JPEG #0
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About JPEG
Artist site
https://jpeg.leegte.org/
Library
js@na
Etherscan
Contract
Compression has been the driving force behind the image-based internet since the early 90s. No compression, no Netscape, no social media, no NFTs. The JPEG compression has specifically enabled photography-based imagery on the net. It has always served that purpose and over time become the de facto default for showing high quality imagery online. But compression always leaves a trace, which has become the lens through which the network sees the world of uploaded images.
"A painting is not a picture of an experience, but is the experience." ― Mark Rothko
JPEG tries to create an image programat...
Past releases
Exponential Dutch auction on Oct 31, 2022 5:00 PM - 5:20 PM UTC
275 works released
About the artist
Jan Robert Leegte
Since the late nineties I have been making art on the Internet in the form of websites and digital-related work like apps, installations, videos, prints, sculptures, audio works and drawings. The networked computer is the central muse in my work, exploring all its wonders and peculiarities. I don't use software to make art, I make art about softwar...