Tag Standard - TriQuadPenta™

TriQuadPenta Tag Standard v1.3 – 2025

Purpose

Every TriQuadPenta work, sketch, study, render, object, or file must carry exactly one prefix tag, one primary tag, and any relevant secondary tags.

Mandatory Prefix Tag

[TriQuadPenta] is a required prefix tag on all material belonging to the project (files, posts, labels, emails, documentation). It is always written first, in square brackets, with no additional text.

Primary Tags (exactly one required)

[RESEARCH] Exploratory, experimental, often messy. Purpose: discovery, not aesthetics.

[SKETCH] Fast compositional draft with clear intention. Usually 1–15 minutes.

[STUDY] Clean, focused investigation of one specific principle or effect.

[ARTWORK] Finished, autonomous piece. Fully satisfies manifest principles [1]–[8]. Balanced, self-contained, needs no explanation.

Secondary Tags (optional, may be combined)

[DIGITAL] – created or significantly processed using software/tablet/plotter/3D programs

[ANALOG] – physical, hand-made medium (oil, acrylic, pencil, collage, spray, sculpture, etc.)

[MIXED] – significant combination of both analog and digital processes/materials

[GENERATED] – created wholly or partially by code, AI, algorithm, procedural script, plotter, etc.

[MONOCHROME] – black/white/greyscale only

[COLOR] – any use of colour

[LAYERED] – visible or implied depth through overlapping layers

[INVERSION] – deliberate use of white forms to create negative space on dark ground (or vice versa)

[PERCEPTUAL] – contains implied or emergent shapes not physically drawn

[FLAT] – strictly two-dimensional

[RANDOM] – placement, proportions, sequence, or choices determined by chance (dice, random generator, drop technique, etc.)

[3D] – exists in real three-dimensional space (physical sculpture, 3D print, VR/AR object, installation, etc.)

[SCULPTURE] – traditional physical sculpture or relief

[DOCUMENTATION] – the file is documentation (photo, video-still, render) of a physical or performative work, not the work itself

Purpose & Scope

The Standard is mandatory for all public and private uses of TriQuadPenta works:

social media posts
website / online galleries
exhibition labels and catalogues
press material
archive folders and filenames
private documentation

Primary Tags (exactly one required)

[RESEARCH] – exploratory / experimental

[SKETCH] – fast draft with intention

[STUDY] – focused principle investigation

[ARTWORK] – finished autonomous piece

Secondary Tags (optional, may be combined)

Combination rules (unchanged)

Exactly one of [DIGITAL], [ANALOG], or [MIXED]
All other secondary tags may be combined freely

Mandatory use examples

Instagram / X / social media caption [TriQuadPenta][ARTWORK] Equilibrium 87 [ANALOG] [MONOCHROME] [INVERSION] [LAYERED] Oil on canvas, 120 × 120 cm, 2025

Exhibition wall label [TriQuadPenta][ARTWORK] Spatial Fracture 03 [3D] [ANALOG] [SCULPTURE] [PERCEPTUAL] Painted steel, 180 × 90 × 70 cm, 2025 Artist name.

Archive folder structure /TriQuadPenta_Archive
├ [TriQuadPenta] 2025
│ ├ [RESEARCH]
│ ├ [SKETCH]
│ ├ [STUDY]
│ └ [ARTWORK]

Filename (always include tags) [TriQuadPenta] [ARTWORK] Hybrid Equilibrium 61 [MIXED] [LAYERED] [INVERSION] [3D].jpg [RESEARCH] Random drop test 117 [ANALOG] [RANDOM].tif

Only tags listed in this Standard are permitted. The Standard applies worldwide and to every public or archived TriQuadPenta item from November 2025 onward.

TriQuadPenta Tag Standard v1.3 – 2025 Mandatory for all publication, exhibition, social media, and archiving.

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