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 page ↗Official Art Blocks artist profile providing biography and project overview for Kim Asendorf.
Art Blocks artist profile ↗Interviews
Extended 2024 conversation with River Davis on the evolution from early net art and pixel sorting to Web3 projects including Cargo.
The Interview | Kim Asendorf ↗Art 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 Cargo ↗Le Random editorial interview with Peter Bauman discussing PXL DEX, blockchain engagement, and shifts from earlier two-dimensional projects.
Kim Asendorf on Elegant Symbiosis ↗Kaloh's Podcast episode exploring code, algorithms, and blockchain technology in Asendorf's generative practice.
Art, Code, and Pixels ft. Kim Asendorf ↗Press 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 Paradigm ↗Glitch Marfa feature examining Cargo #793 in the context of Asendorf's career-long engagement with dynamic digital systems.
Cargo #793 at Glitch Marfa ↗Right Click Save coverage situating Asendorf among leading generative artists and noting his transition across Web2 and Web3 contexts.
Right Click Save feature ↗Bangkok 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 Asendorf ↗Museums and institutions
Transmediale artist page confirming participation in the festival's programs on digital culture and media art.
Transmediale artist page ↗Expanded Art profile documenting inclusion in the Whitney Museum Dreamlands exhibition and other major institutional presentations.
Expanded Art institutional history ↗Feral File retrospective context for The Experiment series featuring Asendorf's work and algorithmic approach.
Feral File retrospective ↗Galleries 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 exhibition ↗Panke.gallery event documentation for the Sabotage presentation exploring interference and grid disruption.
Sabotage at panke.gallery ↗Roehrs and Boetsch artist about page summarizing solo and collaborative exhibitions including Black Scree and Computer's World.
Roehrs & Boetsch artist page ↗Kate Vass Galerie documents Complex, Asendorf's first retrospective, surveying work from 2021 to early 2025 at the Goethe-Institut Bangkok.
Complex retrospective ↗Nguyen Wahed presented Asendorf at Art Basel Hong Kong 2026, situating his generative systems within an international fair context.
Art Basel Hong Kong 2026 ↗Essays, talks and podcasts
Le Random editorial providing extended discussion of recent projects and conceptual shifts in Asendorf's blockchain-era work.
Le Random editorial ↗HackMD transcript of the Art Blocks interview offering direct insight into the technical and conceptual decisions behind Cargo.
Art Blocks Cargo conversation ↗Kaloh's Podcast episode featuring in-depth discussion of code, real-time systems, and the artist's relationship to blockchain technology.
Kaloh's Podcast episode ↗Profiles and archives
Expanded Art comprehensive profile covering biography, pixel sorting origins, exhibition history, and artistic philosophy.
Expanded Art profile ↗Fakewhale log essay analyzing the evolution of Asendorf's pixel-based systems and their cultural resonance.
Fakewhale profile essay ↗Glitch Marfa contextual feature placing Cargo within Asendorf's longer trajectory of dynamic and generative experimentation.
Glitch Marfa archive feature ↗Asendorf's original ASDFPixelSort, the open-source Processing script he released in 2010 that seeded a generation of pixel-sorting and glitch practice.
ASDFPixelSort on GitHub ↗MOTZKO documents collected works by Asendorf spanning monogrid, SABOTAGE, Cargo, pixel works, and later on-chain animations.
Kim Asendorf at MOTZKO ↗Video
Full video interview and discussion with Kim Asendorf on generative processes, pixel aesthetics, and blockchain projects.
YouTube video interview ↗