Art’s Hidden Topology
This collection builds on Dmitruk et al. (2026), Art’s Hidden Topology: A window into human perception (DOI 10.1101/2024.10.16.618741), which reports that eminent abstract artists intuitively balance interior shapes against the canvas frame at a specific rate of Alexander duality violation (ADV) — near 0.4 on a scale from 0 (perfect duality) to 2 (maximum violation).
We use the paper’s ADV measure as a guide, but our process goes further: we developed novel composition methods that search for layouts whose balance matches that golden rule. Structure is composed, refined, and accepted or rejected on that basis, then finished in color. This is not a reimplementation of the paper’s analysis workflow—it is a generative system built to produce images with that balance at a chosen aspect ratio.
Each score reflects the underlying composition at its native size. Cropping, rescaling, or reusing a composition from another aspect ratio changes the relationship between shapes and the frame. Each work is valid only for the aspect ratio it was made for.
Formats
Wallpapers, stickers, and phone case designs are independently generated at 20:9, square, and 2:3 portrait respectively. Nothing is cropped from another format—each piece is composed independently at that format’s native dimensions.
- Wallpapers — free 3216×1440 downloads for your phone.
- Stickers — square designs for stickers and prints.
- Phone cases — portrait designs for cases and prints.
Physical products (prints, stickers, phone cases) are available via
Redbubble
when listed. Listings are tagged generativecontent.
Visual style filters
Gallery filters such as “Inspired by Kandinsky” describe visual inspiration only. Each work is an original AI-generated composition in that spirit. They are not by, endorsed by, or affiliated with Kandinsky, any other named artist, estate, or gallery.
Who made this
Hidden Topology is a project by awgh at symbolcrash.com. The gallery collects experiments in abstract composition—wallpapers you can download, and print-ready designs when they make it to Redbubble.
Contact
Questions or feedback: contact@hiddentopology.art.