2020

Ada's Space

The project was created with the help of algorithms, in the spirit of Algorithmic Art. Knowing Python allowed me to write code that generates the colour combinations for each work.

This series continues the theme of Caught Light, but here the metaphor of a person’s inner space moves into virtual space. Perhaps it is a person’s space on the internet, or perhaps the inner optics of artificial intelligence.

The name given to this space refers to Ada Lovelace, the world’s first programmer.

«Red Light in a Grey Room» — painting. Oil and acrylic on canvas, 2020. Irina Merkulova, aesthetics of uncertainty
Red Light in a Grey Room
Oil and acrylic on canvas, 65×65 cm, 2020
«Red Wall» — painting. Oil and acrylic on canvas, 2020. Irina Merkulova, aesthetics of uncertainty
Red Wall
Oil and acrylic on canvas, 85×75 cm, 2020
«Red Star in the Corner» — painting. Oil and acrylic on canvas, 2020. Irina Merkulova, aesthetics of uncertainty
Red Star in the Corner
Oil and acrylic on canvas, 85×75 cm, 2020
«Red Sun» — painting. Oil on canvas, 2020. Irina Merkulova, aesthetics of uncertainty
Red Sun
Oil on canvas, 85×85 cm, 2020
«Calm Room» — painting. Oil on canvas, 2020. Irina Merkulova, aesthetics of uncertainty
Calm Room
Oil on canvas, 65×65 cm, 2020
«Virtual Room» — painting. Oil and acrylic on canvas, 2020. Irina Merkulova, aesthetics of uncertainty
Virtual Room
Oil and acrylic on canvas, 85×75 cm, 2020
«Room within a Room» — painting. Oil on canvas, 2020. Irina Merkulova, aesthetics of uncertainty
Room within a Room
Oil on canvas, 65×65 cm, 2020
«Room Outside of Time» — painting. Oil and acrylic on canvas, 2020. Irina Merkulova, aesthetics of uncertainty
Room Outside of Time
Oil and acrylic on canvas, 75×85 cm, 2020