Ed Balloon.eth

Performance Art is art. I decided to go to Chile and worked with @NicolasGatica_ and many other creatives to make a body of work - I wanted to touch different mediums to express what art is and how art is being received today through the eyes of an artist -( will speak more on this later) I challenged myself to create this and I’m challenging myself again while putting this in a form that will be seen for all. I want to thank @WAPSHOP_ETH @nix_eth @lifeofc @GuyNorcal for collecting - mint is still open for this trailer -with a few left - link below

@NaiZeni Yeah - I’m sure - hell there are probably some already out

@Ed_Balloon Ed you could probably write a whole dissertation on this.

One question that has always been in my mind is how are black bodies perceived in art ? And why do I immediately feel activism when presenting mine in certain settings? So maybe that’s actually two questions lol

Even safe art can’t be the default forever right ?!

Funnnn I just minted Glitch Invaders from Zaharia_af via @manifoldxyz @1592984977/id/4073347312?utm_source=minted_tweet" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">manifold.xyz/@1592984977/id…

Hope to welcome in a new collector or two to this series soon! So far, 21 out of the 29 images in the series have been collected, with the total number always growing. This body of work will be photographed for decades to come.

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This isn’t some nazi shit, it’s rooted in racist American “white” culture. *White is in qoutes as that also a societal construct in America. Irish weren’t considered white for a very long time, neither were Italians, nor germans…

Peep those details! I'm always trying to toe that line between realism and cartoonish abstraction. The result usually ends up in that uncanny valley. 🚨 Auction ends in less than an hour! 🚨

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gm 200/222 minted My heart is full. Watching each piece eventually find its home has been incredibly rewarding. A year’s worth of experiments, breaking through the noise and connecting with people. ideas shared concepts explored conversations started thank you, sincerely 💬

still working on music videos

I refuse to let this piece get buried by the timeline. Is there a piece that you've seen and just can't get out of your head? Drop in a comment below to get it feature in next week's issue of the @TweakZine The Commuter I by @alsoguppyme_

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Shhh 🤫 Started a low reserve auction for "Left Beind" on SuperRare. See if you can steal it. Link 👇

Been quietly building a new version of the Global Pizza Party site for @Pizza_DAO and this is probably the most “internet joy” project I’ve worked on in a while. A living archive of our pizza parties around the world, stitched together with our global event database, community photo history, weird little interactions, bonus chaos, and a finale that honestly shouldn’t exist on a pizza website. What’s been exciting is how much of this was made possible through AI-native creative tooling. Used @Lovable to rapidly prototype and build the experience, @runwayml for generative video workflows, @GeminiApp for creative/image exploration, plus @OpenAI and @AnthropicAI throughout the process for iteration, systems thinking, debugging, copy, interaction ideas, and pushing the experience further than we could have traditionally scoped. This wasn’t about replacing creativity. It felt more like amplifying it. Smaller teams can now build things that feel surprisingly alive. Huge thank you to the @PizzaDAOCrew . These projects are becoming part of a much larger initiative we’re building around using AI to create more delight, participation, absurdity, generosity, and happiness on the internet. 🍕

I will clarify here as well, since the second part is a little ambiguous and honestly just a bit of a knee jerk response on my end, BUT - Mostly, I find it ironic that a meme card that funds the collecting of photography mints out, yet actual photographic meme cards from photographers fail to mint out. I’m grateful to have one of my analog photographs minted in the Memes, and I know many other photographers who feel the same, along with even more who would like a card under their name, however; this is to me, just a bit ironic and still net positive overall. That’s all.

@creatressart A star you are

To clarify, in the original post photo I'm lamp working making a pendant.. Now here's one of actual glassblowing of the orb in action🔥 Cooling a metal block with water to shape the molten glass bubble on the blowpipe 🫧 I’ll say being ambidextrous helps in this art form.