Assembly is pleased to present misha de ridder’s latest project, glitch—a multi-layered, interactive, digital/physical art experience that expands upon the artist’s interest in the connection between the virtual and real worlds.

The series glitch is comprised of photographs of erased graffiti that have been animated into GIFs by inserting liminal afterimages of what once was—faces, text, and indecipherable symbols—resulting in a set of abstracted temporal images blurring the border between photography, painting, and animation. In parallel, the artist has created a series of one-of-a-kind archival inkjet prints.

We live in an era heavily influenced by media representations, simulations, and digital experiences, where the line between reality and these artificial worlds has become blurred. In this context, de ridder toys with the notions of loss and recoding, playfully using blockchain technology to explore the relationship between the physical and the digital worlds, as he puts it, “substituting the signs of the real for the real.” The act of erasing often involves destruction, generation, transformation, and ultimately reimagining. It is through erasure that new forms emerge and we create new possibilities. 

Technology enhances the generative aspects of this work and introduces a new form of value exchange through the collector's option to either own the evolving digital artwork or destroy the digital token to acquire the physical piece. Seven works are presented exclusively with Assembly as unique large-scale fine art prints derived from their corresponding digital tokens.