CENTURY-XXX-METABILL

CENTURY-XXX-METABILL is an homage to Neun Felder durch Doppelfarben geteilt (Nine Fields Divided by Means of Two Colors) (1968) by Max Bill.

3 of 5 in CENTURY-XXX, Series 2
Edition of 108

CENTURY-XXX is a series of software sketches that pay tribute to artists of the 20th century. Each piece is named after a specific artist and reimagines one of their original works through code, often by adding motion, variation, or interactive elements. These sketches don’t replicate the original artworks but instead extend their core ideas into new forms.

By “software sketch,” I mean something more informal than a finished artwork. While some of my projects take months or even years to complete, these sketches are created quickly—often in just a few days. They may be lighter in process, but they’re equally important to me. Sketching with code is how I think through ideas and discover new directions for future work.

The project began with the CENTURY exhibition at DAM Projects in Berlin in fall 2012, where I premiered Network C, Network D, and the first Signal to Noise software piece. Since then, these sketches have inspired more full-scale artworks like METASOTO, METAVASARELY, METAMOLNAR (also known as Hommage à Molnar), including the eponymous CENTURY released through Art Blocks in June 2021.

CENTURY-XXX Series 1 was released from December 2021 to January 2022 in editions of 1,000. The first artwork in Series 2 followed in October 2022, also in an edition of 1,000. The remaining four works in Series 2 are scheduled for release starting in 2025, each in smaller editions of fewer than 128 based on what feels appropriate for the individual piece.

The long-term vision for CENTURY-XXX is to create 100 software sketches, each one inspired by a different artist and artwork from the 20th century.

SERIES 1
1.1 — CENTURY-XXX-METAMETAMALEVICH
1.2 — CENTURY-XXX-METAMOLNAR(S)
1.3 — CENTURY-XXX-METAMORELLET
1.4 — CENTURY-XXX-METARILEY
1.5 — CENTURY-XXX-METAKELLY

SERIES 2
2.1 — CENTURY-XXX-METAFRANKE
2.2 — CENTURY-XXX-METALOEWENSBERG
2.3 — CENTURY-XXX-METABILL