John F. Simon Jr.'s ComplexCity, is a series of on-chain, generative artworks updated from his seminal software media artwork, and ode to New York City, ComplexCity (2000).

John F. Simon Jr.'s ComplexCity, is a new collection of generative artworks updated from his seminal software media artwork, and ode to New York City, ComplexCity (2000).

The collection consists of 256 unique artworks constructed from six possible templates that vary in composition, interactivity, and rarity. 

John F. Simon Jr. talks about code as a form of creative writing. Code has also been referred to as the medium, the 'paint and canvas' of digital artists but it transcends this metaphor in that it even allows artists to write their own tools...

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About the Collection

Meet the Artist

Ready To Rumbler: A Letter from the Curator by Nato Thompson

Paul Pfeiffer in Conversation with Artwrld Co-Founder Nato Thompson
5/10/23 at 12 PM ET

An Interview with Paul Pfeiffer and Francesco Tenaglia in Mousse Magazine from 2018

Paul Pfeiffer Featured in Art21

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How much do these artworks cost?

When is this happening?

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For me, the legacy of pictures is a desire to disrupt the surface illusion of reality and to access another dimension.

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 is a multimedia artist and Software Art pioneer whose work and installations are found in the permanent collections of The Whitney Museum of American Art, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and The Museum of Modern Art in New York, among others. In 2011, he collaborated with Icelandic singer Björk to write an app for her album, Biophilia. In 2023, an NFT from his critically acclaimed collection, 

, was one of the first NFTs acquired by the Pompidou Center.

Artwrld is pleased to present a new collection of generative artworks by John F. Simon Jr., meticulously updated from his seminal software media artwork, and ode to New York City, 

The collection consists of 512 unique artworks available for random mint at a fixed price. 

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 code explores contemporary urbanism through animated visual outputs containing abstract elevators, clogged intersections, and other interactive and dynamic forms. First exhibited as a physical artwork as both hardware and software in 2000 (and acquired by LACMA in 2001), 

 has been described by John F. Simon Jr. as one of his more autobiographical and representational early artworks.

Now, over two decades since its creation, Simon is using on-chain software to launch an updated collection of the work in the more digital-friendly environment of generative blockchain. Simon’s updates will generate new iterations and collages of 

 with varying compositions, and interactive components for some lucky collectors. Similar to his early physical pieces, these tokens are not videos but a software that is constantly changing –– real-time animations that form endless compositions and are in continuous motion. 

This collection follows the release of John F. Simon Jr.’s critically acclaimed and first NFT collection, 

 which was included in the historic acquisition project by the Center Pompidou in early 2023.

 is a multimedia artist and Software Art pioneer whose work and installations are found in the permanent collections of The Whitney Museum of American Art, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and The Museum of Modern Art in New York, and LACMA in Los Angeles among others. In 2011, he collaborated with Icelandic singer Björk to write an app for her album, 

. An NFT from his critically acclaimed collection, 

(2021), was one of the first NFTs acquired by the Pompidou Center earlier this year.

John F. Simon Jr. 's Complex City