Azimuth to Cypher: The Transformation of a Tiny (Virtual) Cosmogony

This paper discusses the transformation of a tiny three dimensional artwork created in the metaverse. The project takes its inspiration from Jorge Luis Borges´s story of ´the Aleph,´ which revolves around a tiny artifact which is "one of the points in space that contains all other points." The paper will investigate how the visualization of a thing that is as complex as ´the Aleph´ became transformed into an investigation of ´code´ as a basal, life-giving presence that is nevertheless abstract, enigmatic, hermetic, and complex in its essence - a thing to be pondered upon and deciphered, a system that does not reveal itself readily to the uninitiated.