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From the Front Lines of Art Blocks Anonymous (originally written in Fall 2021)

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!

Todemashi is an artist from Italy most known for their fxHash genesis work, "Cuts". We learn more about "Cuts" and some of their other Tezos series including "Gleams" & "vertiCuts". Collectors of this article will receive an original work by Todemashi.

I remember the first weekend of fx(hash). The funny thing is that I don't need to tell you the story. I documented the whole thing on twitter. Enjoy all the naivety:

Some artworks are still mysteries to me, and Contrapuntos is one of them. It was this piece that made me fall in love with generative art. It was this work that gave me this sparking moment when I came to understand not just intellectually, but at my very soul, how an artist's imagination, algorithms, and randomness play together in generative art to create beauty and meanings. And yet it turned out to be the most challenging piece to describe in writing. As I looked at it, thoughts and words vanished and a sense of joyful silence filled my mind. As much as I wanted to share it, I struggled to find the right words.

An introduction to Ty Vek and their debut project, Commune. Also, some boilerplate code for setting up Vanilla JS projects using SVG.

Discussing Verdant Brut, its palettes & inspirations, and a way to pack palettes in a terse way.

A fat-fingered listing for 98% below floor price turns into a feel good story about the NFT art community on tezos, fxhash, and Tender.

A recap of the Art Basel contest and an introduction to Artifice.

fx(update) is a community newsletter bringing you the latest platform updates, bug fixes, integrations, product releases, and event coverage. In this issue, we cover a recent round of new features, the announcement of fx(params), a recap of the #fxhashturnsone minting party + other events, our statement on artist royalties, and tease a new feature dropping very soon 👀

A thank you note to the community here as inspired by @surferdrew

This article provides a non-technical overview of “Impressions of Order”. I start by discussing some of the conceptual underpinnings and inspiration for this project, before providing an easy-to-read overview of the core algorithm and showcasing some of the finer details and project features. I then wrap-up with some tips and recommendations for printing.

Tych started as an exploration of the collaboration between human and computer in generative work. Tych is an attempt to bring personality to a generative system, combining fundamental aspects of computer generated art (Grids and high frequency of repetition) and human created art (Inconsistency and random misalignment on each stroke).

Kinetics is a neo-constructivist 512 piece generative art project built using p5js. Each Kinetic delicately moves from it’s origin, giving the appearance of infinite space and possibility. The viewer witnesses the construction of the Kinetic floating inside of the negative. Shapes and lines move around the Kinetic in a dazzling display of contrasting color. The collection is viewable at https://www.fxhash.xyz/generative/slug/kinetics.

A poem from the inaugural fx(versa) collection, a partnership between theVERSEverse and fx(hash).

A statement discussing the concept and release mechanics of the Self Trilogy.

Onchain Summer Comes to an End - Second Installment of Responsive Dreams - Joshua Davis’ Giza Pyramid Complex - ASCIIMATA16 - Gretchen Andrews Facetune Portraits x HOLON at the Berlin Art Week - Entangled: The Exhibition - The New Website