THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA LANGUAGE / LINE

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L

LINE

A 1/144 (L 1-12)

E a

P
L1 A2 [(1)]
L2 A1 [(3)]
L3 A6 [(2)]
L12 A11 [(2)]

Using LINE in Porthleven Harbour Composition

Porthleven Harbour, Oleksiy Koval, 2017

A

1/144 (L 1-12)

E

a+ ≈

P

L1 A2 [1] A3 [1] A4 [3] A5 [2] A8 [1]
L2 A1 [5] A4 [1] A7 [1] A8 [1]
L3 A6 [2]
L4 A6 [1] A7 [1]
L5 A1 [2] A5 [4] A6 [1] A7 [2]
L6 A1 [1] A5 [1] A6 [1] A8 [3]
L7 A5 [2] A8 [1]
L8 A1 [1] A4 [1] A6 [2]
L9 A5 [1] A6 [1] A8 [1] A10 [1] A11 [1] A12 [5]
L10 A7 [1]
L11
L12 A1 [1,1] A2 [2,1] A3 [1,1] A4 [2,2] A5 [3,2] A6 [2,3] A7 [1,1] A8 [4] A11 [1]

SIGNS AND SYMBOLS

U UNIT
M METER
A AREA
T TAKT
R RHYTHMICAL MOTIVE
E ELEMENT
P PROCEDURE
# ENTRY

* hits the meter
[] within the same area
#(n) number of entries
∞ number of entries flexible
(n) size of unit
≈ size of the unit is corresponding for all elements
\ bigger than
/ less than
|| order fixed
> n occupy n
-> go to
{ n out of n possible
+ has to touch
_ has not to touch
≠ not
V vertical
H horizontal
F flexibel
ⁿ ordinal number
L line
{ n } polygon with n edges

THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA LANGUAGE allows to create new compositions and to notate already existing paintings.

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Oleksiy Koval and THE BEAUTIFUL FORMULA COLLECTIVE

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