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FxText has just launched the latest contract upgrade which has enabled marketplace features for ARTKLs. This is a free mint for all to enjoy.

Four events in the summer of 2022 placed fxhash-based generative art in the spotlight, putting the relationship between the legacy art world and generative art community into focus. While large legacy art world institutions (Art Basel, Sotheby's, Christie's) have begun embracing on-chain generative art, the dealer sector remains skeptical. How can a bridge of appreciation be built between these worlds to ensure an inclusive future of creativity?

A companion piece to episode 36 of our weekly podcast. Follow along while you listen to the show, and consider purchasing this article to help support the show!

My view on where we are now and where we are going with the gen art movement...

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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.

Breeding Grounds is inspired by the assumption that both the brain and the cosmic web are very similar in structural design. This can also be found in many other subsystems of the universe, such as Social Networks or molecular clouds. Thereby either biological or physical factors play a role and influence these systems in a certain way which leads to these similarities. Breeding Grounds should not be another fractal algorithm, but more an abstract idea of the topic. Especially since a distinction must be made between fractal systems (self-similar) and those described above (not self-similar). Fractal systems are an important component of the universe, therefore I didn't want to leave them unmentioned at least in a lyrical way.

The xDeads are 11x11 interactive pixel art collectible characters, generated algorithmically on-chain with proof of ownership stored on the Tezos blockchain. It’s one of the first collections of generative PFP’s based on Hydra, and implemented using p5.js and createloop libraries.

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.

I originally published this article on Medium, December 14, 2021. During that time, the floor price was below 5 tez, so I released my spotlight on BINGO under the title "fx(hash) undercurrents". For today's BINGO first anniversary, I'm bringing this article "home" to fx(hash). I hope you enjoy reading it.

A gallery of the public domain art used in Ceremony, a #cc0 project by Jeres celebrating #fxhashturnsone.

WTBS is celebrating a year of fxhash with platform founder, and returning guest, ciphrd. Join us as we look back at the 1.0 features, talk about the greater market, and look ahead at what's to come in year two. Interested in fx(params), consumable tokens, and the future of live events? Read the interview below to learn more and, as always, collecting this article is one of the best ways to support the show!

Is this it?

2022 is about to end, so we are Signing the Year by reviewing the highs and lows of fx(hash), our personal top 10 projects, and a healthy dose of introspection about making the show. This one gets meta folks, hope you enjoy the candid conversation about our journey creating content for an entire year, and what we are looking forward to in 2023. Thank you as always to everyone who has taken the time to listen and support the show, we definitely would not have kept with it without your friendship and encouragement.

The first space pixel collective project.

TGAM turns one and what a year has been. On the 31th of December 2021, a group of developers and engineers started "The Generative Art Museum", a project dedicated to spread the word about generative art. At that time, generative art was pretty much unknown. Our mission: to change that.

A selection of some of my favorite outputs from my generative art collection The Artifact.

Generative editable posters

Another discussion-heavy episode this week. It's impossible to avoid the conversation around creator royalties and what platforms like Blur are doing to the Ethereum ecosystem. While art seems to be somewhat insulated (especially here on Tezos) we need to prepare ourselves for the inevitability of "royalty optional" trading in the future.

Since I was a kid, the theories about the origin of The Universe have fascinated me. My friends and I released The Big Bang as our genesis collection in Emergent Properties, as a way to express the big plans we had for the platform. Since then, the idea of creating "The Cosmic Soup" has been built-in my brain. Still, it's hard to tell if I found the soup recipe or if it was the recipe the one who found me. Let me explain why.

A one-week deadline sparks inspiration.