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Kim Asendorf: links

A sourced, verified bibliography of interviews, press, exhibitions, essays, and institutional contexts.

20 sources · last updated 2026-07-31

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 collection · 2023

Official Art Blocks artist profile providing biography and project overview for Kim Asendorf.

Art Blocks artist profile profile · ongoing

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 interview · 2024

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 interview · 2023

Le Random editorial interview with Peter Bauman discussing PXL DEX, blockchain engagement, and shifts from earlier two-dimensional projects.

Kim Asendorf on Elegant Symbiosis interview · 2025

Kaloh's Podcast episode exploring code, algorithms, and blockchain technology in Asendorf's generative practice.

Art, Code, and Pixels ft. Kim Asendorf podcast · 2025

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 profile · 2024

Glitch Marfa feature examining Cargo #793 in the context of Asendorf's career-long engagement with dynamic digital systems.

Cargo #793 at Glitch Marfa press · 2023

Right Click Save coverage situating Asendorf among leading generative artists and noting his transition across Web2 and Web3 contexts.

Right Click Save feature press · 2024

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 press · 2026

Museums and institutions

Transmediale artist page confirming participation in the festival's programs on digital culture and media art.

Transmediale artist page institution · ongoing

Expanded Art profile documenting inclusion in the Whitney Museum Dreamlands exhibition and other major institutional presentations.

Expanded Art institutional history profile · ongoing

Feral File retrospective context for The Experiment series featuring Asendorf's work and algorithmic approach.

Feral File retrospective institution · ongoing

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 exhibition · 2022

Panke.gallery event documentation for the Sabotage presentation exploring interference and grid disruption.

Sabotage at panke.gallery exhibition · 2022

Roehrs and Boetsch artist about page summarizing solo and collaborative exhibitions including Black Scree and Computer's World.

Roehrs & Boetsch artist page gallery · ongoing

Kate Vass Galerie documents Complex, Asendorf's first retrospective, surveying work from 2021 to early 2025 at the Goethe-Institut Bangkok.

Complex retrospective exhibition · 2026

Nguyen Wahed presented Asendorf at Art Basel Hong Kong 2026, situating his generative systems within an international fair context.

Art Basel Hong Kong 2026 fair · 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 essay · 2025

HackMD transcript of the Art Blocks interview offering direct insight into the technical and conceptual decisions behind Cargo.

Art Blocks Cargo conversation talk · 2023

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 podcast · 2025

Profiles and archives

Expanded Art comprehensive profile covering biography, pixel sorting origins, exhibition history, and artistic philosophy.

Expanded Art profile profile · ongoing

Fakewhale log essay analyzing the evolution of Asendorf's pixel-based systems and their cultural resonance.

Fakewhale profile essay essay · 2024

Glitch Marfa contextual feature placing Cargo within Asendorf's longer trajectory of dynamic and generative experimentation.

Glitch Marfa archive feature archive · 2023

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 open-source code · 2010

MOTZKO documents collected works by Asendorf spanning monogrid, SABOTAGE, Cargo, pixel works, and later on-chain animations.

Kim Asendorf at MOTZKO collection archive · ongoing

Video

Full video interview and discussion with Kim Asendorf on generative processes, pixel aesthetics, and blockchain projects.

YouTube video interview video · 2025

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