HERITAGE IN CODE: STUDYING HOW SYSTEMS RECORD HUMAN MEANING

 Disposable Materialism reimagines discarded objects as delicate, thought-provoking sculptures that ask viewers to reconsider the beauty hidden within the throwaway. Blending tactile textures with digital refinement, the project fuses physical materials including acrylic-painted canvas, textiles, wood, cardboard, and handmade papers with machine learning to give new form to what was once ignored.

Collected and preserved over more than 25 years, these textures form an archive of human touch. Through digital transformation, they are recontextualized as artifacts of memory rather than waste. In this hybrid process, Randy Kart challenges conventional ideas of worth, permanence, and consumption, offering a quiet critique of contemporary material culture.

More than a collection, Disposable Materialism is a meditation on transience, environmental consequence, and the narratives embedded in everyday objects. It asks what we discard, why we discard it, and what becomes visible when attention slows and perception deepens.

The work invites viewers to encounter the fragile beauty of the disposable, where material memory meets computational interpretation and the ephemeral is granted a new form of endurance.

METROPOLIS is an intriguing series of 108 unique Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) that intertwines digital artistry with geo-spatial exploration, created by Randy Kart. This project delves into the subjective human valuation of land, urging us to reconsider our perspectives on seemingly uniform terrains across the globe. 

Each NFT represents a distinct piece of the project and contains exclusive unlockable content. This content includes comprehensive narratives that provide deeper insights into the depicted terrain, enhancing the connection between the token holder and the artwork.

Through METROPOLIS, Randy Kart invites individuals to explore the diverse dimensions of human subjectivity and cultural background that shape our understanding and valuation of the physical world.

 Randy Kart’s Freedom of Information offers a journey into the essence of humanity, returning to the vivid landscape of childhood where imagination defined the limits of exploration. Using humble materials such as newspapers and bills, we once built airplanes and kites, each object a small act of invention and an expression of the unfettered spirit of youth, allowing raw, innocent information to catch the wind.

In contrast, today’s digital environment invites a deeper question. What does freedom mean when personal data, the marker of identity itself, exists in a state of constant exposure? The work draws a quiet line between playful creation and contemporary vulnerability, asking viewers to reconsider how information moves, who controls it, and what is lost when the boundary between expression and surveillance dissolves.