AN EXPERIMENT IN EMERGENCE
My name is Marc Craig, I am a multi-disciplinary artist primarily working on large scale street art murals but it would seem my creative mission has strayed to a more experiemental exploratory lens that encompasses my own creative process and how it works. This is theanks in part mainly to the years of witnessing the infinite daily evolutions of Leake Street, the legal graffiti tunnel under Waterloo Station in London.
What I have done is here is have two live examples of that exploratory lens, RESIST AND REACT, an open-ended exhibition where I am creating as yet an undefined number of portraits of people I know and do not know, and MIND THE MAP, a collaborative project where I invited 55 artists to join me in creating 110 spontaneous artworks on my late father’s map collection. Two very different projects but they share the same creative ”theory” I have been exploring at depth for nearly a year now which I have now published (poetically!) at itvoids.com
My suggestion, with an open-mind and a healthy skeptical anchor, go to itvoids.com and experience the “theory” for yourself and then come back here to explore the artwork. Or maybe explore the artwork here cold and then comeback once you have seen the itvoids.com experience. Either way is valid I guess. I gladly absolve myself of having to control how anyone reacts.
I will post a more concise detailed outline of both projects soon but for now if you are interested in being part of RESIST AND REACT please do get in touch via my Instagram @creativethinkin
MIND THE MAP which was launched in October 2025 will be having a 3 month long exhibition slot in North Wales, September through to November so there will be more in depth appreciation incoming not only for the artworks but for the artists themselves. Details incoming!
The emergence generative program below will give you a hint of what to find at itvoids.com I invite you to have a go and play and ask yourself a simple question as the weird emergence emerges…
Where does it emerge, in you or outside you?
CREATE YOUR OWN EMERGENT ART
EMERGENCE ART/UNIVERSE ;)
So maybe before you go to itvoids.com where I have showcased my creative theory that is based on the geometry of Leake Street (still makes me smile when I say that to myself, so weird!) I thought I would let you guys have a go yourselves without being bogged down with the finer details. With that in mind do not be put off with what each of the toggles mean, that will be explained more at itvoids.com (or you can DM me direct with any questions) For now simply enjoy. Warning, it’s addictive.
To access the menu simply click on and off at the top. To make the emergent art (universe!) more interactive play with the DEATH toggle. To make a crystal (this part still has me scratching my head but it is simply the geometry inherent I guess) make BUD OPEN THRESHOLD zero and max out all the other toggles from FORK CHANCE to TIP END LENGTH and do not have the DEATH toggle highlighted. .
And yes you can save your art for free, high res baby! Oh and if you have a screen you can touch then you can move the emergent art around.
The RESIST AND REACT portraits are directly connected to these beautiful pieces and also the MIND THE MAP paintings and the geometry of Leake Street that “apparently” lies underneath. If you happen to be well versed in maths and science and have both an open mind and a healthy skeptical anchor then please visit itvoids.com as I would really be grateful for your input.
The theory needs to be pulled apart, prodded and probed but all in good time!