Kim Asendorf, Traces - Nicci. A vivid yellow photographic form breaks into angular fragments against a dark ground. Photograph by Jana Asendorf; animation by Kim Asendorf.

01 / 03A vivid yellow photographic form breaks into angular fragments against a dark ground. Photograph by Jana Asendorf; animation by Kim Asendorf.

Digital work

Traces - Nicci

2022

Kim Asendorf ↗

Medium: Real-time generative digital animation
Materials & process: Browser-based generative software; Ethereum token.
Dimensions: Variable display dimensions.
Edition: Unique token #630004 in the 50-piece Traces collection.

Traces is a collaboration between photographer Jana Asendorf and Kim Asendorf.

Photographs of rocks and plants record color and signs of human intervention; generative animation then introduces another layer of alteration. The work brings the physical trace, the photographic record and the movement of pixels into the same image.

Provenance

Created in 2022; token released on 6 October 2022. Unique token #630004 in the Traces collection.

References

Open the live artwork.

Project information and source.

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