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Code, animation and risograph: a moving image printed as ink.

Dolce far nulla is Italian for the sweetness of doing nothing. The project lets the process lead, and lets the riso add its own grain and imperfections.

Five steps:

  • Visuals coded in Processing.
  • The animation cut into frames on a contact sheet.
  • The frames split into two colour channels.
  • Master files fed into the riso.
  • Magic ✨💥 Pixels on paper.

Credits

DolceFarNulla

  • Risograph print of Dolce Far Nulla type shattered by a blue and white starburst on yellow
  • Risograph frame with a small blue and white burst at the center of a grainy yellow field
  • Two-color riso print in blue and yellow, a mid-sized burst breaking up the Dolce Far Nulla lettering
  • Riso print where the expanding burst fills the frame, slicing through the Dolce Far Nulla title
  • The contact sheet of frames coming out of the riso.
  • Hand-held risograph contact sheet showing the animation frame by frame, fresh off the machine
  • Riso print seen through a loupe, revealing the dot texture of the blue and yellow ink layers Two ink layers under the loupe.
  • Final Dolce Far Nulla riso print, bold blue title fractured by radiating shards on yellow The final print.