Demo. Marit Oslander is fictional and this art was generated by code. What is this?

Marit Oslander Painter
Tidal Ledger No. 3: demo art generated by code
Demo art, generated by code.
Opened without a tagThis is the public record, but nothing here shows that anyone is standing in front of the object. A plain tag or a saved link looks exactly like this.

Tidal Ledger No. 3

Marit Oslander, 2023

Medium
Demo art: generated by code, presented as acrylic on linen
Size
120 x 150 cm (notional)
Held by
Private collection

Six strata of pigment, laid down the way a shoreline keeps its accounts.

History

Entries can only be added. Each one seals the one before it, and the label says who is vouching for it, because a claim and a tap are different things.

  1. Finished in the studio

    Signed on the back, upper left.

    Artist's own statement Holder after this: Marit Oslander

    64d8ce3f241f2baf

  2. Tag sealed to the stretcher bar

    Record opened and bound to this tag's chip.

    Artist's own statement Holder after this: Marit Oslander

    b53e23d90ac51a44

  3. Shown in Low Water, Harbour Annex (fictional venue)

    Group show, eight weeks.

    Artist's own statement Holder after this: Marit Oslander

    c0aa2ae7ba0f8c29

  4. Handed over to a private collection

    Both sides agreed, and the buyer tapped the tag at handover.

    Confirmed by a tag tap Holder after this: Private collection

    332c043377a6d339

  5. Condition note added

    Hairline crack in the lower ground, stable. Filed by a fictional conservator at the holder's request.

    Holder's statement, with a fresh tag tap Holder after this: Private collection

    7e5669a26969add5

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