the V01D, is a custom, written from scratch, code base consisting of 9825 lines of code that Davis has been working on for the past 6 years. This custom piece of software uses Java + Processing + GLSL shaders to create a real-time generative body of animations that's capable of creating more than 6200 completely unique visual compositions. Because the V01D is an algorithmic generative piece of software, it is not limited to a fixed timeline of animation, it can create an infinite length of animation and generate rendered stills infinitely like the pattern of a snowflake where no two visual compositions would ever be the same. When a video is rendered, you're basically viewing a window of time from the software's infinite system. In addition to the aforementioned, because the software uses audio as input, naturalistic equations and is constantly updating and mutating variables and functions in real time. Davis also takes on the role of the critic, living with the work, watching it mutate and evolve, to finally capture/render a moment in time considered by the artist as visual pleasing.

to put it simply, Davis programs all the rules, boundaries, and decision making an artist would make... but allows the software/algorithm to become the independent artist, and as such, Davis is in constant state of surprise in his role as observer as the program paints and animates decisions.

Joshua Davis 'The V01D/055-056-058-001' (2021) Single-channel digital video with audio 3840 x 2160 px, 00:01:30, 60 FPS Edition: Unique Date of Export: 2021 Year Minted: 2021