216x216x5 pixels, 2 colors, 513 frames, 2025

Celestial VIII

'seeds' is a series of animations created through improvised pixel drawing. Each piece begins with a single pixel placed randomly on the canvas and grows frame by frame without automation, programming, or predetermined structure. Drawing remains raw and intuitive. Distortions caused by rotations and resizings are embraced, allowing traditionally unwanted artifacts to guide the development of the following frames. Each animation follows a continuous cycle of transformation, expanding outward from a single "seed" pixel and deliberately returning to the original point. The form is reminiscent of an improvised jazz solo that drifts, distorts, and eventually returns to the head. The series reflects a process where intuition, error, and chance shape the narrative.

seed_124107 is the first piece in the series.

270×270×4 pixels, 668 frames, 2 colors, loop, 2025

seed_124107

A static framework inspired by circuitry, animated through color cycling to create the illusion of endless internal motion.

270×270×4 pixels, 17 colors, 30 frames, 2025

Motherboard Complex

An abstract machine animated through color cycling—simulating motion by altering palette values rather than pixel position. Part of my long-running series on self-contained, functionless mechanisms.

270×270×4 pixels, 9 colors, 8 frames, 2025

Perpetual Stillness Machine

216x216x5 pixels, 2 colors, 93 frames, 2025

Celestial XI

216x216x5 pixels, 2 colors, 403 frames, 2025

Celestial X

216x216x5 pixels, 2 colors, 217 frames, 2025

Celestial IX

216x216x5 pixels, 2 colors, 88 frames, 2025

Celestial VII

216x216x5 pixels, 2 colors, 177 frames, 2025

Celestial VI

216x216x5 pixels, 2 colors, 503 frames, 2025

Celestial V

216x216x5 pixels, 2 colors, 113 frames, 2025

Celestial IV

216x216x5 pixels, 2 colors, 94 frames, 2025

Celestial III

216x216x5 pixels, 2 colors, 213 frames, 2025

Celestial II

216x216x5 pixels, 2 colors, 214 frames, 2025

Celestial I

Pattern Cycling 9
270x270x4 pixels, 2 colors, 200 frames, 2025

PC-9

216x216x5 pixels, 2 colors, 217 frames, 2024

IL_III

216x216x5 pixels, 2 colors, 76 frames, 2024

IL_II

216x216x5 pixels, 2 colors, 156 frames, 2024

IL_I

Pattern Cycling 8
270x270x4 pixels, 2 colors, 64 frames, 2024

PC-8

Kerim Safa 
MoMI x Tezos Community Curation Sticker, 2024
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From September 12th to 22nd, Museum of the Moving Image, in partnership with the Tezos Foundation, held a community vote to select artists for their 50ft Schlosser Media Wall. As a gesture of appreciation for participating in the curatorial process, voters who provided a Tezos wallet address were airdropped a commemorative sticker, featuring one of the ten artists. The stickers were distributed pseudorandomly in equal edition sizes.

Shortlisted artists included: Anna Malina, Ceren Su, Kerim Safa, Linda Dounia, Marcelo Soria Rodriguez, Martina Menegon, Maya Man, Rodell Warner, Sara Ridgely and Travess Smalley.

MoMI x Tezos Community Curation Sticker

Pattern Cycling 7
270x270x4 pixels, 2 colors, 64 frames, 2024

PC-7

Pattern Cycling 6
270x270x4 pixels, 2 colors, 32 frames, 2024

PC-6

384x216x5 pixels, 2 colors, 36 frames, 2024

Wind

"Earth" is a digital animation inspired by the seven layers of our planet, distinguished by their compositional and mechanical properties. It utilizes evolving dithering patterns to visually represent the transition from the inner core to the crust. Designed specifically for a round screen, the animation is an ode to the structured complexity of Earth's geological strata.

270x270x4 pixels, 2 colors, 624 frames, 2024

Earth

1080x1080 pixels, 2 colors, 166 frames, 2024

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