NOCTURNES (2021), recently created on Async Art and launched at CADAF Paris 2021. This represents one iteration of the three-layer moveable collage. Each layer has two states and may be collected as an NFT, as can the overall composition — aka the Master. The owners of each layer NFT may change it at any time, and these changes are reflected in the Master.

Introducing NOCTURNES at CADAF PARIS 2021— a dream come true

This week at CADAF Paris, I launch my first solo Async Art piece and show a selection of works from my life (so far) in cryptoart

Karen Frances Eng
7 min readJun 20, 2021

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The modern age doesn’t care about dreams, because there’s no money in them, and they’ve been pushed back somewhere to the periphery of the human psyche, which I consider an absolute devaluation of human life. …[I]t is only the fusion of dreams and reality that can make what is called a human life.”— Jan Švankmajer

This week, until 23 June, I’m exhibiting at CADAF Paris Digital Art Fair. I’ve also chosen this moment to debut NOCTURNES, my first solo programmable art piece on Async Art — an NFT platform that allows artists to create work that changes over time.

When CADAF invited me to exhibit, I decided it would be a perfect moment to pause and reflect on the results of my collision with the world of cryptoart and NFTs a year and a half ago.

Prior to my entry into cryptoart culture, the artwork I generated was already the byproduct of experimentation with various artmaking technologies and chance processes. Since then, it’s been a whirlwind time as I’ve navigated both my own creative evolution — getting to grips with my skills (I have a long list of what…

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Karen Frances Eng

organic unidirectional time machine // writer + artist // aka oculardelusion // karenfranceseng.com