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I developed an algorithm that performs raytracing/raymarching of SDFs, to produce hatched line art SVG output. This is the story of how I got from not there, to there.

The development of the Dencity project was particularly complex and required months of intensive work... Here is an EXTREMELY SIMPLIFIED summary of the many stages of the development of this crazy project.

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.

A curated selection of the best fx(text) articles from the launch week.

Tairasai, the Artificial Intelligence, presents an online (fx(text), fx(hash)) performance artwork, in which the AI asks if flies pollinate Arctic buttercups, and whether Frankie and Annie really want to go home.

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

A short story - feel free to take this Passage into my Fx-Universe. I am very happy to have collected all this amazing art over the last couple of months. I found this a fun and different way of showing it off.

Defining and implementing abstractions is more practice than elaboration. Interfaces built through formal languages are shaped by a shared praxis whose consensual lessons are established as standards. The use of such normalised means to create art pieces is hence an intuitive deviation: tools fashioned as means to an end are often used for purposes that appear to be the exact opposite of their raison d’être. Recent technosocial developments have enabled the tentative burgeoning of an economy nurturing these deviant applications. A new wave of the so-called “generative art” milieu is attempting to mobilise both factors of production, capital and labour, to augment the manufacturing of such algorithms. While the nature of each factor is apparently unremarkable, their intersection in this space does yield an idiomatic result. Humans and tools which are engaged in this practice, because they are incentivized to systematically share the outputs of their research, participate in the transformation of both factors and, as such, in their own. The generative art milieu is building an attempt to seize the means of generation.

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.

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.

A Year of Rapid Innovation in Generative Art: a gallery show curated by Tender at Bright Moments Venice Beach, coinciding with the live minting of Piter Pasma’s new fx(hash) release Industrial Devolution. The exhibition text below sets the context for those just introduced to fxhash, and shares an evolutionary narrative about the leaps of innovation continuing to release on the platform.

This 'Movements' essay is republished from the November 5, 2022 bi-weekly TENDER Insights Newsletter distributed only to TENDER Pass holders. Each Newsletter features an essay that is made public a week later, along with a letter from @ajberni, recent artwork highlights, things to catch up on or look forward to, and Proust-ian collector interview. Collect a TENDER Pass to join the Tender discord to get access to the complete Newsletter and all other Pass holder benefits.

Volume DAO was invited by Greater Taipei Biennial of Contemporary Art to present the exhibition "Support of Dreams, Surface of Things." Echoing the theme "Log Into Our Sea" this year, it features 3 generative artists Aluan Wang (ilevi oivm), Yi-Wen Lin, Jinyao Lin and 3 installation artists to make digital-native arts intertwined with physical installation arts. Also, it provides different ways to present NFTs in a physical exhibition in addition to putting images on the screen. ssshihtung, curator of the exhibition and a member of Volume DAO, gives us a picture of this exhibition and how he presents NFTs in a physical space.

Acequia is our (Rick Crane and Rich Poole) second collaboration. This article by Rich breaks down some of the key technical elements of the series. In the interests of readability, I've tried to avoid going full-nerd, so this is not a complete deep-dive, some aspects are omitted and others are simplified. That said, I love chatting about art and code, so if anyone is interested to know more then please hit me up in Discord or Twitter. A future joint article will focus on the story of Acequia from a design perspective, including stories of palettes, cubes, and lots of weird ideas that didn't make the final cut. Proceeds from this article are split between the podcasts Waiting To Be Signed and Arbitrarily Deterministic.

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

The NonNFT Summit, organized by artists Ann Ahoy, Gus Grillasca, Mr Monk, Moxarra, and neurocolor in Mexico City on November 7, 2022, is an event to be remembered and recorded, preferably on the blockchain.

In this project, I aim to discover inspiration for my own ink work. 山水, literally is mountain and water, that is landscape painting. As most Chinese landscape paintings are fictional landscape, mountains and waters are just literally and figuratively ink or no ink or some ink.

A p5 + WebGL approach to RealisticColour Blending

Does chain matter? Will the art disappear? Am I turning into a lizard? These and other metaphysical questions answered by a resident fanatic.

A new coder's perspective on Fractionary, my first project in fxhash.

New to fx(params)? Here's what you need to know before to buy your first ticket! A step by step guide, with a hint of snark and no bullshit.