No Light Work

Animated visuals made with p5 and hydra-synth by David Matunda

Three people from behind, observing an intricate digital art piece on a monitor in a bright, naturally lit room.

No Light Work is an animated piece by David Matunda, created in p5.js and hydra-synth. The work explores the arbitrarily assigned seed values that determine the properties of every visual motif in the work. Through one shared value the entire artwork is forced to change how its parameters are viewed in each iteration of the loop it is constantly evaluating. Working in this medium can feel like a fight, this work asks viewers to judge which pairings of visual motifs and seed values produce winners.

About the artist

David Matunda

David is a web developer and digital artist working mostly in code (JavaScript) to realise their work in contexts like the web browser, live code performance or machine plotting. They are interested in the visual outputs of algorithms as well as the cultural significance of algorithms in the histories of pre-diasporic Afro communities. His practice is informed by history, politics, fashion, religion, cultural uses of technology and ideas around how we understand wealth and value.

Skip to content