“Project Hydra”, 2024
CONNECTOME is an immersive art/game in experience in VR, now available on the Meta Horizon store for Quest.
You’ve stumbled upon the art portfolio of Grant Hinkson, aka Fr0gg3r. Why Fr0gg3r? It just feels right. Grant is mostly occupied with his new VR art/game experience CONNECTOME (launched on Meta Quest on 05.27.2025). CONNECTOME is anchored in generative/dynamic art ideas seen on this site.
Discussing Iterations at the Code Craft event.
“Project Hydra/Iterations”
The Iterations collection was most recently shared on September 28, 2024 at Studio 2 + U at Code Craft, a “pop-up art show, creative coding meeting” organized by Seattle Creative Code.
Iterations represents a collection of pieces all based on the “Hydra” algorithm, initially authored in Processing and rendered as a static series of images for pen plotting. When rendered in ink, a complete Hydra – 7×7 set is represented by 49 individual prints, each print a snapshot in time as the focal node moves from point to point. The Hydra Iterations seen today are authored in the Unity game engine, anchored by the Hydra Series – 7×7: Complete Cycle projected on the main wall. In the Complete Cycle, the focal node moves randomly across the grid until each node has been visited just once, a nearly 13 minute experience. Other pieces in the collection explore how the personality of the Hydra evolves through color, grid variation, and display medium.
“Project Hydra” which features prominently on this site, and rightly so. It can be credited with kickstarting Grant’s deep dive into art that ultimately led to Grant’s latest work as a solo indie developer.
Fr0gg3r is a technologist and generative artist. Always exploring the tension between rigid systems and random values.