Vector projects

Emoke Lorincz's desire to create does not focus on a single medium, her experience and curiosity in IT environment, her desire to connect the past with the present manifested in joint projects with the Hungarian Museum of Ethnography.

MotifCreator application

After nearly a decade of experimentation and preparatory work alongside Zsuzsanna Tasnádi, curator (Hungarian Museum of Ethnography), a comprehensive database was developed containing vectorized decorations from 1,300 carefully selected objects in the museum’s collection. Building on this database, Emőke, as the project’s designer, collaborated with mathematicians and programmers from MOON42 to create the MotifCreator application. This innovative tool functions both as a touchscreen installation and a web application, seamlessly blending technology with cultural heritage.
The project won the golden prize at Pixel Perfect Awards in 2023  (Museum of Ethnography and MOON42 Ltd.)
It is presented in the Hungarian Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2023 next to the winning entry, REZIDOOM – The Frequency of Architecture.

Check the online version:

MotifCreator 1001

About the application
The motifs can be easily filtered by tags or location. It is possible to view a photograph of the carrier object, its details, data, including its place of origin. The application gives access to the user to create freely and creatively immersed in a treasure trove of motifs.
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The number of variations that can be created with motif generators is endless, so no two visitors will ever create the same work. The goal was to contribute to the integration of the motif treasure into a system and thus to their accessibility as public treasure.

Related links

MotifCreator application – Version 3. 2023
About the MotifCreator project – 2024
Exhibition - Source and Creativity – A Gallery of Creative Processes – 2024
Neprajz.hu article – 2023
About the MotifCreator – 2022

Reziduum – The Frequency of Architecture – 2023
KULTer.hu – 2023
HVG – 2023
Magyar Nemzet – 2023
Hyper&Hyper – 2023
Worldarchitecture.org – 2023
Neprajz.hu news – 2023
We Love Budapest – 2023
Papageno.hu – 2023

Why is it unique?

Marianna Berényi (Head of Communication Department at the Museum of Ethnography) thoughts on the MotifCreator app:
– is the result of decades of classic museum research
– is based on a museum collection
– induces IT developments
– inspires creative industries and designers
– wins a prize in a competition not specifically for the cultural sector
– leaves its own micro-environment (in this case the Museum of Ethnography) and can assert itself in a relevant way in a completely different environment (architecture biennale)
– elevates classic ethnographic knowledge into a contemporary artistic medium.

Emőke Lőrincz – Pixel Perfect Awards, Golden prizeMotifCreator compositions

Other vector experiments

Other selected vector-based artworks, projects and experiments

Create a Székely-gate! – Interactive app, 2022
MotifCreator Instagram
Ethnovector experiment – 2021
Sandblasted round windows – 2017
Touchscreen installation – 2015
X-ray images of vector animals – 2015
Dashed lines – 2015