Kim Asendorf
artist.
Kim Asendorf is a German visual artist who employs a fusion of experimental and conceptual strategies to craft abstract animations, images, and sculptures. Through the use of automations and algorithms, he engineers natively digital aesthetics to forge an immersive artistic experience. Asendorf is renowned as the creator of a pixel-sorting algorithm that, thanks to its open source nature, has been used by thousands of artists and designers since 2012. He has exhibited globally, including at Transmediale, Berlin; ZKM Karlsruhe; Kunstmuseum Gelsenkirchen; Edith-Russ-Haus für Medienkunst, Oldenburg; NCCA Yekaterinburg; Eyebeam, New York, Netherlands Media Art Institute (NIMk); and the Overlapping Biennial, Bucharest. He has received honorary mentions and created controversial discussions on major blogs, art magazines, and television.
From The Interview | Kim Asendorf, January 2024