Slowly shifting colours, records of time past. Jonathan Chomko, 2021

Colour Time Marfa

Token Hash presents the two values from which all value and variation derive in the on-chain generative NFT as an on-chain generative NFT.

Token Hash 645, 709

Proof of Work is a series of manually generated images. Each graphic pixel corresponds with one keypress, resulting in images where visual density is directly correlated with physical effort. The artist attempts to enter colour values randomly, but the difficulty of this task results in patterns in the image, which attest to the manual process of creation. The images were generated daily, the pixel canvas size doubling each day until one image could not be completed in one day.

Video: QmRPwHysCVQZKGGdVeQfyn64PjLKZMhiwrgNqhjQ4aNdgr   

Collector Information: QmcUxoiWcqC3a4pzJWg4wdRMEk25RxkWvLVtPh76kHykCD

Proof of Work 8x8 Binary Random

Colour Time Generative draws the spectrum of Colour Time Sync into a gradient, and invites the audience to divide the spectrum into individual works. The decisive moment of the generative mint is spread across the duration of the sale, each new purchase shifting the works until the sale closes. The work exists as an IPFS-hosted html file, using token ID and number of pieces sold to generate each image. 

Colour Time Generative 50,63

WTH FAKE IT TILL YOU MAKE IT 220, 758

The first production in the first ever Proof of Work series.

Proof of Work Monday Feb 8

Colour Time Atlanta

On-chain animated colour studies created during a motorcycle trip Montreal to Los Angeles. 

View the works in fullscreen on [colourtime.jonathanchomko.com](https://colourtime.jonathanchomko.com/)

[Read more](https://jonathanchomko.com/Colour-Time-NFT)

[View contract](https://etherscan.io/address/0xd8017096f23d1df907aea5b7e2092411d0b38675)

Colour Time V1

Token Hash 738, 635

The two values from which all value and variation derive in the on-chain generative NFT as an on-chain generative NFT. 

Metadata and image for each token are rendered on-chain, with no external dependencies. 

Attributes are symmetry and similarity; higher values are rarer. 

Project site [tokenhash.jonathanchomko.com](https://tokenhash.jonathanchomko.com/)

Read more [jonathanchomko.com/token-hash](https://jonathanchomko.com/token-hash)



Token Hash

Colour Time Generative 14,63

Colour Time Generative draws the spectrum of Colour Time Sync into a
gradient, and invites the audience to divide the spectrum into individual
works. The decisive moment of the generative mint is spread across the
duration of the sale, each new purchase shifting the works until the sale
closes. The work exists as an IPFS-hosted html file, using token ID and
number of pieces sold to generate each image.

Colour Time Generative - Jonathan Chomko

WTH Chromie Squiggle 756, 549

Wrapped Token Hash opens a parallel generative universe, allowing Token Hash holders to wrap their tokens as canonical Art Blocks pieces.

[Wrapped Token Hash Site](https://tokenhash.jonathanchomko.com/wrap.html)

[Token Hash Site](https://tokenhash.jonathanchomko.com/)

Wrapped Token Hash

Work Proofs

Proof of Work began as a gesture of reducing an artwork to a pure representation of effort. After completing Binary Random, I hesitated in this goal, and explored alternate colourways for the produced pieces. Traces of these explorations can be seen in subsequent Proof of Work series.

Proof of Work Binary Random 32x32 Remapped

While exploring production methods and colourways, I created a test animation of a 100x100 grid, each pixel shifting between white and black. If the entry of values had been truly random, the video would only shimmer; instead, the brighter and darker moments provide a temporal representation of the imprecision of my random generation.

 Gradient Random 100x100 Loop

Work Proofs - Editions

Constant draws a line of connection from the artist through all collectors via the randomly derived hash which serves as on-chain identity; the wallet address. Jonathan Chomko, 2024.

Constant 6

An on-chain artwork emphasizing the connections between artist and collector, and between collector and collector.

Constant draws a line of connection from the artist through all collectors via the randomly derived hash which serves as on-chain identity; the wallet address.

[constant.jonathanchomko.com](https://constant.jonathanchomko.com)

Constant 5

Constant

Recording from the Shadowing install in York, UK, in 2015.

2015-10-26-21-10-32-964

2015-11-20-18-50-20-215

Shadowing Gifs

Proof of Work is a series of manually generated images by Jonathan Chomko. Each graphic pixel corresponds with one gesture, resulting in images where visual density is directly correlated with physical effort. In Red Blue Random Pressure, the artist enters a series of random values on a pressure sensitive smartphone screen. The images were generated daily, pixel canvas size doubling each day until one image could not be completed in one day.

Video: QmYY8otASEKD1jqA4GPLzkisKyMmcC2CwYpeHMa1N4mmBk      

Collector Information: QmcUxoiWcqC3a4pzJWg4wdRMEk25RxkWvLVtPh76kHykCD

Proof of Work 512x512 Red Blue Random Pressure

Precise measures of abstract artistic effort.

Each graphic pixel corresponds to one keypress or tap, resulting in images where visual density is directly correlated with manual effort. 

Series begin with a 1x1 pixel canvas, which doubles daily until one image cannot be completed in one day. Each token is a unique 1/1 minted on a custom contract with a hard-coded limit of 50 tokens. 
Each token includes the image, and a video documenting its production. 

[proofofwork.jonathanchomko.com](https://proofofwork.jonathanchomko.com/)


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