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Colin Goldberg

Metagraph Works

About Metagraph

The Metagraph series began in 1999 with abstract digital drawings made in Adobe Illustrator using a drawing tablet. Its name refers to the code that describes an image, rather than any one physical version of it. Gesture and automatic drawing shape compositions that can be rendered at different scales; physical prints and editions are recorded separately from the digital originals. Beginning in 2021, Goldberg developed selected drawings into animations with sound. Some also appear in augmented reality and in the Metagraphs book. AR is a feature of selected works, not the entire Metagraph series. To view an AR-enabled physical work, use the Artivive app on a mobile device. Website videos preview the animation.

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87 works

2004

Proton Rig, 2004

Vector-based digital drawingDimensions variable

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Psygnosis, 2004–2023

Vector-based digital drawing with AR-triggered animation and original audioDimensions variable

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Selfportrait030803, 2004

Vector-based digital drawingDimensions variable

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Still Moment, 2004–2022

Vector-based digital drawing with AR-triggered animation and original audioDimensions variable

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Suggesture, 2004

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Thoughtwaves, 2004–2021

Vector-based digital drawing with AR-triggered animation and original audioDimensions variable

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Time Envelope, 2004

Vector-based digital drawingDimensions variable

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Transcape, 2004–2022

Vector-based digital drawing with AR-triggered animation and original audioDimensions variable

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Tween, 2004

Vector-based digital drawingDimensions variable

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Ulysses, 2004

Vector-based digital drawingDimensions variable

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2003

Birdsofprey, 2003

Vector-based digital drawingDimensions variable

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Did I Hear That, 2003

Vector-based digital drawingDimensions variable

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Embedded, 2003

Vector-based digital drawingDimensions variable

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Mesmertron, 2003–2021

Vector-based digital drawing with AR-triggered animation and original audioDimensions variable

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Plan1antispace, 2003

Vector-based digital drawingDimensions variable

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Square, 2003

Vector-based digital drawingDimensions variable

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Triage, 2003

Vector-based digital drawingDimensions variable

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1999

Antimatter, 1999–2022

Vector-based digital drawing with AR-triggered animation and original audioDimensions variable

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