The culmination of the PROOF OF {ART}WORK project, the Buddhabrot unveils a deeply mathematical entity that, for many, reflects a deeply spiritual being.
This particular realisation of the Buddhabrot is a paradoxically independent collaboration between three individuals: the discoverer, Melinda Green; the explorer, Daïm Aggott-Hönsch; and the painter, divergence. Until recently, their only connection was indirect, via their individual work on the mathematically governed system defined by Melinda some 30 years ago.
System in hand, divergence formalised the equations for proof of work, and set out to create a near-infinitely explorable rendering algorithm as revealed in the early PO{A}W piec...