boolean&blur is the independent practice of london-based computational designer and artist aleksandar bursac. with over a decade of experience in computational design across architectural and spatial contexts, including several years at zaha hadid architects, his practice explores computational systems, modularity and material experimentation, moving between digital design, fabrication, mould-making and casting.
the name holds two poles: boolean for clarity, modularity and logic, blur for ambiguity, openness and variation. the question behind the work is how the digital becomes real.
metapattern is a series of modular relief objects developed through computational patterning and translated into physical form through mould-making and casting. each piece begins as a controlled digital system; material behaviour, fabrication and assembly introduce subtle variation.
the series started with a set of rules rather than a form: a pattern generated in grasshopper, tested through cnc milling, 3d printing and laser etching, then taken into silicone and plaster moulds for cast plaster composites and, with ceramicist maria saeki, pressed clay. its development was supported by an arts council england developing your creative practice grant.
the pieces share one relief design, while casting formulations and glaze treatments vary across the series. each is individually cast and finished, not editioned. the series explores the point at which repetition stops being identical and becomes a record of making.
earlier tile series include zenusoid (2024), sillage and smock tile (2025) and the interactive no wrong answers (2025). recent exhibitions: material world at swanfall art, london (2026), connections at ilkley art open (2025), fables at the mall galleries, london (2025), and summer show – square mile at crane court gallery, london (2025).
