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Colin Goldberg

Metagraph Drawings

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

1999

Urbanite, 1999–2021

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

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2004

Thoughtwaves, 2004–2021

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

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2003

Mesmertron, 2003–2021

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

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1999

Holism, 1999–2021

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

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Memesis, 1999–2021

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

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2004

Transcape, 2004–2022

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

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Kneeling Icon, 2004–2022

Vector-based digital drawing with AR-triggered animation and original audioDimensions 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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For Piet, 1999–2022

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

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1999

Incarnation, 1999–2022

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

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Epicenter, 1999–2022

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

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Antimatter, 1999–2022

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

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Reactor, 1999–2022

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

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2004

Fractality, 2004–2022

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

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1999

Organic Gravity, 1999–2022

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

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Circuit, 1999–2022

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

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Interpolation, 1999–2022

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

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2004

Post Chromatic, 2004–2023

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

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