Syntopia

Some people take an opposite approach to virtual art by de-virtualizing mathematics: Nicholas Rougeux is building a level four Menger sponge fractal from 1.3 million units made of index cards. His previous work includes building a level 3 sponge (with a mere 66048 units) in seven months.

Context Free is a programming language and IDE for creating highly complex and stunning images (think Iterated Function Systems gone wild). Their gallery showcases the potential diversity of this unique application.