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About the artist

Leander Herzog is a visual artist based in Switzerland, creating images with code since 2006. His focus is on generative and interactive abstraction on the web. Currently, he combines his experience from building websites and digital products with generative art and the new potential NFTs present. Herzog’s practice explores visual maximalism enabled by contemporary computer graphics and the widespread availability of networked screens, as well as a minimalist abstraction based on web technology standards. He plays with the contrast between the simplicity of algorithmic systems and the complexity of their emergent properties. In the last decade, his work evolved from static images to moving visuals and real-time experiences on the web, including generative audio, interactive installations, data-driven sculpture, and digital fabrication. Titles and aesthetics of his works often reference the history of painting as well as the artist’s own past experience with graffiti writing. Leander’s works are part of the collections of OÖ Kultur in Austria, Kunsthalle Zürich in Switzerland, and ZKM Center for Art and Media in Germany.