φąէհօӀօցվ Lօօք #65
2020
Pathology Loop #65 (2019–2021) is 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: 65). 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
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Collectors with works by Iain Ball
Artists in conversation
Harm van den Dorpel
Dutch · b. 1981
Van den Dorpel assembles digital collages from web fragments and networked cultural data creating works that similarly explore algorithmic aesthetics and the residual artifacts of online culture. His practice shares the same preoccupation with internet detritus and identity dissolution within digital systems.
Artie Vierkant
American · b. 1986
Vierkant works with image objects sourced from networked and post internet visual culture interrogating how images mutate and decay as they circulate online. His focus on oversaturation and the flattening of meaning through digital reproduction closely mirrors the aesthetic and conceptual territory of Pathology Loop.
Sara Ludy
American · b. 1981
Ludy creates digital collage and video works built from accumulated web imagery and screen based cultural fragments that evoke a similar atmosphere of hyper online drift and identity collapse. Her practice treats the internet as both raw material and psychological landscape in a way that resonates strongly with this series.
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