Kim Asendorf: links
A sourced, verified bibliography of interviews, press, exhibitions, essays, and institutional contexts.
In the AB[500]: Art Blocks
The Cargo collection comprises 1,000 unique real-time WebGL animated editions released on Art Blocks in March 2023.
Cargo collection pageOfficial Art Blocks artist profile providing biography and project overview for Kim Asendorf.
Art Blocks artist profileInterviews
Extended 2024 conversation with River Davis on the evolution from early net art and pixel sorting to Web3 projects including Cargo.
The Interview | Kim AsendorfArt Blocks conversation with Jordan Kantor conducted on the occasion of the Cargo curated release, covering background and conceptual framework.
In Conversation with Kim Asendorf on CargoLe Random editorial interview with Peter Bauman discussing PXL DEX, blockchain engagement, and shifts from earlier two-dimensional projects.
Kim Asendorf on Elegant SymbiosisKaloh's Podcast episode exploring code, algorithms, and blockchain technology in Asendorf's generative practice.
Art, Code, and Pixels ft. Kim AsendorfPress and criticism
Fakewhale log profile tracing the development of pixel sorting and its role in Asendorf's broader generative and conceptual trajectory.
Kim Asendorf: From Pixel to ParadigmGlitch Marfa feature examining Cargo #793 in the context of Asendorf's career-long engagement with dynamic digital systems.
Cargo #793 at Glitch MarfaRight Click Save coverage situating Asendorf among leading generative artists and noting his transition across Web2 and Web3 contexts.
Right Click Save featureBangkok Post profiles Asendorf as a digital alchemist on the occasion of the Complex retrospective at the Goethe-Institut.
Goethe-Institut presents the digital alchemist Kim AsendorfMuseums and institutions
Transmediale artist page confirming participation in the festival's programs on digital culture and media art.
Transmediale artist pageExpanded Art profile documenting inclusion in the Whitney Museum Dreamlands exhibition and other major institutional presentations.
Expanded Art institutional historyFeral File retrospective context for The Experiment series featuring Asendorf's work and algorithmic approach.
Feral File retrospectiveGalleries and exhibitions
Roehrs and Boetsch exhibition page for Pixel Matter, the 2022 collaboration with Olia Lialina examining the pixel as fundamental digital unit.
Pixel Matter exhibitionPanke.gallery event documentation for the Sabotage presentation exploring interference and grid disruption.
Sabotage at panke.galleryRoehrs and Boetsch artist about page summarizing solo and collaborative exhibitions including Black Scree and Computer's World.
Roehrs & Boetsch artist pageKate Vass Galerie documents Complex, Asendorf's first retrospective, surveying work from 2021 to early 2025 at the Goethe-Institut Bangkok.
Complex retrospectiveNguyen Wahed presented Asendorf at Art Basel Hong Kong 2026, situating his generative systems within an international fair context.
Art Basel Hong Kong 2026Essays, talks and podcasts
Le Random editorial providing extended discussion of recent projects and conceptual shifts in Asendorf's blockchain-era work.
Le Random editorialHackMD transcript of the Art Blocks interview offering direct insight into the technical and conceptual decisions behind Cargo.
Art Blocks Cargo conversationKaloh's Podcast episode featuring in-depth discussion of code, real-time systems, and the artist's relationship to blockchain technology.
Kaloh's Podcast episodeProfiles and archives
Expanded Art comprehensive profile covering biography, pixel sorting origins, exhibition history, and artistic philosophy.
Expanded Art profileFakewhale log essay analyzing the evolution of Asendorf's pixel-based systems and their cultural resonance.
Fakewhale profile essayGlitch Marfa contextual feature placing Cargo within Asendorf's longer trajectory of dynamic and generative experimentation.
Glitch Marfa archive featureAsendorf's original ASDFPixelSort, the open-source Processing script he released in 2010 that seeded a generation of pixel-sorting and glitch practice.
ASDFPixelSort on GitHubMOTZKO documents collected works by Asendorf spanning monogrid, SABOTAGE, Cargo, pixel works, and later on-chain animations.
Kim Asendorf at MOTZKOVideo
Full video interview and discussion with Kim Asendorf on generative processes, pixel aesthetics, and blockchain projects.
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