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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.

where are we? why are we here?

From the digital art collection of Alexandra Crouwers: 'Ariel_Institute', published on the website of Belgian art magazine HART on April 4, 2022. In a fairly recent development, digital art can be traded and collected in editions through NFTs. Starting from her own digital artistic practice, Alexandra Crouwers is building up a collection of works both by established artists and anonymous creators. She highlights a new piece from that collection every month in this column.