Bongdoe: Archivem, Glitch, and Beyond
September 26, 2025
From early experiments in collage to immersive worlds built in 3D, Bongdoe has steadily carved a place in digital art by blending nostalgia, glitch, and layered symbolism. His practice bridges past and future, pulling from 8-bit memories, contemporary myth, and the possibilities of NFTs, to create works that feel both timeless and distinctly of this cultural moment.
We sat down with him to talk about beginnings, building Archivem, embracing creative limits, and what might lie ahead.
Beginnings
“My passion for digital art began in high school, where I explored collage and drawing before discovering the possibilities of 3D creation, which has since become my primary focus,” Bongdoe recalls.
The leap into NFTs came in 2020, when Beeple’s landmark $69 million Christie’s sale reframed the conversation around digital ownership. “That moment marked a turning point, inspiring me to explore this emerging field,” he explains. By mid-2021, he was minting his own works, turning a long-held ambition of sharing art digitally with a global audience into reality.
For Bongdoe, digital art isn’t just a medium. It’s “the realization of a vision I have nurtured since my early years, a way to connect creativity with technology while contributing to the evolving landscape of contemporary art.”
Archivem: Preserving Memory Through 8-Bit
Archivem, one of his signature projects, reimagines the retro visual language of the 1980s. It’s a world born from fascination with pixel art, rebuilt through 3D forms. “The project reimagines that era through 3D, serving as a space where memories and fragments of the past are carefully preserved.”
Working with a limited three-color palette has become a defining discipline. Rather than restriction, it’s a source of creativity: “What might first appear as a constraint transforms into a challenge that drives creativity. By exploring how just three colors can be combined to form balanced and compelling compositions, I aim to evoke both nostalgia and new ways of seeing.”
The Language of Glitch
Much of Bongdoe’s practice is rooted in glitch, a bold, surreal aesthetic loaded with symbolism. But arriving at that language was less about certainty than searching. “My practice began as an experiment, a search for new ways of creating art,” he admits.
The cycle of repetition in his style has at times felt isolating, yet he sees it as essential: “Through this repetition I discover meaning, and in time I hope to transform these limitations into a path of growth, allowing my art to evolve into new and stronger forms.”
Midrange Hawkings: Burning Toward Revelation
One of his most striking experiments is the Midrange Hawkings series, where collectors needed to burn three pieces to unlock the full artwork. “My goal was to design an experience that felt truly unique,” Bongdoe says.
The narrative leaned into dystopian myth: the Statue of Liberty as hope, Baby Fire as provocation, John Doe as anarchy. Together they converged into a single chaotic, symbolic work. “Each element within the work carries symbolic weight… Together, these three forces converge to form the chaos that defines the fully realized piece.”
What Comes Next
For the moment, the future remains an open question, an invitation rather than a plan. “I do not have a fixed plan yet, as I am still exploring and practicing new directions for my upcoming projects.”
That said, Bongdoe is already thinking about cinematic horizons. “As a personal challenge, I am working on creating something closer to a short film, an artwork that moves beyond a simple looped video. My most recent piece was an experiment in composition, where animation becomes a form of storytelling rather than repetition.”
In other words, the next chapter could be even more expansive, a merging of film, glitch, and memory, carrying his singular language further into the future.
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