Lars Wander

I started Recurse Center last week as a part of the Spring 2 2025 batch and am having a blast so far.

A study in the intersection between light, matter, and perception.

I’m sharing this to give some background on my recent artworks exploring light, color, and perception through spectral ray tracing.

Recently I was given the opportunity to display some of my older works in a large, printed coffee-table book.

Exploring the threshold where repetition meets randomness, revealing the universe’s penchant for both design and disarray.

Generative light and color.

All 5040 ways to sort 7 items.

Kubelka-Munk (KM) Theory models the color of a mixture of paints by using their spectral properties.

Using simulated light and physics to explore the surreal, in a way only possible with a computer.

The function I’m sharing here is probably my most used piece of code when it comes to making generative art.

Debut Solo Show focusing on my plotted works from 2020-2022.

Computer-generated, human-curated series of 19 generative gestural works.

First long-form plotter series.

Packing shapes edge-to-edge, and exploring the patterns they create.

Patterns made by folding, and then unfolding a sheet of paper.

First long-form generative series.

How many ways can you fold a rubber band with N bends?

Pen plotter artwork has gained a lot of traction these past few years, with many, great, resources published on how to get started.

I’ve posted pictures of my plotter-annotated pieces before, and have gotten some questions about what is being written to the back of each piece.

Pen plots can fail for a variety of reasons: a pen can run out of ink, paper can be misaligned, the servo lifting the pen can break… but the most nailbiting is watching the plotter repeatedly cover the same spot in ink until the page tears!

Pen-plots of virtual “ribbons”.

As I was working my way through Melbay’s Complete Book of Harmony, Theory & Voicing, I realized that I had no way to verify solutions to the exercises the book prescribes.

Browsing /r/perfectloops I came across this fun animation: Not only is it fun to watch, but you quickly start to wonder what it looks like on the inside after a few loops.