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The anarchist writer and poet Hakim Bey first coined the term Temporary Autonomous Zone ("TAZ") in 1991. Burning Man is a community driven TAZ where its participants temporarily liberate a space from state control and market forces for one week each year. Through decentralization, Blockchain technology achieves something similar, only more persistent. Unfortunately, unskillful habits from our crumbling default world have been carried over to the Blockchain. What lessons can be learned from Burning Man? How do we give one another permission to reinvent ourselves and practice both radical inclusion with others and radical self-expression with ourselves? Equally importantly, how do we reward immediacy while also investing the time and the care required to build equitable and ethical foundations for the future?

Full text of the manifesto of *the seed* drafted by Aether Cavendish (aka Aether Dada). This manifesto is minted as a companion piece to the eponymous visual poetry artwork created by Ariel Malka and minted by *the seed* on Teia/Objkt on this day, on the occasion of the zine reaching 500 followers on Twitter.

"Data Visualization Reinterpreted: The Story of Joy Division's 'Unknown Pleasures' Album Design" - Eric Klotz

We released the seeds at midday, following our best computer predictions, hoping against all odds that they'd travel far, re-seeding the earth, sowing a future for us. It was months since the fall, since that terrible moment containment failed; quarantine failed; humanity itself failed. We called it ‘The Last Days’—unoriginal, perhaps, but descriptive all the same–and shook our heads in despair at our hubris, at the price we'd paid. This would make it all right. Our computer model, proving we still had hope, that we'd make it all go away. The seeds would float on the wind, drifting into the tortured air, and carry with them new life. And we would live again.

Women of Iran, as I started writing the first edition of this article on Sept. 26, have been fighting and protesting in hundreds cities in Iran and around the world for days for their rights for freedom after 'Mahsa Amini' , An innocent 22 year-old woman, brutally was killed by morality Police in Tehran on Sept. 13, 2022, a week before her birthday. *100% mint and secondary sale of this article will be donated for these brave women.

In this article, I'll give a brief overview of creating my latest project, September: the inspiration behind it, the early development of the idea, and finalizing all the small details, while sharing lots of work-in-progress images along the way.

My first fx(text) article dedicated to development process of "ABANDONED TEMPLE 廃寺" drop

In this article, we will explore some unique and creative works that are still open for mint despite the passage of time.

A writer's manifesto or on writing a novel in public

All the stars, except the Sun, look like small white dots from here.

The creation of Immure, and the path it's forged.

An interview with art critic Kaloh, artists ilevi oivm (AluanWang), and Yi-Wen Lin (Wen). On September 22, 2022, BlockTrain invited 3 artists to discuss about generative art and interactive art.

A comprehensive compendium of questions and concepts for consideration during the creation, curation and coding of generative collections.

Chapter 1 from lankybile's as-yet-untitled novel.

The heart of an atom laid bare; an act of creation filling an expanding universe; an exaltation of planetary masses orbiting a central point. It's a matter of perspective and scale.

👋 fx(update) is a community newsletter bringing you platform updates, bug fixes, integrations, upcoming product releases, and more. This issue covers upgrades from our recent development cycle, a recap of Live Minting Experiences, new team hires, and a sneak peek at the fxhash 1-year anniversary plans.

In a world of war, habitat destruction, misogyny, poverty, and pandemics, it can be hard to maintain any equanimity. Everywhere we turn there is a politician or an influencer determined to keep each of us in a state of alarm to the benefit of their own status, power, and greed. And these pale in comparison to those actively and brutally imposing their will on others to the point of loss of life and liberty.

We know that generative art has a rich history, but what of generative music? It too shares a rich history, yet remains a passive subcomponent within generative arts, playing an auxiliary role, or even, occasionally, added to works as an afterthought. Yet I’ve found many examples -- on both Ethereum and Tezos -- where musical elements have become more of the primary focus. Join me as I rifle through some select choices, after offering a bit of history and context to it all.

Random walks are a significant area of study within mathematics, and various other scientific fields. They are used to model how particles travel, how stock prices move, how genetic drift occurs along with countless other applications. It could even be argued that random walks are a simplistic description of the chaotic nature of the universe. I have been interested in probabilities and statistics since an early age, and find the nature of random walks to be extremely interesting. More recently, I have become aware of how extensively I have been using random walks within my creative processes. This article is an overview of how I have used random walks of particles, shapes and colors in my generative art.

基本篩選條件為版次必須大於300以上、價格低於50tez，我會說明推薦與挑選的原因，一共分為三篇或更多，這是第二篇 (floor price lower than 30tez)

DIYFRAME is a web app by Andre Fuchs that lets you display fxhash, versum, objkt and teia NFTs on any screen for free. Learn more at diyframe.xyz