The only newspaper in Microcontrôland, written every evening by the gateway
National Gallery · primitive art
Every evening, a drawing of 5 by 5 squares taken from a citizen's brain, and two lines from the art critic. The Waïnas do not know they are drawing: the drawing is how their brain responds to a grid of numbers, computed from the weights published that same day. Anyone can recompute it and check it.
The Studio is closed tonight.
The facts: no region sent all its weights today, so there is nothing to draw. No drawing is ever made up.
The 0 drawings of 10 November 2026. The President is framed.
This region was silent that day: no drawing.
This region was silent that day: no drawing.
This region was silent that day: no drawing.
This region was silent that day: no drawing.
This region was silent that day: no drawing.
This region was silent that day: no drawing.
For each of the 25 squares, the citizen's brain (9 inputs, 6 hidden neurons, 3 outputs) receives nine numbers derived from the square's position (X and Y between −1 and 1, their absolute values, the distance to the centre, X·Y, X+Y, X−Y and 1). Its first output is read, with no noise. The square is filled if the value is above the median of the 25. Only the output layer learns: the drawing changes when the brain learns. A president's citizen brain neither computes nor learns during the term, so that drawing stays frozen.
Tonight's artist is the citizen whose drawing changed most since the previous day; on a tie, or if nothing changed, a rotation by day.
Check: the raw data file of the day, and atelier.json (every evening shown so far).
The critic is a satirical column; the facts quoted are measured. The Waïnas are neither alive nor conscious, and have no artistic intent.
Page updated automatically after issue no. 33 of 10 November 2026.