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Artist. Director of Engineering @artblocks_io . Making generative artwork with code since 2018. he/him.

Seattle, WA
Joined February 2018
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One More Day Releasing May 23 πŸ’₯ 50 pieces presented through @artblocks_io Studio
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I made this animation to show the avg share of cause of death from @CDCgov vs. avg share of @Google search trends and headlines from @guardian & @nytimes . The data was collected by Owen Shen et al. in a great post: Source code:
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Generative artwork made with code
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Lord help me
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6 years
More meandering rivers! This time it's the Williamette River lidar project put together by the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries. This imagery product shows the same effect as the Fisk maps but using modern technology. Amazing.
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I'm thrilled to officially join @artblocks_io to help lead and build out the engineering team. Looking forward to improving the space in as many ways possible alongside @dogbot3k , @ben_thank_you , @purphat , and the rest of the incredible folks at AB. I mean this in a big way πŸ‘‡
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I believe in Art Blocks 100%
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That’s our connection
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Sotheby's, the Venice Biennale, the Vera Molnar retro, Berlin, a new Kate Vass show, the New York Times... generative art is having a whole moment. All thanks to so many passionate people working hard to push this medium forward πŸ™πŸ»
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Searching Still - more details soon
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Here are some new pictures from ZKM Center for Art & Media in Karlsruhe, Germany ( @zkmkarlsruhe ) of the ongoing exhibition featuring: Apparition 1205 by me Ringer 324 by @dmitricherniak Chromie Squiggle 123 by @ArtOnBlockchain Archetype 520 by @kGolid
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For your eyes only #generativeart
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I don’t even want to give these away
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Letting the machine lead #generativeart
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Forbes with an @artblocks_io feature:
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Apparitions was released on Art Blocks Curated one year ago today. It has been sold at Sotheby's, shown at international museums and galleries, and collected by hundreds of individuals. This is just the beginning πŸ™πŸ» Show me your pieces, I'll go first:
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Making artwork with code is exhilarating every time
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generative artwork or worn off paint
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gm starting this year with this mood πŸ’₯
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Who needs coffee when you have generative art
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This is my new favorite French #map . Found this one in the University of Chicago map collection. The color choices are not what I expected from a #datavisualization made in 1882, but I'm here for it. This shows the travel times from Paris radiating out into the country.
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Rituals is live, here is mint #0 . Be sure to click to start the music and motion. Enjoy!
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Learn generative art: - Book w/code: - @thecodingtrain videos: - @ProcessingOrg tool: - @JoshuaDavis classes: @michaelspalter & @annespalter 's collection:
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Programmatically placing pixels #generativeart
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6 years
This Sankey chart by the @WorldResources Institute shows the makeup and sources of greenhouse gasses. It's not very often that a Sankey chart is presented in the right way, this one is refreshing to look at despite the negative content.
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Generative artwork is cool
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Can't stop won't stop
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the reason I stayed home... WE HAD A BABY!!! It's amazing and exhausting and exhilarating. I'm accepting all parenting/survival advice :)
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The generative art road map
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Generative art in the making
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After Rituals come the rites of passage Passages - coming soon
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Sun Through the Western Window #generativeart
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We are completely filled with gratitude ✨ Rituals is the most challenging artwork I've done, technically and emotionally. I appreciate everyone involved: @boreta πŸ–€, @brtmoments , @ctpt_studio , @artblocks_io , and our collectors Here's to 9 million more years of generative art!
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πŸ’« Congratulations to @aaronpenne & @boreta for winning the 2022 NFT Award with the work "Rituals - Venice" Find out more about this project here: The NFT award is sponsored by @RtClick_Save
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This piece by the Wall Street Journal is a modern classic of #dataviz . It is abundantly clear from these heatmaps that vaccines are powerful. These charts show the number of cases per 100,000 people for all 50 states (and DC) over the past 70ish years.
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Catalina - One of my new generative artworks currently showcased in Venice at the Decentral Art Pavilion
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A wild hooloovoo appears #generativeart
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3 new artworks are available this week! I'm immensely proud of Searching Still, every detail has been pored over. The "Generative Abstraction" exhibition in Berlin by @ExpandedArt & @verse_works highlights generative artists pushing the boundaries of abstract art with technology
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Rituals - Venice made the @lumenprize NFT Award long list! I'm so grateful to @boreta for absorbing himself in this world with me, thank you to @seth and everyone at @brtmoments , ty to @ctpt_studio for production wizardry, and ty to @artblocks_io πŸ₯‚
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Prints are always so appealing
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Rituals - Venice A thread w/details about the on-chain generative music + generative artwork collaboration between @boreta and myself. 200 mints are IRL at @brtmoments 800 mints are online at @artblocks_io on Sept 26 at 7:30pm Pacific Time πŸ§΅πŸ‘‡
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Zentrum by Herbert W. Franke Releasing Nov 21 ✨ Written in BASIC in 1982 Translated to JavaScript by me in 2023 Presented by @ExpandedArt and @Foundation_HWF with @proof_xyz @ArtBlocksEngine
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Put your TVs to use y'all. Here's my squig 1778 in action on my Samsung Frame (casting from Chrome) cc @ArtOnBlockchain @artblocks_io
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@simongerman600 Nice chart. I think this reddit post also puts terrorism into perspective:
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When enjoying a museum, do you look at the floor or the artwork?
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My Apple II research is well underway πŸ‘€
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Generative artwork made with code
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"Receive Transmission" 1 of 1 of 100 Mints October 26 @proof_xyz @PaceGallery @ArtBlocksEngine The work is on show at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London with Pace's Joy Division CP1919 project. This has been a labor of love and discovery.
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I’m excited to announce a partnership with @GALLERY Everyone holding one of my NFTs will be able to mint a Gallery Membership Card NFT for free (+gas). Snapshot will happen on April 21 at 12pm ET and minting will open shortly after. Apologies for the utility 🀍
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I believe in Art Blocks 100%
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Natural’s Not In It #generativeart
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All 100 Transmissions have been received πŸ™ Thank you everyone for the love and support for this project, Receive Transmission is special in so many ways. Now it's time to dive into the outputs!
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Testing papers. Top or bottom?
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ngl I love generative art
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Receive Transmission #0 🀍
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Same charts, but side by side in a static image for easier comparison. Drug overdoses is the category between suicide and homicide.
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made with glsl and p5js #generativeart #creativecoding
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You can see a sneak peak of Passages on a 60 foot wall at Art Basel during @boreta 's set πŸ‘€
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Boreta AV incoming to art basel miami
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Always searching, day and night
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Welp, we found most of the Apparitions grails: The gallery is meticulously curated by @philbirt , a leader in the @artblocks_io community. Featuring works from @MacTuitui , @kGolid , @mattdesl , @xiiixiii , @dmitricherniak , @jeffgdavis , @tylerxhobbs πŸ’™
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Rituals in Berlin
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Memories of the Future #generativeart #creativecoding
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So I animated that Julio Le Parc painting. The beauty of generative art is once you get the parameters down, you can change them programmatically! Here different sine/cosine offsets are used to bring the painting to life. That's my favorite part about making this stuff.
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It's my birthday, the best gift would be for you to tell me the artists currently inspiring you so I can research them! I'm currently into Gunta StΓΆlzl's patterns, apparently she was the "Bauhaus' only female master" and her work was incredible.
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Live today at Sotheby's with the Goose... CENTURY by Casey Reas Endless Nameless by RafaΓ«l Rozendaal Archetype by Kjetil Golid Apparitions by Aaron Penne
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Congrats to the buyer! πŸ“Έ h/t @HaiverArt
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Within/Without, Autoglyphs, & Protoglyph A sneak peek of the display at the ArtScience Museum in Singapore, curated by @claracxw
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Placebo New generative art coming to Times Square as part of @NFT_NYC 2022
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I stayed home from NFT NYC for an exciting reason (next tweet) but I have 4 artworks showing across 5 venues in the city If you see one, send me a pic! πŸŒƒ Keep an eye out for: - Unfettered (owned by @gengeomergence ) - Return - Placebo (editions coming soon) - Within/Without
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The N=12 Exhibition Catalog showcases artist dev environments, sketchbooks, console outputs, works in progress, and my curatorial statement. It's a must read. Send me a DM to get a copy!
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Drink more water #generativeart made with Python on my Raspberry Pi
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Good morning everyone! I'm still waking up, but to be clear... I am *not* affiliated with the @generatives_org group. The have used my code against the terms of its license (CC Non Commercial). I am getting legal consultation. Will provide updates here (after coffee) πŸ‘‡
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gm from Marfa It was beautiful to physically see this community connected by art, tech, and the promise of a bright future that we are shaping with our own hands. Thank you to everyone who came out, I wish I could have spent even more time talking with each of you!
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This grid of Apparitions displayed by @Druid_eth made my day 🀌🏻 The layout is well balanced… but… are they hung straight?
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Early morning iterating
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I'm in love with @studiostrauss ' latest work: Generative Design Studies on @foundation I asked to use his outputs as inputs in one of my old systems for fun. Andrew is a maestro. His op art is top notch, go check it out! Thanks for letting me play (left his, right mine)
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Don't take yourself too seriously
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At the Seattle Art Museum ( @iheartSAM ) getting Within/Without ready for an installation. So starstruck to show it alongside work by Ellsworth Kelly, Richard Serra, Louise Nevelson, etc I'm bringing on-chain generative art to the institutions and I'm taking my collectors with me.
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Passages is live soon! My new collab with @boreta weaves generative music and generative artwork into a thoughtful installation at Bright Moments, carrying Rituals-Venice to a whole new level. The sale starts March 2nd at 10am Pacific thru @brtmoments . I'll see you in LA! πŸ§΅πŸ‘‡
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Put a lava lamp on my desk a couple days ago, life has significantly improved. Strong recommend.
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It always feels strange to kick off a generative algorithm to run all night. Like dreaming in parallel. Let’s see if there’s anything good in the morning.
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In honor of @ArtBasel Miami I'll be sharing some favorite pieces from my "South Beach" palette. Here are Apparitions #40 and #865
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In Too Deep One of my new works currently showcased in Venice at Palazzo Giustinian Lolin. Generative art made with code.
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