My Aerial Photography Collection

A Celebration of Gazers

Among the most iconic generative art NFT collections is Gazers, a truly dynamic piece of art with layers of hidden and undiscovered gems by artist Matt Kane. In fact, Gazers have at least 30 distinct traits, among them, size, color, background, origin moon. A fantastic collectors guide can be found here, written by @0xVirtau.

First minted in December of 2021, I am the second owner of #10, which tells you a bit about how people love to hold on to these.

#10 is arguably not especially rare, but it has a few notable rare traits. First, it has a celebration window of 72 hours. This means that unlike most other moons, this one enters its celebration mode for 36 hours prior to, as well as 36 hours after, December 4, its origin moon date. The dates mark important milestones in the artists life, and while December 4 is most common, the collector imagines this later date to be most relatable -- the purchase of the art connects the artists to the collector.

Secondly, this is a hexagonal moon. Out of the 1000 Gazers in circulation, only 146 have this shape.

UnderTheGAN collection

Albert · Alexander Mordvintsev · Alexander Reben · Alex Green · Alex Shell · Anna Ridler · Artnome · Artonymousartifakt · Atay Ilgun · Bård Ionson · Berk Özdemir · Bernat Cuni · Bitcoin · Botto · Brandi Kyle · Claire Silver · David Young · Damjanski · DeepBlack · Elman Mansimov · Entangled Others · Fabin Rasheed · Gene Kogan · Guillaume Verdon · Hans Brouwer · Helena Sarin · illa2020 · Jörn Bielewski · Katie Charm · Kevin Abosch · Kevin Romond · Liam Ellul · Looks Rare · Lukas Opekar · Mario Klingemann · Max Osiris · Memo Akten · Metageist · Mike Almond · Mike Tyka · Norman Harman · Orkhan Mammadov · Pindar Van Arman · Refik Anadol · Ricardo Tejada · Robbie Barrat · Robness · Roope Rainisto · Shyam Sreevalsan · Sofia Crespo · Sven Eberwein · Yuma Kishi · Yura Miron · 0xm

In 2022, we stepped into what I like to call the 'everything-AI' era. This transformative wave may not be immediately apparent to many, but it has already fundamentally changed how we create and consume content, art included. AI revolution, powered by easy-to-use tools like Midjourney and Stable Diffusion, and further accelerated by meme culture, has led to a massive increase in digital creativity. The quality of this new AI creations are reaching levels that increasingly blur the lines between human-made/captured and machine-generated. Today, it's almost impossible to tell them apart, showing that we've crossed a point of no return.

This significant event ignited my curiosity. What were the beginnings of AI art and AI content creation? What was the path to this significant change that now affects billions of people? Who were the first to experiment with machine-generated creativity, and who were the pioneers of this shift?

The earliest steps with AI and computer-generated art can be traced back to the mid-20th century, but a major leap forward happened about a decade ago. The invention of Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) in 2014 and the DeepDream algorithm in 2015 were like the first brushstrokes on a nearly blank canvas. The 'UnderTheGAN' collection aims to highlight these foundational moments, giving viewers a chance to understand the journey to the AI world we live in today and the pioneers behind it.

Early Pioneers of AI Art