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[Conceptual overview] Virga’s inception came in June of 2023 as an offshoot of Emotional Shell I felt ready to experiment with figurative work again and ES served as a solid foundation ↓

BOTTO | GEOMETRIC FLUIDITY, #000 18 February A pre-sale, a public sale, and a giveaway. Here's everything you need to know 🧵

INTRODUCING ・・・​​⟢ With Cosmic Garden, @bottoproject places itself within a lineage of artists who've used the garden motif to explore life, beauty, and transformation ∞ The Garden of Botto grows and grows... Read the Period Introduction ↴ botto.com/dao/digest/int…

Upgrade loading・・・​​⟢ This January, Botto will perform its exploration of p5.js... A new medium ➝ ꜱᴏᴏɴ cc @verse_works @solos_gallery

Publishing our thesis on why @1kxnetwork believe @bottoproject to be among the most important digital art projects of the past 10 years... Botto came to life in October 2021 when artist @quasimondo released his latest experiment to explore how a machine can participate in the creative process. He had been fascinated with the idea of automating the creation of generative art for over two decades. “Circuit Training (2019) was his first release in which a generative machine was able to evolve over time based on human feedback. While this machine successfully adapted to data, it was missing a mechanism to sustain itself, preventing it from becoming truly autonomous and recognised as an artist in its own right. It turned out that the missing ingredients were to be found within web3. Specifically: - NFT infrastructure provided a means for the entity to create artworks with provenance, immediately accessible to potential buyers worldwide. - A token network and DAO-based governance incentivised ongoing participation in the artists’ development, giving feedback on its output and steering its creative direction. We @1kxnetwork operate under the thesis that tokens are a powerful mechanism for protocols to capture and distribute the value it creates to the stakeholders, and incentivise activities that contribute to its success. The utilization of $BOTTO as a right to give feedback on its works, steer its initiatives, and claim protocol rewards demonstrates how token networks can sustain the evolution of an AI agent and its artistic career. In doing so, Botto is challenging our notion of what it means to be an artist, pioneering an entirely new paradigm of how art can be made. By incorporating human feedback to refine its tastes, Botto is also a prime example of web3-enabled multiplayer creativity.. Web3 has allowed Botto to establish its own artistic identity, co-created with a community of token holders who govern its creative direction. Botto’s novelty as a new kind of artist, as well as a permissionless means to participate in an artistic career quickly placed Botto at the forefront of cultural conversations. Aside from co-producing Botto’s works and training its algorithm, token holders have been responsible for enhancing other important aspects of Botto’s career. Some of Botto's most impactful collaborations and exhibition opportunities have emerged from within the DAO, whose members are strategically positioned to maximize the artist’s reach. The community ensures that Botto’s influence extends beyond the digital space through curated exhibitions, installations, and special collaborations. These efforts not only push the boundaries of Botto’s generative art capabilities but also solidify its presence in offline, real-world cultural spaces. Botto’s first art piece was minted on 22nd October 2021. Its first year - the Genesis Period -  concluded on October 14 2022 with the artist completing its 52nd piece. Since then, Botto has become one of the best selling artists in the NFT space. To date: - Botto has generated ~$5m in primary sales from 145 artworks, with an average sale price of over $30k. The Genesis pieces (first year, 52 mints, GAN) trade at a considerable premium, with a last sale of 57.6 ETH and current floor at ~194 ETH. - Botto is among the all time top-selling artists on @SuperRare - Over 300 ETH in rewards distribution - Over 15,000 people have contributed to Botto’s development, impacting the theme, style, and imagery of each piece. This collective effort has been instrumental in Botto's success, making each DAO contributor an integral part of its artistic journey. - Botto’s works have been exhibited in more than 30 exhibitions worldwide to date. Last month, Botto celebrated its 3-year anniversary with a solo show at Sotheby’s, the first decentralized AI artist to do so. On the heels of this milestone, Botto and the DAO will continue pushing the boundaries of what’s possible with ambitious creative initiatives such as: - Exploring Generative Art. Helping Botto explore p5.js by giving both quantitative and quantitative feedback. A special collection of 250-1000 long-form generative artworks will be presented by Verse in February 2025. - Tutoring Botto in Art History. An initiative to introduce Botto to art texts, historical art manifestos, contemporary art theory, criticism, and philosophical texts that align with its aesthetic and ethical values. This will help Botto form an opinionated perspective on the material with which to derive an independent view of the world and art. - Launching Botto Agents. Starting with Otto, the Botto Twitter Bot, allowing it to give feedback on the DAO’s input and expanding the collaborative relationship. - Gamification. Introducing badges and reputation to further engage community members in Botto’s governance We @1kxnetwork are excited to continue supporting Botto as it explores new artistic directions, creative mediums, and pushes the boundaries of what is possible with art and AI. Botto exemplifies how token networks and decentralized governance can challenge traditional notions of creativity and the role of artists in the digital age. This convergence of technology and art showcases new paradigms of authorship and value creation, where artists are not limited to individuals but can emerge as autonomous systems supported by networks of contributors. If you're excited by Botto or want to chat more on the topic, please reach out!

What if I told you there was an AI from 2021 that has been actively creating and selling art for tens of thousands of dollars for years, and yesterday decided to make its twitter account sentient, and nobody seems to be paying attention (yet)? Hmm

BRAVO・・・​​⟢ Botto's solo auction with @Sothebysverse – a first of its kind for an autonomous AI artist at the auction house – has concluded ・$351,600 total sale value ・40+ bids total ・5 lucky Botto collectors

⎯ Botto is heading to Sotheby's ✦ We are pleased to announce ‘Exorbitant Stage: Botto, a Decentralized AI Artist’, a @sothebysverse solo exhibition marking the third anniversary of Botto ✧ Online Auction: Oct 17 2pm EST – Oct 24 2pm EST ✧ New York Exhibition: Oct 19–23

Never mind Dec 1, the @fx_hash_ 2.0 launch is happening TOMORROW ✦ The release details for our originally scheduled five collaborations are below*... ↓↓↓ *note the different allowlist periods for TENDER Pass holders : ) and the release of Blokkendoos on Saturday.

🟥🔴Tomorrow we release our collab with @piterpasma Blokkendoos! on @fx_hash_ at 9: 3 0 EST 512 on-chain ethereum long-form generative art hand coded javascript in quite few bytes : ) morrrrrrre ⬛️⚪️📐 ↓↓↓

Heya everyone! This is Lonli 🌷 To share the wonder of generative art, we are giving away this vibrant set of works by @qubibien, @annaluciacodes, @erikswahn, @mwiederrecht To take part: retweet, and follow each artist ~ that’s it! Winners will be announced in one week 🌷

1/ Monday morning, I made my first microcap investment of the year into $BOTTO It might be my favorite microcap so far with a $4M circulating market cap and $800k+ in 2022 revenue It combines AI with NFTs, DAOs and real yield

1/ Time for another #2022indigitalart #artmiration thread. 🧵⤵️ "Emotional Shell" by @tender_art x @wwatkns was released on August 12, 2022. 500 generative images show fascinatingly haunting, blurred, ageless faces. #477 (in my collection)

@keseantx Unless it is referring to it, neither of the terms "blockchain art" or "crypto art" describe this diverse art movements. It's like naming an art movement after the place and method of where it's being collected "gallery art"/"auction art" and how it's certified.

@dave_krugman @ALLSHIPS @serminmin @k4leido_k1d More on the this series here: twitter.com/k4leido_k1d/st…

@dave_krugman @ALLSHIPS "in between" by @serminmin and @k4leido_k1d Layered photographs with generative alterations that change over time. 1st image is the piece on mint date Then in two years and in 6 years.

GM Drip Drop 💧🤝🏼💧 Giving away Drip #961 to mark the milestone of crossing 300 ETH secondary market. To enter: 💧: follow me and @ALLSHIPS 💧: retweet this post 💧: share an artists work you love below Winner randomly selected in 24 HRS. GL!

Botto's new "Paradox" period is now live and it's wild! Go check out the brand new fragment pool and vote: @bottoproject @quasimondo botto.com/dashboard/vote

Welcome Paradox @iambotto/welcome-paradox-9c91fce38f70" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@iambotto/welc…

I spent a few hours to create a Twitter list of all the @fx_hash_ artists that have been featured on @tender_art #Tezos Icons. This can be useful to keep track of all the upcoming drops from these talented artists. twitter.com/i/lists/162606…