Since founding Art Blocks in 2020, artist Erick Calderon (a.k.a. Snowfro) has been intrigued by the idea of representing digital artwork in the physical world in the form of an ephemeral physical object with meaning, but with no inherent value. 

Donald Judd has long been an inspiration for Art Blocks. One aspect we admire most about Judd’s artistic practice is the elegance of design he effortlessly paired with the accessibility of materials that could be found at a hardware store. With Judd as inspiration, we hatched a plan to create a unique generative art friendship bracelet that includes instructions to make, in minutes, a simple bracelet using a few dollars’ worth of embroidery floss. Donald Judd believed that what surrounds us in our day-to-day life is already so beautiful, and that ultimately the experience of creating art is as important as owning it.

Erick was incredibly excited to collaborate with renowned artist Alexis André (a.k.a. MacTuitui) to bring generative art and ephemeral physical objects together in the form of friendship bracelets. Conceptualized by Erick and aesthetically and programmatically designed by Alexis, this project pairs creative coding with a beautiful spectrum of embroidery floss colors. The project was a true team effort, as each member of the Art Blocks team designed and named their own color palette!

The project is a token of our appreciation to the creators, makers, builders, and collectors who have all contributed to making the Art Blocks community what it is today. Participating in this project is a signal, both online and IRL, that you’re a participant in this evolution of art + community. You are pushing the best ideas forward. You are the reason all of these imaginative projects come to life. Our community is what makes all of this possible. So, to say it plainly, we appreciate you, and we hope that you’ll accept this bracelet as a token of our special friendship!

The owner of any wallet with an Art Blocks piece at the time of snapshot (October 26, 2022, at 3pm US Central time) is eligible to claim two mints from this special generative art project. We would love to see you keep one bracelet and share your love for generative art by gifting your second mint! These mints are free to claim (you pay only the gas) and exist on L1 Ethereum. Please note that we may in the future release additional modified iterations of the Friendship Bracelets project, ideally on an L2 scaling solution, that may substantially increase the total supply of tokens related to the project, with the intent of being a more accessible entry point to a larger audience. But this version is what we're here to celebrate today, and this gift is for you in gratitude for your support along the way. Please enjoy this token of our friendship and explore the wonderful artwork created by Alexis André. Then, let's all make bracelets together! 

Warmly,
Alexis + Erick + the Art Blocks team



The claim window expires on January 10, 2023, at noon US Central time.

Click into the Display Notes for information about making your bracelet.

Friendship Bracelets #2070

how could you?

1080x1080 pixels
eight-second seamless audiovisual loop
original score and animation
4D quaternion julia fractal
MP4 [AAC + H.264]

𝐃𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐃

When a celestial 𝚏𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚊𝚕 dies, it falls from its higher-dimensional plane and tragically tumbles down into our realm. It becomes indefinitely frozen in linear spacetime and stuck in the form of a static three-dimensional object.

There's an unfamiliar feeling that overwhelms the soul standing nearest to a 𝘿𝙀𝘼𝘿𝙁𝙍𝘼𝘾𝙏𝘼𝙇. It is as though there's something deep beneath the surface... waiting... healing...

White Lights has kept 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘰 incubated with dark technology that feeds upon the cosmic energy left by the 𝚏𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚊𝚕 flight path. He hopes that one day you and him together can summon it back to life and instill humanity with its arcane power.

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3D/AR Sculpture (.glb)
29,329,820 bytes

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Process:

The fractal-like structure is generated using signed distance functions, then voxel-sliced into a defined 3D object before being hand-sculpted into its final form.

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Formula:

f(x,y,z) = bristorbrot ∪ aexion quadray set ∪ kaleidoscopic (escape time) IFS

𝘿𝙀𝘼𝘿𝙁𝙍𝘼𝘾𝙏𝘼𝙇::𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘰

things will get better, i promise. || blender + photoshop || 5000x5000 png

𝐤𝖊𝖊𝖕 𝖚𝖗 𝖍𝖊𝖆𝖉 𝖚𝖕

This is the cruddy 3D model I used to make the album artwork for the Dual-Brained¹ and Dual-Brained² EPs in 2014. It's also the first 3D model I ever made, and therefore near and dear to my heart. || artist: white lights || unlocked: .obj

dual-brained brain

offering ur trust and love to someone is a precious and infinitely complex gift.

2000x2000
       fifteen-second seamless audiovisual loop       
original score and animation
4D inverted mandelbox fractal
4D quaternion julia fractals       

the audio of this piece pairs with "𝖆 𝖌𝖎𝖋𝖙 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝒚𝖔𝖚 #2”. together, they create a build and drop that loops infinitely. this is the drop.

3/3 in the 𝖆 𝖌𝖎𝖋𝖙 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝒚𝖔𝖚 series

all artwork information embedded into the art itself as scannable aztec code

2021

𝖆 𝖌𝖎𝖋𝖙 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝒚𝖔𝖚 #3

offering ur trust and love to someone is a precious and infinitely complex gift.

1080x1080
fifteen-second seamless a/v loop
original score and animation
4D quaternion julia fractal
(H.264+AAC)

the audio of this piece pairs with the audio of "𝖆 𝖌𝖎𝖋𝖙 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝒚𝖔𝖚 #3". together, they create a build and drop that perfectly loops. this is the build.

2/3 of the 𝖆 𝖌𝖎𝖋𝖙 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝒚𝖔𝖚 series

𝖆 𝖌𝖎𝖋𝖙 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝒚𝖔𝖚 #2

offering ur trust and love to someone is a precious and infinitely complex gift.

1080x1080
seven-second seamless a/v loop
original score and animation
4D quaternion julia fractals
(H.264+AAC)

1/3 of the 𝖆 𝖌𝖎𝖋𝖙 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝒚𝖔𝖚 series

𝖆 𝖌𝖎𝖋𝖙 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝒚𝖔𝖚 #1

...how could you?

a 180 edition generative audiovisual work by [white lights](https://opensea.io/iamwhitelights)

DECEIVED

Foundation

Hic et Nunc

tell me... do i exist?

|Ψ> = 1/√2|0> + 1/√2|1

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immersing itself in the metaphysical, the simulated, and the tangible, *being and nothingness* (2024) brings computational life to French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre's existential classic *Being and Nothingness* (1943) by using the blockchain as its inextricable medium.

*being and nothingness* at its core is a single ERC721 token leading to an onchain visual interpretation of Sartre's ideals, yet unpredictably it instead leads to absolutely nothing according to its `tokenURI()` function.

the intent is to explore the nature of existence, the essence of being, and the void of nothingness through the lens of blockchain technology, which is often seen as a paradoxical space of both permanence and impermanence as well tangible and intangible value.

i ask you, if a work of art does not exist depending on when it is viewed... is the work still art? will it be promoted from 'being-in-itself' to 'being-for-itself' as Sartre presumes? or is nothingness just intangible nothingness?

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thank you to Kevin Abosche for his gracious Blockchain As A Medium grant, which inspired and funded the creation of this work.

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white lights (b. 1993) | being and nothingness (2024) | 2024 solidity, js, performance | display at 1:1 or 16:9 | infinite resolution

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