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Digital      This version: June 2025<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This image is composed of multiple identical rows of dots with the rows arranged at regular angles to each other and with regular spacing. An animation showing the positioning of the rows of dots can be seen <a href=\"https:\/\/christophermadden.art\/contemporary-art\/circles-from-straight-lines\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/christophermadden.art\/contemporary-art\/circles-from-straight-lines\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The circles in the image are formed as the result of the interaction between the separate rows of dots. There are no circles in the underlying components of the image. An idea of the underlying rows of dots in the image can be found by looking at the corners of the image where the number of rows is fewer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve produced several images of this type over the years since about 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The work is linked to my interest in the scientific principles concerning the generation of complexity in the universe from simpler forms. Ultimately this involves trying to comprehend the generation of the most basic entities in the universe from something that&#8217;s just one step removed from nothing. It&#8217;s about the generation of something from nothing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The generation of something from (almost) nothing. Rows of dots interacting to generate circles. Digital This version: June 2025 This image is composed of multiple identical rows of dots with the rows arranged at regular angles to each other and with regular spacing. 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