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I think about this sequence a lot

Monet in bed, post-cataract surgery, 1923

@SHL0MS @RogerDickerman @mccoyspace @eli_schein all doable with an animation_url that points to a site that interacts with a private db no?

@RogerDickerman @mccoyspace @eli_schein i want to be able to do something like compress a large amount of data across various file formats into the weights of a multimodal deterministic model so that what is being stored is not a single file but a broad queryable context

Provenance. The @SHL0MS performance is a reminder of its power. It is a reminder of the original premise of an NFT. Are we so back? Maybe.

@SHL0MS @Asmongold timestamp?

'inferior image' is live on @Asmongold rn

I'm shocked at how naturally my mind tends to autocomplete empty message bubbles with imaginary content and personal experiences

@DlSPUTED I feel so tempted to ask for a play feature of some kind

@DlSPUTED It's elegant

If anyone would like to create their own Schematic Scores, i've put the generator on my site to play with. would love to see what anyone creates : ) feel free to share outputs. link below.

@tomoishome many many many bubbles

Generative conversations

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Save the date for May 29 at 6:30pm. Be here in Montreal or be square. You are cordially invited to a cozy apartment MEETUP hosted by myself and @vncntxyz to discuss all things Hermes Agent, everyone's favourite autonomous agent. We'll also be celebrating the end of May and welcome the arrival of another lovely month of June in this city, so bring your good energy and excellent vibes! Food, (maple) water and merch to be served. We know you love Nous merch! Generously sponsored by @NousResearch and Maple3 water. There is a 30 people max capacity, so you MUST sign up below in this specific form and let us know you'll be there to confirm so we can add you to the invite list and do the head count. Tell us what you would like for us to discuss too! cc @gradyacc docs.google.com/forms/d/1XoVEu…

@Rhynotic same same

(this is an emulator)

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@Pennovator Good list, thank you for the s/o and the kind words!

The current generative art landscape feels far more mature than previous NFT cycles. Many upcoming releases are moving away from novelty-driven visuals and focusing instead on atmosphere, authored systems, emotional identity, and long-term artistic coherence. A few upcoming projects I’m watching closely 👇🧵 1. Geophylla — @ENICOLL 📍 Art Blocks 📅 May 13 🧩 Supply: 256 💰 Mint: 0.018 ETH "Metallic flower-like structures are built from stacked petal layers, each with randomized geometry and colour drawn from mineral-inspired palettes". Emily Nicoll continues building one of the strongest atmospheric visual languages in generative art. x.com/ENICOLL 2. Rain Blooms —@KZ_LAB_E 📍 Art Blocks 📅 May 21 🧩 Supply: 128 💰 Mint: 0.0437 ETH One of the cleanest upcoming Art Blocks releases. Procedural rainfall, floral rhythm, and atmospheric repetition translated into calm generative compositions. x.com/KZ_LAB_E/statu… 3. “the world is violent enough” — @bagdelete 📅 May 19 🧩 333 editions 📍 Fellowship Trust + OpenSea Glitch-heavy emotional abstraction and fragmented digital textures that feel intentionally unstable and psychologically charged. x.com/bagdelete 4. Please Respond — @shape 📅 Daily 🧩 50 editions per artist 📍 Shape 💰 Mint: 0.07 ETH An ongoing series by various artists on Shape exploring interaction, digital presence, and community-driven computational creativity through onchain systems. x.com/shape 5. No Notice — @m0dest___ Ongoing collaborations with multiple artists while exploring dark fragmented procedural aesthetics and compressed computational textures. x.com/m0dest___ 6. Phigures — @gruffwashere 📍 phigures.art ⚡ Interactive generative system A playful procedural character ecosystem with live algorithmic generation already available publicly. x.com/gruffwashere 7. The Beaks @thebeaksart Traditional painting aesthetics translated into surreal digital creature systems. Already developing a highly recognizable visual identity. x.com/thebeaksart 8. NuclearSamurai @nuclearsamurai Cybernetic abstraction and futuristic layered procedural systems with strong atmospheric identity. x.com/nuclearsamurai 9. GLiFS —@EfdotStudio 📅 June 3 📍 Transient Labs + OpenSea Maps, geometry, urban systems, and cartographic abstraction transformed into vibrant procedural rhythm. x.com/EfdotStudio 10. Melancholia — @figure31 🧩 24 on-chain ASCII compositions 💰 0.025 ETH Minimal computational systems proving restraint can still feel emotionally powerful. x.com/figure31 11. Mechanical Drawing — @jeffgdavis 📍 Art Blocks A refined exploration of computational drafting, geometric precision, and procedural line systems. The project feels like architectural drawing translated through generative logic. x.com/jeffgdavis/sta… 12. “Angel” — @dan_fraser_ Fraser 📅 May 22 Graphic experimentation mixed with procedural structure and tactile visual systems. x.com/dan_fraser_ 13. The Swiss Collector @thecollectoreye 📅 Debut collection coming soon One of the more interesting collector-to-creator transitions happening right now. x.com/thecollectoreye 14. Ciphrd @ciphrd Still one of the most recognizable aesthetics in generative art. Recent previews suggest another layered futuristic geometry system in development. x.com/ciphrd 15. Starlight — The Frequency of Folklore @nygi_xxv A visually atmospheric project blending folklore, mythology, and procedural storytelling into immersive digital symbolism. x.com/nygi_xxv/statu… What am I missing?🤔 Drop yours.................... #GenerativeArt #ArtBlocks #NFTArt #DigitalArt #NFTDrops #CreativeCode

the protocol of the mind

“Protocol art, by making the left hemisphere’s operations and logic into systems for artmaking, makes them knowable, digestible. Worldbuilding reaches for the right hemisphere, prizing the daydream, context and ambiguity, savoring contradictory perspectives. These art forms help us recognize that reality itself for humans and many animals is a constant navigation between an opaque world and protocol in our very minds.” I enjoyed this read

@0x0000G @matdryhurst i'm summoning pierre huyghe for this one

@matdryhurst perhaps we need an exhibition of digital art without screens

This is correct although important caveat being this is a very particular year. The Arsenale was curated within an explicitly non digital framework - there were a bunch of shows (Jenna Sutela/ Eva and Franco Mattes /LAS/ Vatican Pavilion/ Canicula) as well as the ones aforementioned that are digital native, not to mention the blockbuster Abramovic show which has many digital elements. The misgiving is that contemporary art is going to eschew conceptual/mixed media practices in favor of screens on a wall, which would be as limited as only having paintings on a wall. Pretty much all the shows I’ve seen have a positive reception are from people who work digitally in some capacity but aren’t solely defined by that tangential detail, and I think that’ll remain the norm

@vernissagetv Thank you! cc: @matdryhurst

@figure31 It's online now: vernissage.tv/2026/05/11/str…

Update to what's coming soon from Venice: Li Yi-Fan: Screen Melancholy (incl. interview with Li Yi-Fan and curator Raphael Fonseca, and performance by Eunju Hong in collaboration with Isu Kim Lee / Tadeusz Kantor (1915–1990): Emballage, Cricotage and Madame Jarema / Alighiero Boetti at SMAC Venice / Pavilions of Mongolia, Argentina, Israel, Turkey, India, Oman, Latvia, and Saudi Arabia.

You can context-dump all of your project files to an AI (contract, frontend, gen algo, text, etc.). A machine has a different view, if not a more encompassing one, although lifeless(?). The human experience of a digital artwork is often a post on the TL + a website scroll.

Is it so impossible to imagine that for digitally native artworks of a certain complexity, machines (LLMs) may be better suited to understand and respond to them vs humans?

@0x0000G That being said, I wish we had a more established/standardized way to have a backup source in all contracts for the owner of a token. Yours + Yigit's is a good step in that direction.

@figure31 I figured so, and indeed it is a strong angle. When you lose physicality then it doesn’t really matter what is the original, or the image at all. The point of mine. My update mechanism is to prevent abuse, your is to test it - more artistically interesting.

New work: MELANCHOLIA melancholia.figure31.com A dynamic drawing system of 24 brittle on-chain ASCII compositions that reappropriates a curated selection of historical prints. 0.025 ETH each on Ethereum mainnet

Gideon Saint, Scrapbook of Drawings and Prints, 1760.