Hito Steyerl has created a two-part edition: a free unlimited digital download and a new limited edition print. The source for both editions is a found image of a woodcut print by Utamaro, which the artist has intentionally corrupted by embedding one of her written texts into the image’s source code. The downloadable code reveals this hidden text, from which it is possible to reconstruct the original jpeg image. The limited edition print is a further derivative of this text, printed with silver ink containing silicone; a component of semiconductors.

Instructions for digital edition:

1. Download the image source text (right-click and select ‘Save as’)
2. To display the image, change the file extension from ‘.txt’ to ‘.jpg’.
3. Open file in an image viewer application