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Credit: John Gerrard, Petro National (Gabon), 2022. Courtesy of the artist and Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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Crypto Histories
When Generative Art Became Contemporary Art
Erick Calderon, KarateKid, and John Gerrard discuss the impact of the Pace Verso x Art Blocks partnership with Ariel Hudes
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Ariel Hudes
Credit: PWR, Nesting Cycle (Ethereum mining computer), Tongersestraat 42a, Maastricht, NL, 9/10, 2015. Courtesy of PWR
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Crypto Histories
The Hackers You Can Trust
Sarah Friend and Paul Seidler discuss the need for trust in the blockchain ecosystem with María Paula Fernández
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Sarah Friend, Paul Seidler, and María Paula Fernández
Credit: Loackme, (Still from) Limbo, 2023. Courtesy of the artist and Unit London
Crypto Histories
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On Generative Pixel Art
As The Pixel Generation opens at Unit London, Alex Estorick asks a group of generative artists why they are embracing technostalgia
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Alex Estorick
Credit: Kristen Roos, SOLID-STATE, 2023. Courtesy of the artist and Unit London
Crypto Histories
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Pixel Art and the Age of Technostalgia
As a new exhibition opens at Unit London, its artists discuss the aesthetics and politics of pixel art with Charlotte Kent
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Charlotte Kent
Credit: LoVid, Stream Processing (detail), 2023. Courtesy of the artists and Unit London
Crypto Histories
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Pattern Anarchy and the Promise of Old Media
Artists are engineering new modes of perception by embracing ornament, argues Corinna Kirsch
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Corinna Kirsch
Credit: H&M and Institute of Digital Fashion, Cyberwaves (detail), 2022. Courtesy of Institute of Digital Fashion
Interviews
Crypto Histories
What is the Future of Digital Fashion in Web3?
With the fashion industry increasingly embracing the phygital, leading designers share their predictions with Ashumi Sanghvi
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Ashumi Sanghvi
Credit: Samia Halaby, Simultaneous Depth, 2019. Courtesy of the artist
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Crypto Histories
Painting and the Personal Computer | Samia Halaby
The pioneering painter and digital artist explains what makes the computer the ultimate tool of abstraction
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Alex Estorick
Credit: Amir H. Fallah, CHANT, 2022. Courtesy of the artist
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Crypto Histories
On NFTs and the Digital Artists of Iran
Amir H. Fallah speaks with Shahrzad Hamzeh about the power of artists to bring light to darkness
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Shahrzad Hamzeh
Credit: Sonya Rapoport, page 4 from Anasazi Series II, 1977. Photography courtesy of Museum Associates/LACMA. Courtesy of the Estate of Sonya Rapoport
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Crypto Histories
When Art Entered the Computer Age
The curator of a groundbreaking new exhibition of computer art at LACMA speaks to Lady Cactoid
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Lady Cactoid
Credit: Charles “Chuck” Csuri, Five Faces, 1966. Courtesy of The Anne and Michael Spalter Digital Art Collection
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Crypto Histories
Our Fathers | Chuck Csuri and D. P. Henry
Caroline Csuri and Elaine O’Hanrahan reflect on two pioneering generative artists with Douglas Dodds and Leslie Jones
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Douglas Dodds and Leslie Jones
Credit: OMGiDRAWEDit, The Arcade (detail), 2021. Courtesy of the artist
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Crypto Histories
On the Early Days of Hic Et Nunc
Tais Koshino and Michael Straeubig reflect on the moment when crypto art converged on Tezos
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RCS
Credit: Aaron Huey, Perimeter 004, 2022. Courtesy of the artist and Elementum
Crypto Histories
Interviews
Photography After the NFT
Leading photographers discuss what is changing in Web3 with Danielle Ezzo
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Danielle Ezzo
Credit: Installation view of “LIFELIKE” at EPOCH Gallery, 2022-23. Curated by Katie Peyton Hofstadter. Courtesy of Peter Wu+
Crypto Histories
Curating in Postreality
Jesse Damiani lays out a bold vision for art in expanding fields
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Jesse Damiani
Credit: Installation view of “DYOR” — Pepe the Frog Space at Kunsthalle Zürich, 2022. Photography by Julien Gremaud. Courtesy of Kunsthalle Zürich
Crypto Histories
A Brief History of Rare Pepe
How a viral meme went from outcast to art museum by Martin Lukas Ostachowski
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Martin Lukas Ostachowski
Credit: Ada Ada Ada, Barriers #135, 2022. Courtesy of the artist
Crypto Histories
Art in the Age of Co-Creation
Peter Bauman considers the place of NFTs in the history of audience participation, from Constructivism to GRAV
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Peter Bauman
Credit: Dapper Labs, CryptoKitties, 2017. Courtesy of Guile Twardowski
Crypto Histories
The Art of the Profile Picture Portrait
Katherine Howatson-Tout considers the place of PFPs in the history of portraiture
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Katherine Howatson-Tout
Credit: Moxarra, (Still from) VIISA, 2021. Courtesy of the artist
Crypto Histories
Community
On Crypto Art’s Mexican Roots
NFTs continue to offer hope for a fairer society in Mexico argues Alonso Cedillo
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Alonso Cedillo
Credit: Roman Verostko, The Magic Hand of Chance — In Praise of Petrus Ramus (detail), 1982-85. Courtesy of the artist
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Crypto Histories
When the Artists Met the Algorist
After a pioneer of generative art reached out to RCS, the community jumped at the chance to talk to Roman Verostko
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RCS
Credit: Simon Denny, Guile Twardowski, and Cosmographia, Dotcom Séance at Outernet Arts, October 2022. Courtesy of the artists and Outernet arts
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Crypto Histories
NFTs and The Tech Resurrection
Simon Denny and Guile Twardowski conjure the ghosts of business past with Alex Estorick
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Simon Denny and Guile Twardowski
Credit: Simon Denny and Karamia Müller, Creation Story Cable Harness 4 (detail), 2022. Photography by Sam Hartnett. Courtesy of the artists and Michael Lett
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Crypto Histories
On Decentralized Curation
Simon Denny and Karamia Müller share their strategy for curating crypto’s entangled ecosystem with Alex Estorick
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Simon Denny and Karamia Müller
Credit: Press release for “Cybernetic Serendipity” at Institute of Contemporary Arts, 1968. Curated by Jasia Reichardt
Crypto Histories
A Longer History of Generative Art
One of the world’s leading scholars of computer art, Nick Lambert, traces a history of generative aesthetics up to NFTs
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Nick Lambert
Credit: ZU-UK, RADIO GHOST. Shortlisted for the 3D/Interactive Award. Courtesy of the artists
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Crypto Histories
How NFTs Changed Digital Art Forever
Jason Bailey speaks with Carla Rapoport, Founder of The Lumen Prize, about the value of an NFT Award
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Jason Bailey
Credit: Iain Softley, Hackers, 1995. Courtesy Amazon
Crypto Histories
From MP3s to NFTs
Joe Looney traces a history of digital ownership, data security, and rarity
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Joe Looney
Credit: Xin Liu, Atlas (detail), 9 January, 2022. Courtesy of the artist
Crypto Histories
Time On The Blockchain
With block time changing history, Charlotte Kent and Alex Estorick survey the artists exploring new temporalities
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Charlotte Kent and Alex Estorick
Credit: theVERSEverse, Poem = Work of Art, 2022. Courtesy theVERSEverse
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Poetry and the New Meaning of Curation
As Web3 increasingly embraces poetry as an art form, Ana Maria Caballero proposes curation as disruption
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Ana Maria Caballero
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