Polygon Etcetera is a lyrical and vibrant new algorithm arising from the playful manipulation of polygonal offsets, offering a chromatic counterpoint appropriately suited to the lush palette of Miami Beach. Represented at Art Basel 2025 in print form while existing as a series of 20 unique natively digital blockchain-based assets, this is the only new algorithmic series by Cherniak to be released in 2025.

Polygon Etcetera plays with what happens when strict computational systems meet looseness of form. Cherniak starts with a three-dimensional cube grid, flattens it into two dimensions, and then samples and offsets the resulting polygons.

Some planes become bold blocks of color; others break into hatching or triangular subdivisions. The image shifts between digital precision and something resembling the hand-drawn.

Collapsing depth into layered surfaces, Cherniak turns code into a language of tension: of order/intuition, structure/gesture, rational/irrational, monochrome/vibrancy, macro/micro.

If Ringers elegantly reduced physical form into a refined, tempered visual score, Polygon Etcetera is symphonic and lyrically discordant. 

The series speaks to Cherniak’s ongoing exploration of “automation as a medium,” and how generative systems can convey a sense of physicality and emotional charge.

About Dmitri Cherniak

Dmitri Cherniak (b. 1988) is an artist and coder based in NYC. His algorithmic art has been presented by MoMA and Toledo Museum of Art, and is in the collections of LACMA, Buffalo AKG, and Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe. A project at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art is forthcoming in April 2026.

View Dmitri Cherniak’s CV here.