Jirka Pfahl

Brute Force is the first extensive catalogue about Jirka Pfahl?s series Faltungen (foldings).0Since 2013 the Leipzig based artist generates foldings ? sheets of paper that are ornamentally folded and cut what creates an image in relief that shows a unique array of reiterant rhomboid and pyramid shapes. The sustained repetition of geometrical shapes stems from a conceptual pattern, a kind of algorithm. The manual processing of the two-dimensional design, the digital image transforms it into a three-dimensional object. The process of cutting and folding is more than the mere execution of a predetermined algorithm; it should be understood as an active reflection on the concept.0The book shows results of first playful attempts of variation within his foldings up to experimentally generated NFT. In 2021 Pfahl together with the India based team of Flow (makemeflow?.com) headed by Harshit Jaiswal managed to transfer the calculation module of the foldings into a more open system. With this technique of block chain based authentification of digital files Jirka Pfahl?s work is expanded with an exciting medium of distribution and and examination in the field of original/?copy. Apart form the foldings the catalogue also features other significant works by the artist.