The Second-Guess

Let me explain my "Weapons of Mass Distraction" series:

When I was in art school and saw a ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival poster, I remember thinking: if I ever make a film selected for it, I will know I’ve arrived. I think I still have a long way to go, but tonight I’m clinking glasses with my 20-year-old me – thanking her for never letting her dreams out of sight. Can’t wait to see my AI video work "Teenage Machines (wire me softly)" on the big screen in Berlin this summer. Thank you to the wonderful team at Haus für Poesie (house of poetry Berlin) for giving space to my work again, you have been such a light!

Claudia Hart is this year’s recipient of the ACM SIGGRAPH Distinguished Artist Award for Lifetime Achievement in Digital Art. 🏆
 Earlier today on the phone, she laughed and said: »We’ve been joking for years that once I turn 70 things will start to happen for me as an artist.« And it happened. First the museum retrospective, then the publication of her book »Patterns and Politics« together with Francisco Carolinum Linz, an exhibition at the Boijmans in Rotterdam, and now the SIGGRAPH Award. Past recipients include Lynn Hershman Leeson, Frieder Nake, and Tamiko Thiel.
 From the first time I met Claudia, she shared with me what it meant to be a female digital artist over the past decades. She laughs a lot when she tells her story: from not being allowed to watch TV for more than 30 minutes a day as a child, to losing her job as an editor at Artforum because she was too busy becoming a painter, to falling in love with decorative arts at 25, and from then on appropriating classical genres of art history.
 Like Hershman Leeson and the pioneers of early computer art, such as Herbert W. Franke, she experimented with new technologies to test their artistic potential. But unlike Franke and his contemporaries, she did not come from science but from art. Her motivation was therefore not scientific curiosity, but questions of identity and power. Who is visible, and why? Who is excluded, and why?
 Today, I asked Fräulein to publish one of our conversations online in full, originally intended for publication with them at a later point, so that you can read Claudia reflecting on what it means to struggle to become an artist and to receive recognition late in life. »When I look back at my life, I realize I was very open and willing to try new things, and willing also to be fluid, to go with the flow. Then as I grew older, I began to notice patterns. The secret, I think, is both to move with the flow and to stop at times to analyze and redirect.« – Claudia Hart

dear guest, will you? May 16 at @MovingImageNYC

gm ☁️ Expanded Taxonomy has now reached 50% sold across the collection. on our way to another sold out? Expanded-Taxonomy-01 — 8 ed. left / 20 xtz, TY @francis_ost 💍

Book Launch this Saturday! 1:30 ET 📖 📍 @MovingImageNYC followed by performance by Edgar Fabián Frías and a performance lecture by @madebyoona 🫦

✦ Frieze Week NYC ✦ Keep an eye on Art on Tezos events exploring digital art, code, virtual worlds, and online culture. 🗓 May 14 Code Chronicles V.2 at @bitforms gallery 🗓 May 16 Open Worlds: An Afternoon of Digital Art Encounters at @MovingImageNYC RSVP ↓

back to speaking at re:publica this year. when i thought it’d be a great idea to speak about failed utopias and possible futures, i didn’t expect the present to look this much like the past: trading cards, systems art, painful performances

❖ Top Weekly Sales ❖ 1 ‣ monogrid 1.1 CE #193, by @kimasendorf ⇢ now part of an anonymous collection; sold for 2,500 TEZ. 2 ‣ tr4ns4ctions #90, by @kimasendorf ⇢ now part of an anonymous collection; sold for 1,750 TEZ. 3 ‣ Ceria B. Teramore, by @francis_ost • curated by @_second_guess x @madebyoona. Part of As If It Were There exhibition. ⇢ now part of @Louis___M’s collection; sold for 1,500 TEZ. 4 ‣ 👽, by 📌🪱 ⇢ now part of an anonymous collection; sold for 1,000 TEZ. 5 ‣ Dragons #372, by @williamapan ⇢ now part of @NeonFungiTrip's collection; sold for 900 TEZ. 6 ‣ 👽, by 📌🪱 ⇢ now part of an anonymous collection; sold for 887 TEZ. 7 ‣ Dragons #500, by @williamapan ⇢ now part of Kpro’s collection; sold for 800 TEZ. ✳ Congrats to the artists and their collectors! ✳

GN A moment to show gratitude. @0009ine @Joso1x @yangwong @madebyoona Thanks for the constant support We are preparing some special things for you. 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚

GN Expanded-Taxonomy-03 is now SOLD OUT. TY 😭 @0009ine , @yangwong , @HegelArtCollect, @fiatfire and @DagieDee ❤️‍🔥

The magic of making poetry collectable. Thank you so much @postanika & @madebyoona & @Louis___M for making it happen. Super elated to know Ceria and her poem in your wonderful collection, Louis. »Ceria B. Teramore« from »Cache of a Deleted Girl«

New film🎞️ Happy to announce that my last AI short film "The Waters it came from" built from AI archival found footage is now available on @cifraworld

@DagieDee @eli_schein @saintsonso Word!

The cultural art narrative on Ethereum has been predominantly driven by collectors rather than artists. In contrast, Tezos, Bitcoin, and Solana are different stories, where artists are the ones leading the charge. This is also the reason why new artists often feel more comfortable minting on alternative chains outside of Ethereum. Therefore, I would argue that the opposite is actually true. Much of the truly exciting and groundbreaking digital art has emerged on Tezos, Solana, and BTC. Moreover, it seems that this trend will continue for the foreseeable future. If you overlook this, you’re likely to miss out on most of the exciting art being created right now.

Stating the “contemporary art world” in this instance is art stored on a particular chain is incredibly provincial and limiting. And frankly confusing for anyone not in the scene. This messaging drives me crazy as a chain agnostic enjoyer of great contemporary digital art.

what does it mean to take my picture? on your phone? who's image is it? mine, yours, or the museums? @MovingImageNYC x @artontezos_

GM So so close to a SOLD OUT ✝️ Expanded-Taxonomy-03 now has only 3 editions left — 20 tez.

Ceria B. Teramore is haunting Venice. I thought about what might happen to a female spirit after it is exorcised. I couldn’t stop thinking about Lynn Hershman Leeson’s Roberta Breitmore and how we could reframe haunting as hosting, as residing in another’s outline, as an act of feminist solidarity. Thank you, dear @kikanicolela for the image of her AR-body, half there, only visible via device.

In “Everything’s Computer,” Anika Meier samples 5 art practitioners who are responding to genAI by building avatars, ecosystems, and autonomous models – and blowing open the conceit that art’s value should rest on its makers’ signatures. Get your copy: shop.spikeartmagazine.com/products/issue…

✦ objkt weekly recap — highlights from our platform & beyond ✦ + Updates on objkt - new profile customization, themes, translated languages, refreshed explore pages, background images, profile hubs, and a new About tab designed to give artists and collectors more space to represent themselves. ✧ “Fragile Art in Motion” opened physically in Venice as part of the Biennale 2026 through @Cityxfoundation × @accomparts ✧ "As If It Were There" curation by @_second_guess × @madebyoona exploring presence and perception through AR works across Venice ! New article on objktor: ✧“Transiciones Latentes: About Curiosity And Play” written by @RaquelGaudard featuring @tamamoyre ! Releases on @bootloader_art you don’t want to miss ✧ Imagica by @kenzodabarra ✧ Kumo and Kumo 2.0 by @lammetje_nl ✧ B░U░R░N ▒ ▒ A▓D▓D▓R ░ ░ E S S by @AntiDesignr ✧ Hatchitecture by @MoriYuzan ✧ Top 5 creators, last 7 days: @kimasendorf @ex_mortal_ @lm_netwebs @quasimondo @maxcapacity ✧ Top 5 collectors: @basha_pixel @halving_fun @Louis___M @absurdeity @bre ✧ Open call results announced for the World Art Day merch initiative: congratulations, @sumeyrayucee @aethersovereign @zizzyza @0009ine @bubaviedma Look out for the merch drop soon. ✧ Collector of the Week: in the 44th edition, we chatted with @AndrewSmreker about curating with intention and long-term perspective. Next up: @Crip2DaX What caught your attention this week on objkt? ↓ More to come. Stay tuned. 📡 ▼ The GOLDEN DOME for AMERICA PERSONAL SHIELD, by @tamikothiel - AR experience in Venice. Curated by @_second_guess x @madebyoona, part of As If It Were There exhibition.

What if we reinterpret haunting as hosting as a form of resistance, as revolutionary female solidarity. Based on a poem I wrote reminiscing about Roberta Breitmore’s exorcised ghost (Lynn Hershman Leeson), I created a video work tracing what becomes of a female spirit after it loses its body. »Cache of a Deleted Girl« from »Cache of a Deleted Girl«