COLLECTOR’S CHOICE - Change of Basis by Kjetil Golid

Change of Basis by Kjetil Golid builds on the artist’s ongoing exploration of algorithmic partitioning, using previous experiments and transforming them into three-dimensional subdivided cubes. The series, consisting of eight works—four in color and four in monochrome—showcases precise, architectural arrangements with contrasting colors and almost moving patterns.

Change of Basis A1, 2023 by Kjetil Golid

Golid is a generative artist and system developer from Norway. With a background in system development, data analysis, graphic design, and mathematical logic, he uses algorithms and data structures to create generative art. After discovering Processing, Golid began exploring ways to turn algorithms and frameworks into visual forms. He builds visually complex works from minimal inputs, always emphasizing the underlying order.

His art often uses the element of the cube. This form has appeared throughout art history as a symbol of structure, order, and spatial exploration, from early modernist painting to contemporary and conceptual art. The conceptual artist Sol LeWitt, for example, systematically generated all possible incomplete open cubes, creating many unique structures. @kGolid, in a similar approach, uses cubes, squares, and rectangles to explore construction and deconstruction, order, and variation, showing how many different results can emerge from a simple set of rules.

Incomplete Open Cubes, 1974 by Sol Lewitt

One of Golid’s most recognized projects using this approach is Archetype, launched on Art Blocks in 2021. It began with an algorithm to partition rectangles into smaller rectangles. Over time, Golid refined the visuals, creating works where repetitive patterns appear within a complex and unpredictable structure. This method highlights a sense of order within apparent chaos. A selection of works was showcased on the ZKM Cube in 2021.

Archetype #255, 2021 by Kjetil Golid

His 2023 series, Change of Basis, continues this earlier partitioning algorithms by starting from a two-dimensional structural pattern, then slicing it diagonally in three dimensions to create dynamic, gradient-like cross-sections and cathedral-like forms. Despite the strict geometry, the use of color and playful lines softens the artwork.

The series reflects influences from Moebius’ science fiction illustrations and Pushwagner’s perspective techniques. It consists of eight pieces: four works (Series A) are colorful, while four pieces (Series B) are in monochrome. One work was first showcased at our Node to Node Art Salon in Paris in 2023.

Golid’s work can be found in collections such as curatedxyz, VincentVanDough, DCinvestor, and many more.

Change of Basis B1, 2023 by Kjetil Golid

Change of Basis A2, 2023 by Kjetil Golid