The true story of how a DJ from Auckland ended up drawing pictures with programs. Panels drawn by code, words by Ulrich.
1. Kia ora!I'm Ulrich. Behind the decks in Auckland I answer to Mr Mel.2. Growing up loudGrunge, metal, Blink-182, “even as far to stretch as Boyz II Men.” Then Vivaldi. And the 1812 Overture, because it has actual cannons.3. 1999, FeverReggae got me at seventeen: Bob Marley, Buju Banton. House found me in about 1999, when I met Uncle Phil at a club in Takapuna called Fever.4. I paint in codeI write the program, the program draws the picture, and AI is my studio assistant. No brushes were harmed.5. MULTIVERSE MAP77 films. Every storyline its own line, every station on the month its film reached cinemas. Placed by code, to the millimetre.6. The Music BrainThen I wondered where all my music came from. So Morgan Sibbald and I built a map of it: genres, scenes, venues and records, every link sourced.7. Permission GrantedMarch 2026: my first single. Which makes me a station on my own map. Very meta.8. Your turnThe artwork generates the code; the code generates the artwork. Come and have a look around.