In April 2025, I took part in the TANDEM group exhibition at FUGA Budapest, invited by Ákos Matzon and the Department of Graphics, Form and Design at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME). The exhibition brought my generative work into conversation with Matzon’s geometric compositions.
I presented two pieces that explore subdivision algorithms through looping animations, both inspired by Matzon’s works:
Division is a recursive spatial composition. A plane is repeatedly subdivided, with each iteration creating a new geometric order. Its colours and textures draw inspiration from some of Matzon’s paintings.
Sub-urban draws on the structure of urban grids. A line segment grows and shrinks, tracing a square-based path that defines blocks, lots and street patterns. The same recursive algorithm structures the space, filling the composition with areas of different sizes. The resulting arrangement recalls a city or urban plan.
The generative studies developed for TANDEM later became the starting point for Maze, a 20-second loop derived from one of Matzon’s geometric compositions. It translates the visual logic of a static work into an animation built from repeated subdivision and variation.
Geometric works by Ákos Matzon that inspired the TANDEM pieces.
