Starting with a repeatable system of colors and/or triangles typically seen in geometric abstraction, rive employs generative art to break/split/rive those patterns–and the comfort we find in them–in slight, seemingly unintentional ways. With each subsequent split, our comfort fades as the artwork is shredded into barely recognizable fragments of a once carefully orchestrated pattern.

Not all splits are created equal; some are subtle and barely visible while others are acute and violent.

I had three goals when creating rive; 1) make something outside of my typical style, 2) make a collection entirely from triangles, and 3) use a generative system to develop the color palettes.