Welcome to the (art) Collector's Corner, where we aim to bridge the gap across platforms and chains, elevating distinct artistic endeavors and empowering digital art connoisseurs. If you're new, thanks for reading!
This edition includes notable releases and projects on Art Blocks Studio, Highlight, Tasseo, Rodeo, and Objkt; interesting Hypersubs; @clownvamp's "Junk Machine"; Farcaster's AI agent; what we're reading and watching; and more.
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(Cover image: Roger Haus)
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'Roll Some Bones' on Art Blocks Studio:
Drawing it's title from the age-old phrase "roll the bones," Rahul Iyer's Art Blocks Studio release -- 'Roll Some Bones' -- offers a playful exploration of chance and desire. The collection, being released on Oct. 31, is a dance of human creativity and machine execution, where the artist and machine engage in a game of algorithmic chance.
By manipulating a pseudorandom number generator, tweaking variables and embracing probability, the artist sets the stage for the machine to interpret the algorithm. The result is a rich interplay where each hash generated by code leads to hand-drawn, crayon-like textures blended with digitally native patterns and artifacts, celebrating the beauty of unpredictability in the creative process.
Influenced by Vera MolnΓ‘r's explorations of order and chaos and β1% disorderβ in algorithmic art, 'Roll Some Bones' questions the nature of authorship in human-machine collaborations and how the blockchain immortalizes the consequences of chance β one that includes happy accidents and unforeseen outcomes.
"The contrast of slightly messy, childlike crayon textures created with sophisticated and structured algorithms offers a familiar visual representation of human creation in algorithmic form while using MolnΓ‘rβs concepts of disorder," says Iyer. "As the audience engages with the piece, they're drawn into a world where the joy of a simple game of chance meets the infinite possibilities of algorithmic art, encouraging reflection on the evolving nature of creativity in digital art on the blockchain."
(250 unique artowrks | .015 ETH)
ClownVamp takes junk to the next level:
AI artist extraordinaire @ClownVamp has created a physical AI-printing model called "The Junk Machine" (pictured above) that will be a traveling exhibition, creating in-demand art at the push of a button!
The thread below has all of the details, but in addition to The Junk Machine's upcoming debut at Art Blocks Weekend in Marfa, Texas, a curated subset of 222 outputs that best represent the collection will be available for .088 beginning Nov. 14 (presale) and Nov. 15 (public).
The Junk Machine's resulting images are a glitchy, pink-washed entry into the world of advertising. Exploring our vices and material desires to show how we "sell", the glitches make it clear this isn't real, but how far is it from the truth?
> A physical, interactive ai art robot
> Immersive solo show and collection drop in Marfa
> Ongoing generative public art project critiquing how AI is corrupting advertising
The mega details thread...
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'Animal Instinct' by Roger Haus on Shape:
In 'Animal Instinct' (available now on the Shape network via Highlight), Roger Haus explores a diverse array of creatures, including insects, spiders, frogs, birds, bulls, dogs, and cats, each representing different facets of the wild nature inherent in AI.
Rich, clever, densely textured, and utterly absorbing, it serves as a mirror of the evolution of generative tech.
(Edition of 300 | .05 ETH | 1:10 chance to obtain a special trait)
'Domare Ira' by Swrks on Tasseo:
"π΄πππππππππ ππππππ" explores the struggle of facing inner challenges, with @Swrks visualizing this battle in a way that pulls you in, urging you to confront the conflict inside yourself.
Minting this piece gives you access to two additional artworksβ"πππππππ π―ππππππ" and "πΈππππ π¬ππππ"βwhich continue the story of growth and control.
Collect all 3 parts of the puzzle and get the complete artwork "Domare Ira" as an airdrop. Top 3 minters of the first artwork, "π΄πππππππππ ππππππ" get a bonus piece airdropped.
Recently on Rodeo: π€
Recently released:
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@Palette: A Farcaster AI art critic
Recently launched by @reisub.eth, @Palette is a Farcaster AI art critic with an ultimate aim of being an autonomous collector. The more art you share (tag @Palette), the more refined the agent's palette will become.
Coming soon to Verse:
JUST ANNOUNCED! Coming November 12 to Verse: 'ISO/IEC 10646' by Paul Prudence. The collection explores the historical links between weaving and computing and their shared history of punched-card programming.
The First Draft Club on Hypersub:
Throughout the month of October, I used my Hypersub membership in the First Draft Club to stay committed to publishing The (art) Collector's Corner newsletter on a regular basis. I'm happy to say that I was one of 17 writers who published each week throughout the month, and we each received more than $265 worth of $Higher from a prize pool! Not bad for a $25/mo. investment (which you also get $5 back of each week you write)!
Also on Hypersub:
(ICYMI) A guide to the new Rodeo wallet: π€
And here's a great thread by @0xdgb on minting on Rodeo:
If youβre not in the loop, Rodeo was launched by the team behind Foundation, and in simple terms, itβs like Instagram on the blockchain. The main difference? Youβre rewarded in ETH when people collectβ¦
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