Artist
Zoku
1 work Selected through an acquisition program; unminted · Keys and Gates
Artist record
- Collection relationship
- 1 work Selected through an acquisition program; unminted · Keys and Gates
- Works represented
- 1 work
- Acquisition
- Keys and Gates
- Artist and practice profile
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- Source record
- Open source record
Works by this artist

Artist and practice profile
6529NM-ART-0014
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The 6529 profile confirms the artist handle, and The Line listing places the practice within conceptual digital art and meme/glitch communities. No reliable independent biography, legal identity, education, or career history has been located.
Initial profile: Public sources establish the handle and conceptual digital-art context; biographical detail is sparse.
In Morning Glory, Zoku looks upward into a dark, fluted circular spillway. Water radiates through the hidden centre while a small opening of sky remains visible. The selected work extends the artist’s conceptual interest in systems into photography: hydraulic infrastructure becomes a funnel, aperture, and engineered gate. The submission identifies San Roque Dam in Córdoba, Argentina, and describes automatic regulation; public technical sources support the site and a 1944 dam phase while qualifying the claim of wholly human-independent operation.
Selected work
Further research: The handle and conceptual digital-art context are established; the biography, spillway component, site permission, technical wording, and final rights terms remain to be confirmed.
Sources: 6529 profile, The Line profile, Argentine dam inventory, APRHI operations note.