Released by
AoristStewarded Collection
Released by
AoristStewarded Collection
Released by Aorist on 19 November 2021. 6 works, 6 editions. Stewarded by Feral File: nobody at Feral File curated it, and the pages make no claim of authorship.
Aorist was a digital art platform that released work by Refik Anadol, Andrés Reisinger, Quayola, Joanie Lemercier, Nancy Baker Cahill, Auriea Harvey and others on the Algorand blockchain in 2021 and 2022, then stopped operating. In 2024 Feral File built a bridge from Algorand to Ethereum for Aorist's collectors, migrated the works, and took custody of the collection. The works are shown here as they were released: one entry per Aorist release, with its artist, its mint date and its Ethereum contract.
A stewarded collection is work Feral File stewards for an initiative that no longer operates. It is not a Feral File exhibition: nobody at Feral File curated it, and the pages make no claim of authorship. The record stays readable, the works stay viewable, and the collectors keep a place where their holdings can be seen. Each release is listed as it was released, and each work carries the Ethereum contract the collection was migrated to and the artist's own description where the token metadata preserved one.
The inventory comes from Aorist's own database, recovered by Feral File: 25 releases, 2,342 editions and 77 distinct works across 15 artists. The original media host is gone. The files shown here are the copies pinned to IPFS during the 2024 migration and served from Feral File's gateway; works whose files are still being restored are listed without a player.
Jonas Lund's Most Valuable Painting, released through Aorist in 2022, was completed as a Feral File exhibition in 2026 and has its own pages.
70 works by 13 artists across 22 releases, 1,573 editions, listed as stewarded collections.
Artist
Joanie LemercierLocationBrussels
Joanie Lemercier is a French visual artist and environmental activist whose work explores human perception through the manipulation of light in space. Working primarily with light projection and computer programming, Lemercier transforms the appearance of everyday objects and forms, bending reality to his imagination. His work transcends the flat surface, extending dimensionality through the interplay of light and shadow on materials such as wood, glass, paper, ceramics, textiles, and water. Lemercier was first introduced to the process of creating art on a computer at age five by attending classes on pattern design for fabrics that were taught by his mother. This early education grounded his interest in physical structures: geometry, patterns, and minimalist forms. As Lemercier’s work evolved, he began to explore these elements through the physics and philosophy of how light can be used to alter perceived reality.
Sphere in Open Platonic Solids smart contract (Ethereum, migrated from Algorand):