A selection from massive genealogy of the 'Death Imitates Language' project, containing the first 12.000 specimen, bred by a genetic algorithm, and selected by micro-feedback of the artist.

Autobreeder (lite)

Mutant Garden Seeder consists of 512+1 generative unique Ethereum NFTs by artist Harm van den Dorpel, released in collaboration with Folia in 2021.

Mutant Garden Seeder

A fully on-chain spin-off of Markov's Dream: Orb. Colours, amount of rings, rotation speed and curvature of the rotating nested squircles are determined on mint and remain fixed.

Orb (lite)

The inaugural commission by Chemsex Benelux in 2022. Indiscreet Units consists of a selection of 266+ hue-rotating flags, stored on the Ethereum blockchain and IPFS.

This fullscreen software autosurfs the massive genealogy of the 'Death Imitates Language' project, containing the first 12.000 specimen, bred by a genetic algorithm, and selected by micro-feedback of the artist.

Indiscreet Units

Phantom Crush is a collection of 130 generative portraits based on pastel drawings on paper by artist Enver Hadzijaj, programmed by Harm van den Dorpel.

Phantom Crush

A collection about velocity and perception, created by Harm van den Dorpel in collaboration with Fingerprints DAO & Mercedes-Benz NXT, 2023.

Maschine

Simple operations like mirroring and rotation, akin to minimal music approaches, paradoxically results in intricate, transcendental compositions. Released in collaboration with Verse SOLOS, curated by Leyla Fakhr.

Struggle for Pleasure

Folia is proud to announce the minting of four seminal works from the catalog of Harm van den Dorpel: Three works from the artist’s “Pixel Sorters” series (2005–2018), Blob.gif, Dansemacabre.gif, and Bison.gif; in addition we will also be minting Lasso.swf. One artist proof has been minted from each.

Pixelsorters

A full screen software piece, infinitely reconstructing the temporal development of a selection of touchpad drawings.

By Rita Vitorelli (drawings)
and Harm van den Dorpel (programming), 2016.

This Ethereum NFT version was programmed and deployed in 2018. A maximum of 100 tokens can be minted.



Monaco Mix

Every twelve seconds, a new composition is seeded directly from Ethereum block hashes, synchronizing viewers worldwide in a shared visual experience. The work’s deliberate instability and absence of memory reflect Harm’s broader artistic philosophy, highlighting the inherent impermanence and poetic potential of generative digital art. 

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Djibouti

Réunion

New Caledonia

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Krirel

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