Dice- dalas (Dadalas): An algorithmic game of painting and dice
“Dice-dalas features eight paintings by Colombian artist Nicolas Sanin. According to the artist, the paintings included in Dice-dalas are “a series of parallel universes of colors created by an algorithmic game of chance.” Sanin intends to challenge peoples’ bias when choosing colors for aesthetic purposes through how he makes paintings. Eight 30-sided dice were rolled one hundred and seventy times to make each work in the show. Sanin assigned different colors to each number on the die and painted each compartmentalized section of the canvas with the color chosen by one roll of a dice. The artist describes the paintings created through this process of chance as “perfectly ordered chaos.” Sanin’s paintings in Dice-dalas demonstrate beautiful contradictions and mysteries behind chaos, order, and chance and allow our imagination to visualize some of the infinite possibilities of color combinations that could exist.”
Text from the Dice-Dala exhibition at Chashama https://chashama.org/event/dice-dalas/
Like a rainbow
Dice rolls per number:
1: 7 2: 7 3: 1 4: 4 5: 10 6: 2 7: 6 8: 8 9: 5 10: 9 11: 5 12: 3 13: 4 14: 6 15: 6 16: 8 17: 5 18: 6 19:3 20:6 21: 5 22:7 23: 7 24: 6 25:5 26: 3 27: 7 28: 5 29: 8 30: 6
La vie e rose
Dice rolls per number:
1: 4 2: 8 3: 7 4: 6 5: 5 6: 1 7: 7 8: 9 9: 10 10: 5 11: 6 12: 3 13: 5 14: 8 15: 4 16: 5 17: 5 18: 5 19:5 20:2 21: 4 22:5 23: 8 24: 2 25:4 26: 5 27: 10 28: 7 29: 8 30: 7
The rebel yell!
Dice rolls per number:
1: 6 2: 5 3: 6 4: 7 5: 2 6: 12 7: 4 8: 8 9: 2 10: 3 11: 7 12: 7 13: 5 14: 6 15: 9 16: 7 17: 3 18: 4 19:5 20:3 21: 4 22:2 23: 7 24: 8 25:10 26: 5 27: 6 28: 3 29: 6 30: 8
You Want it Darker
1: 13 2: 4 3: 3 4: 9 5: 6 6:7 7: 6 8: 10 9: 3 10: 3 11: 5 12: 7 13: 5 14: 5 15: 1 16: 3 17: 4 18:7 19: 3 20: 6 21: 9 22: 3 23: 10 24: 8 25: 5 26: 6 27: 2 28:8 29: 5 30: 4
A new killer star I
Dice rolls per number:
1: 4 2: 3 3: 8 4: 12 5: 13 6: 6 7: 2 8: 6 9: 3 10: 7 11: 9 12: 1 13: 11 14: 6 15: 6 16: 2 17: 6 18: 4 19:1 20:6 21: 4 22:2 23: 10 24: 5 25:4 26: 4 27: 6 28: 4 29: 10 30: 5
A new killer star II
Dice rolls per number:
1: 6 2: 6 3: 9 4: 6 5: 5 6: 6 7: 9 8: 8 9: 3 10:3 11: 2 12: 7 13: 6 14: 9 15: 10 16: 8 17: 5 18: 3 19:5 20:3 21: 5 22:1 23: 12 24: 4 25:3 26: 6 27: 7 28: 4 29: 6 30: 3
I got the blues the baby blues
Dice rolls per number:
1: 8 2: 7 3: 6 4: 10 5: 9 6: 6 7: 6 8: 5 9: 3 10:9 11: 1 12: 4 13: 5 14: 8 15: 8 16: 3 17: 3 18: 4 19:9 20:2 21:1 22:2 23: 6 24: 7 25:7 26: 3 27: 9 28: 9 29: 5 30: 5
I got the dog blues
Dice rolls per number:
1: 7 2: 10 3: 14 4: 5 5: 2 6: 7 7: 2 8: 11 9: 5 10:4 11: 1 12: 5 13: 8 14: 5 15: 5 16: 3 17: 9 18: 1 19:0 20:3 21: 8 22:6 23: 7 24: 4 25:6 26: 10 27: 7 28: 5 29: 5 30: 5
30 Shades of gray
1: 7 2: 6 3: 6 4: 7 5: 6 6: 3 7: 9 8: 5 9: 6 10:3 11: 1 12: 4 13: 2 14: 5 15: 7 16: 9 17: 9 18: 6 19:8 20:2 21: 4 22:3 23: 8 24: 5 25:11 26: 8 27: 6 28: 5 29: 6 30: 3
I got the silver (dice roll numbers to be uploaded soon)
Purple Rain Dice Results
1: 4 2: 5 3: 5 4: 7 5: 4 6:3 7:3 8:3 9:8 10: 10 11:9 12: 5 13: 8 14: 9 15: 1 16: 6 17: 8 18: 8 19:7 20: 6 21: 4 22: 9 23: 2 24:4 25:5 26:5 27:4 28: 8 29: 6 30: 4
Purple Haze Results
1: 6 2: 5 3: 4 4: 10 5: 3 6: 5 7: 6 8: 5 9: 8 10: 4 11: 9 12: 7 13: 10 14:9 15: 4 16: 9 17: 5 18: 3 19: 3 20: 6 21: 5 22: 7 23: 5 24: 5 25: 4 26: 9 27: 2 28: 5 29: 4 30: 3
Sweet Whimsical Bird of Paradise 2
1: 2 2: 9 3: 4 4: 6 5: 6 6:5 7:5 8: 2 9: 11 10: 3 11: 6 12:7 13: 3 14: 8 15:4 16: 14 17: 5 18: 6 19:7 20:10 21: 6 22: 5 23: 4 24: 1 25: 8 26: 5 27: 4 28: 6 29: 5 30: 3
Sweet Swanky Bird of Paradise
1: 4 2: 4 3: 8 4: 10 5: 8 6: 8 7: 10 8: 2 9: 9 10: 10 11: 5 12: 6 13: 6 14: 7 15: 8 16: 6 17: 5 18: 2 19: 4 20: 3 21: 6 22: 3 23: 1 24: 5 25: 5 26: 10 27: 3 28: 4 29: 4 30: 4
