Alter ego of Kim Asendorf.
c843n is a Tezos-based generative art project by the artist Kim Asendorf, who releases one-of-one and small-edition works under algorithmically generated, hash-like titles. Individual pieces such as 17758f72c69 and 17cafadb477 have circulated as editions of three, sold in Tezos (XTZ). The project's series FRATZE — German for grimace or grotesque face — strips the profile-picture format down to stark, monochrome studies of the human face.
Made with a custom software painter application, each work renders a face as an abstract arrangement of lines, shapes and textures in a transparent-background PNG. Rather than build a relatable avatar, the series treats digital mark-making and the representation of the face as a formal inquiry, offering identity as an abstract statement rather than a set of collectible traits.
