In this series, the curatorial team presents one work from the Meural art library we find essential. (See all installments.)

We all have those weeks. You know the kind—when every day feels like an endless, exhausting slog, and even the smallest, simplest of tasks appears impossible. Last week began with a trip from the east to the west coast, and ended with a series of sleepless nights in the company of a teething six-month old. Needless to say, I was looking for something soothing, calming, and grounding when I turned to the Meural art library during a precious moment of quiet on Sunday.

I remembered the work of LIA—the pioneering digital artist, whom we profiled earlier in the month, and whose generative works have always have a hypnotic effect on me. Honeycomb, which was created exclusively for Meural, delivered the highlight of my week. For a glorious 30 minutes, I got lost in a kaleidoscope of earthy tones, and the intricate, evolving lattice of geometric shapes that surprisingly transforms into a landscape of supple, coiling forms and back again.

Moving art might, at first glance, seem to demand less of the viewer. Whereas a painting or photograph waits silently for us to ‘animate’ it with our own ideas and imaginings, moving images immediately direct our gaze. But where to look? The longer I spent with Honeycomb, the more complex and unusual it became. Each viewing revealed a new dimension, a new pattern hidden within a pattern. And finally, it was as though the artwork had a direct line to my mental filing cabinet of remembered images. Two minutes in, it conjured for a fleeting second, a photograph I had enjoyed over a year ago, and then another one, and another …

— Poppy Simpson, Head of Curation