Monogrid 0.1
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About the artwork
Before "Monogrid" was sealed into a full-fledged series, it was this: two algorithms sharing a single surface, one pushing the pixels out of place, the other reinstating them at their origin. The drift outward is uncannily evocative of a camera move, and so is its irresistible forward momentum, although it seldom quite succeeds: the pixels are redrawn before they arrive - which feels exactly like the stutter of stop motion, only more so. Every Monogrid that followed was written on top of it. What we see is not motion but pixels, and how an artist can embrace them with bottomless curiosity and still be synonymous with simplicity: Mondrian and Malevich by other means, a way of imposing some straightness onto the curves of perception.
Kim Asendorf is a German visual artist who employs a fusion of experimental and conceptual strategies to craft abstract animations, images, and sculptures. Through utilization of automations and algorithms, Asendorf engineers digital native aesthetics, forging an immersive artistic experience.
He is a recipient of an MFA degree from the Kunsthochschule Kassel. His works have been shown at Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Kunsthalle Zürich, Kunstmuseum Gelsenkirchen, Transmediale Berlin, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts Taichung, ZKM Karlsruhe, HeK Basel, The Photographers' Gallery London and NRW Forum Düsseldorf among others.
Asendorf is creating abstract visual systems, conceptually set and realized in algorithms, that are open for a wide range of interpretations. He is working on a per pixel level to create worlds that mix simplicity with complexity, that never sleep, that can put the viewer in a mesmerizing state. He loves to experiment, is driven by curiosity, and finds satisfaction when the results of his work surprise himself. With roots in Net Art, he likes to keep his work easily accessible and the Internet is his favorite canvas.