memory.

The code for this program is permanently stored on the Tezos blockchain. Endless Ways allows you to select your own hash for minting, so you can explore the algorithm and find your favorite output before minting.

Sarah Ridgley is a generative artist whose practice explores the materiality of code, bridging digital and physical realms. Using Processing and JavaScript, she designs algorithmic brushes that blur the boundaries between hand-drawn and computer-generated forms. Her works emerge from a process of “highly-ordered chaos,” where meticulously structured code interacts with random parameters to generate infinite variations. Ridgley curates these outputs, refining them into final compositions that often incorporate animation and augmented reality. To translate her digital works into tangible pieces, she employs Risograph printing and thermography, layering ink and resin to create textured, luminous surfaces.

Her work has been exhibited internationally, including ART OF PUNK at Francisco Carolinum, Linz (2024); Code Chronicles at bitforms gallery, New York (2023); State of the Art at Paris+ par Art Basel (2022); and PERSONAL STRUCTURES at the European Cultural Centre, Venice (2022). She has also participated in exhibitions at Bright Moments in Venice, Paris, and Berlin, as well as at Art Basel Hong Kong.