Still Image Award Winner 2023

JPEG FROM A VERNACULAR OF FILE FORMATS, (2009 - 2010), 2023 REVISITATION WITH HIDDEN MESSAGE IN DCT.

Rosa Menkman (Netherlands)

Artwork description

For this JPEG, specifically created in response to the 30 all male, Sotheby's “Glitch-Ism” auction, which used a portrait of the Vernacular of File Formats in their promotional material, I combined two existing pieces: A Vernacular of File Formats (2010) and DCT (2015). I selected my JPEG portrait from A Vernacular of File Formats as the source image for this piece, onto which I embedded a secret message using DCT Encryption.

The encrypted message in this new work reads:

"The true value of a work of art

extends beyond its market,

enwrapping both its cultural and historic significance."