EphemeralWhirls

A line, when it is wandering rather than drawn, becomes a whirl — tangled, patient, quietly yours.

I am an Iranian-born artist working at the intersection of classical ornament and generative systems. My work begins with a simple observation: the wandering line — irregular, patient, endlessly variable — has always carried the trace of a body in motion. From the trailing thread of a spider to the meander of a river, the looping stroke is one of the oldest forms of drawn computation we have.

Ephemeral Whirls is a seed-based generative system that translates that motion into code. Each composition is built from two dozen small agents — I call them "loopers" — that wander across the frame in a slowly curving path. Every now and then, a looper decides to loop: it enters a slow spin, completes a full circle, and returns to its wandering. Over two thousand steps, the loopers leave a tangled, coloured field of lines.

The palette, the number of loopers, the number of steps, and the orientation of the whole field are all derived from a single numeric seed. Each piece can be regenerated, documented, and adapted for textile, print, and surface applications — from scarves and yardage to wallpaper and archival print.