GOTTFRIED JÄGER | PHOTO 111110.4, 2011

Gottfried Jäger | PHOTO 111110.4, 2011

WHEN: 18 October 2024, 6 PM CET

WHAT IS IT: This is the second NFT by Gottfried Jäger. It is the first to be minted through the artist’s wallet and released with a print: 40 x 40 cm, Hahnemühle FineArt Pearl 285, hand-signed.

WHY IT‘S WORTH COLLECTING: Under the influence of Max Bense and Herbert W. Franke, Gottfried Jäger devised a radicalised form of the image, which he first called GENERATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY in 1968 at a joint exhibition with Kilian Breier, Pierre Cordier and Hein Gravenhorst at the Kunsthaus Bielefeld.

WHAT THE ARTIST SAYS: "The term GENERATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY was introduced in 1968 with the intention of conceiving and establishing the photographic process as an image-generating 'generative system.'"

HOW IT WAS CREATED: "The PHOTO series is based on the application of the computer program Adobe Photoshop®. However, unlike usual, it does not start with a photo as the source motif; instead, the program produces its own images. It essentially plays with itself. Original formal potentials emerge without being 'disturbed' by an external image motif. What is visible is solely the syntax of the program: brightness, contrast, colors, textures, etc. Neither images (icons) nor symbols are created, but rather pure form images (indices, symptoms) formalism." – Gottfried Jäger

CURATOR: Anika Meier
COLLABORATOR: Photo Edition Berlin