Already in the early 2000s Thomas Ruff had dealt with the visual appearance of geometric structures, for which the mathematician Benoît Mandelbrot had introduced the term "fractal" in 1975. These are "naturally" appearing objects, structures or patterns that exhibit a high degree of self-similarity, so that when a section of the pattern is enlarged, the same structure can be seen again and again. An initial attempt to create these objects on the computer failed because the programs available at the time did not achieve the desired precision.

The use of a new software enabled him to tackle the production of such fractals again. He was interested in two aspects in particular. Firstly, to make visible the visual beauty of mathematics that is revealed when diving into the fractal world, and secondly, the possibility of generating images that appear natural but are completely produced artificially. First, he created various images of sections of the so-called Mandelbrot set, which he then overlaid with each other to create psychedelic pseudo-imitations of nature. He had the finished motif printed on velour carpet in order to create works that had an apparent spatial depth and a soft nature-like surface, which are presented on the wall as tapestries.