φąէհօӀօցվ Lօօք #20
2020
Part of the Pathology Loop series, a major body of digital collages assembled from fragments of web content, memes, cultural detritus, and hyper-online imagery. Created in the pre-AI era of the artist’s practice, these works operate as digital artefacts and residual traces of a terminally online culture defined by oversaturation, algorithmic decay, and identity collapse. Rather than offering traditional expression or critique, Pathology Loop embraces art as the inevitable byproduct of cultural entropy — the material left behind once utility, meaning, and relevance have eroded. Each piece functions as a fossilized glitch, a preserved remnant of a hyperconnected civilization in decline.
- Medium
- Digital Collage, NFT (Ethereum)
- Signed
- Yes
- Condition
- Excellent
- Provenance
- Created by Iain Ball, 2019–2021, as part of the Pathology Loop series. Minted as a 1/1 NFT on Ethereum (contract: 0xba517dbd7f82d00b0e1453785e20979f016cc370, Token ID: 20). Directly from the artist’s collection. Artist-retained since creation. Full on-chain provenance is publicly verifiable on Etherscan and OpenSea.
- Location
- Blockchain (Ethereum) + Arweave
Notes
This piece might be titled "φąէհօӀօցվ Lօօք #20", created in 2020
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Jon Rafman
Canadian · b. 1981
Rafman assembles digital collages and video works from internet detritus, meme culture, and found web imagery, creating artifacts that document the psychological and cultural residue of hypersaturated online existence in ways that closely mirror the Pathology Loop methodology.
Harm van den Dorpel
Dutch · b. 1981
Van den Dorpel constructs works from fragmented digital imagery and web sourced cultural material, exploring how algorithmic processes and networked culture produce identity dissolution and visual oversaturation comparable to this piece.
Addie Wagenknecht
American · b. 1981
Wagenknecht interrogates the byproducts of terminally online culture through assembled digital artifacts and found internet imagery, sharing this work's focus on cultural decay, identity collapse, and the residual traces of algorithmic consumption.
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