
Achraf Touloub and Harm van den Dorpel
Like snowflakes, Harm van den Dorpel’s light exposure prints bear an organic geometry, internally harmonious and each one unique. Like snapshots, their patterns register moments in time, fixed in place by technological means. Van den Dorpel, an OG in Berlin’s cryptoart scene, makes software that gives way to colorful sets of nested squircles—see Blush Array II and Modular Mind (both 2022), their vibrant palettes and soft beveled edges recalling the gentle contours of a user interface.
Interspersed between them are delicate watercolor works by Achraf Touloub. At first glance purely analog, these