Color Blinds Study #13

Custom software, looping video, NFT, and Ethereum blockchain, 2023
Private collection

Inspired by a childhood memory of watching patterns emerge as light passed through Venetian window blinds, Zach Lieberman recreated this sensation with code. Starting with a digital striped material that simulates different lens effects, each Color Blinds Study diffuses, filters, and scatters light and color to produce shifting gradients and subtle interplays of light and shadow. The works might evoke the passing of time, the setting sun, or flickering city lights seen through a frosted window.

Unlike long-form generative artists, who do not curate the outputs produced by their algorithms, Lieberman prefers to have more control. He works collaboratively with the generative system to explore the possibilities of his model in search of new and surprising results. When he sees something that captures the feeling or idea he hopes to express, he saves and exports it. “I not only make the system, but I am also documenting it. I feel like it’s my responsibility as an artist to make choices,” he says.