Introduction
The work enumerates black-and-white combinations on a 32-by-32 grid. Rhizome dates its inception to 1997; a separate 2005 description timestamp is not the work’s origin.
RESEARCH ACCOUNT
Every Icon: enumerating possible images
ANTI-AI ARCHIVE · Revised 2026-10-03
Work and historical context
This entry for John F. Simon Jr. is dated 1997, under the original title Every Icon. Year-level dating; the original program was not executed or its full combination space enumerated.
Section sources: Every Icon — Rhizome ArtBase
Process and material
The work enumerates black-and-white combinations on a 32-by-32 grid. Rhizome dates its inception to 1997; a separate 2005 description timestamp is not the work’s origin.
Section sources: Every Icon — Rhizome ArtBase
Viewing the work and its documentation
Observe Every Icon’s slowly changing grid and consider how a finite combinatorial space can exceed a human viewing lifetime. The work’s question is more revealing than waiting for the program to display every possible image.
Section sources: Every Icon — Rhizome ArtBase
Art-historical significance and comparison
Editorial interpretation: A finite rule faces a combinatorial space beyond human viewing time. This tension invites comparison with long-form generation while remaining distinct from random sampling.
Section sources: Every Icon — Rhizome ArtBase
Sources for this account
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Year-level dating; the original program was not executed or its full combination space enumerated. The account and translation are AI-assisted, pending independent human review. Section references identify evidence without claiming independent verification of every historical statement.
Continue with a comparative question
A finite rule faces a combinatorial space beyond human viewing time. This tension invites comparison with long-form generation while remaining distinct from random sampling.
Compare rules, versions, materials or participation; the nature of the connection follows the sources for each entry.
Dates & version record
Date displayed for this node: 1997 · Historical date recorded for the source: 1997
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Original sources & further reading
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Every Icon
https://artbase.rhizome.org/wiki/Q2428
Current cited URL
Year-level dating; the original program was not executed or its full combination space enumerated.
Provenance, translation & verification
Archive node #061 · Generative-art expansion: artists, works and execution
Research materials & supplement references · 1
Expanded register of generative artists and crypto ecosystems · Read work statement and historical date fields; code not independently executed. · 046
Date as recorded: 1997
Every Icon — Rhizome ArtBase ↗
Every Icon — Rhizome ArtBase
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ANTI-AI ARCHIVE. Every Icon: enumerating possible images. Art-history node #061. https://salondesrefuses.cn/en/art-history/300
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