Urbanite
Colin Goldberg
Urbanite, 1999.
Vector-based digital drawing with AR-triggered audiovisual loop, 23-second duration. Dimensions variable.
Thoughtwaves
Colin Goldberg
Thoughtwaves, 2004.
Vector-based digital drawing.
Dimensions variable.
Mesmertron
Colin Goldberg
Mesmertron, 2003.
Vector-based digital drawing.
Dimensions variable.
Holism
Colin Goldberg
Holism, 1999.
Vector-based digital drawing.
Dimensions variable.
Memesis
Colin Goldberg
Memesis, 1999.
Vector-based digital drawing.
Dimensions variable.
Transcape
Colin Goldberg
Transcape, 2004.
Vector-based digital drawing.
Dimensions variable.
Kneeling Icon
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Colin Goldberg
Kneeling Icon, 2004-2022.
Digital monoprint on vinyl with AR-triggered audiovisual NFT. Edition 1 of 1.
Hearst Corporation Collection (2023 acquisition)
ACQUISITION BY HEARST CORPORATION
ABOUT THIS ARTWORK
Kneeling Icon is a digital monoprint from artist Colin Goldberg’s Metagraph series of digital drawings. The composition was originally drawn in 2004 using vector-based graphics tools on a drawing tablet. The work was reborn on the blockchain in 2022 as an animated audiovisual NFT.
This piece combines the physical and digital aspects of the work. When the physical work is viewed through the free Artivive AR app on a mobile device, it transforms into the animated NFT on the gallery wall.
This piece was first exhibited in the exhibition Techspressionism: Digital and Beyond, which opened at Southampton Arts Center in Spring 2022. The show was the first large-scale group exhibition of Techspressionist artworks and was curated by Goldberg, who coined the term Techspressionism in 2011. Techspressionism was first described as a movement in WIRED in 2014.
Over the course of the pandemic, Techspressionism has grown into an online community of artists working with technology from over 40 countries. Techspressionism is defined in Wikipedia as “an artistic approach in which technology is utilized as a means to express emotional experience”.
The term has been adopted by digital artists around the world as a way to describe their work. Since the Summer of 2020, there have been over 50K posts published on Instagram using the hashtag #techspressionism. Techspressionism was recently the topic of a Curator’s Conversation between Helen Harrison, Director of the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center and Christiane Paul, Curator of Digital Art at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
Still Moment
Colin Goldberg
Still Moment, 2004.
Vector-based digital drawing.
Dimensions variable.
For Piet
Colin Goldberg
For Piet, 2004.
Vector-based digital drawing.
Dimensions variable.
Incarnation
Colin Goldberg
Incarnation, 1999.
Vector-based digital drawing.
Dimensions variable.
Epicenter
Colin Goldberg
Epicenter, 1999.
Vector-based digital drawing.
Dimensions variable.
Antimatter
Colin Goldberg
Antimatter, 1999.
Vector-based digital drawing.
Dimensions variable.
Reactor
Colin Goldberg
Reactor, 1999.
Vector-based digital drawing.
Dimensions variable.
Fractality
Colin Goldberg
Fractality, composed 2004.
Vector-based digital drawing.
Dimensions variable.
Organic Gravity
Colin Goldberg
Organic Gravity, 1999.
Vector-based digital drawing.
Dimensions variable.
Circuit
Interpolation
Colin Goldberg
Interpolation, 1999.
Vector-based digital drawing.
Dimensions variable.
Post Chromatic
Colin Goldberg
Post Chromatic, 2004.
Vector-based digital drawing.
Dimensions variable.
Into the Trees
Colin Goldberg
Into the Trees, 2004.
Vector-based digital drawing.
Dimensions variable.
Quadrality
Colin Goldberg
Quadrality, 1999.
Vector-based digital drawing.
Dimensions variable.
