923 Empty Rooms is an artwork about simulation and the history of visual representation and abstraction. Each room is a space to explore.
Each of the 923 unique rooms contains a simulated still life, an arrangement of forms. There are six primary forms, each linked to a city: Sun (Tokyo), Shard (Berlin), Cargo (London), Hive (New York), Pyramid (CDMX), and Moon (Los Angeles). A series of rooms will be minted over the course of a simultaneous, six-day exhibition at galleries in each city.
There are 923 rooms in total to iterate through every possible combination of the six shapes:
1 form = 6 unique combinations 2 forms = 21 unique combinations 3 forms = 56 unique combinations 4 forms = 126 unique combinations 5 forms = 252 unique combinations 6 forms = 462 unique combinations
923 Empty Rooms is an evolution of An Empty Room, commissioned by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) for the Coded: Art Enters the Computer Age, 1952–1982 exhibition. An Empty Room was installed at LACMA from 9 April to 2 July 2023.
RELEASE DATE
19 Aug 2023
LIBRARY
p5@1.0.0
DISPLAY NOTES
Each Empty Room is a space to explore. There are 923 different combinations of forms, and each is unique and can also be modified with your keyboard: 'R' — Show/hide the red channel 'G' — Show/hide the green channel 'B' — Show/hide the blue channel ‘1’ — Tokyo ‘2’ — Berlin ‘3’ — London ‘4’ — New York ‘5’ — Mexico City ‘6’ — Los Angeles ‘T’ — Density ‘S’ — Speed ‘+’ — Zoom In ‘-’ — Zoom Out ‘0’ — Increase line length ‘9’ — Decrease line length ‘D’ — Display Still Life ‘P’ — Save PNG Up Arrow — Increase depth Down Arrow — Decrease depth Spacebar — Background color
SALES NOTES
All sales will be conducted on artblocks.io. It is not required to be in person to purchase or to experience this project.
RELEASE DETAILS
50 works released with Allowlist for Floor collectors on 27 Nov 2023
50 works released with Allowlist for ntent.genesis collectors on 24 Nov 2023
924 works released with Exponential Dutch auction with settlement on 27 Nov 2023
60 works released with Private Allowlist on 29 Nov 2023
50 works released with Floor App Allowlist on 18 Dec 2023
280 works released with Exponential Dutch auction with settlement on 29 Nov 2023
CHARITABLE GIVING
10% to UCLA Social Software. Social Software examines the social impacts and possibilities of making with software. The question “what is social software?” guides work with collaborators to respond to the power dynamics, inequities, and biases embedded in technology. Current focus areas include generative systems, accessible tech, open source communities, AI, and data.
ARTIST SITE
https://www.brightmoments.io/923empty...
PROJECT ID
0x145789247973c5d612bf121e9e4eef84b63eb707-1
CONTRACT
Etherscan
LICENSE
CC BY-NC 4.0
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Casey REAS
b. 1972 Troy, OH Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
REAS’ software, prints, and installations have been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions internationally. His work ranges from small works on paper to urban-scale installations, and he balances solo work in the studio with collaborations with architects and musicians. REAS is a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles....
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