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2 min readJun 23, 2017
“Block Bills” (2017) by Matthias Dörfelt
The Block Bills Project
Starting at block #456476, The “Block Bills” series (2017) is made of archival digital print on paper 5.9 x 3.3 by Matthias Dörfelt and represents one consecutive block in the chain.
Matthias Dörfelt
Matthias Dörfelt is a German-born and Los Angeles-based artist who lets us see the beauty of codes, algorithms and data. His artistic practice goes from drawings to prints, animation to videos and interactive installations to robotics. What is truly special in Dörfelt’s work is this understanding of computation as a meaningful and lighthearted tool.
“He believes in a media arts practice that favours spontaneity over streamlining and hopes that his works contribute to shaping our relationship to machines in a similar way.”
Tools that he built
- Motor — My own collection of C++ tools and libraries.
- Slooper — Slooper turns your raspberry pi into a seamless HD video looper.
Other tools that he uses
- Paper.js — A JavaScript library for 2D vector graphics.
- Processing — Popular Java based creative coding environment.
- OpenFrameworks — Creative Coding in C++.
- Arduino — Easy to program and affordable microcontroller.
