
The Televangelist is a generative audiovisual satire on the crypto technocult.

“GM GM Hear ye 
What a blessed day
Minimum 10 Tez in wallet
To hear the alpha I say

Riches and scams abundant
Where these markets
never sleep
If you’re lucky
You’ll get whitelist
I’m so nice to 
My flock of sheep

Tune in to all my Spaces
And turn notifications on
But if you look away for an instant
Your hope for salvation is gone

Oh you’re so early
By the great gods you’ve been kissed
You’ll make it if you trust in me.”
-Your beloved Televangelist.

Full Project Details here : https://ntent.art/articles/televangelist

SOUND

Generative multimedia sound using Tone.js and a collage of 33 audio clips of IRL televangelists and related journalism.

Desktop : Press S key
Mobile/Small Screens: Click “sound" button
(Make sure mute button on side of your phone is not in "muted" state)

INTERACTIVE

Click above the bottom of the Altar to bring in more non-believers to be converted.

Click below the Altar to flush lost souls out.

Press B to toggle access to the heavens (desktop-only).

GENERATIVE AUDIO

As more non-believers enter, fanaticism & the will to convert increases in the form of increasing bpm.

And the bowing of the devout disciples can be heard if you believe… or turn your volume up high.

RESPONSIVE

Go full-screen and play with the browser size to bounce the non-believers around.

FEATURES

Pay extra special attention to these or you will be whipped. See article above for full info.

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This is the genesis piece of jiwa on fxhash.

https://jiwa.art
Founder/lead dev : ntent.art
Twitter : @dotjiwa

Updates/what’s next : https://ntent.art/life

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The Televangelist was written using p5.js and Tone.js.

Tone.js was used to create generative audio compositions using selected chords/notes.

Audio clips were sampled, used, and attributed in fair use, referenced below.
References here : https://ntent.art/articles/televangelist

The Televangelist #69

jiwa

**Axo is an abstraction of the human mental condition.** 

Each work has neurons. Each neuron has a nucleus at its source and fires electrical signals searching for synaptic connections. 

The signals, or in this case, pixels, act in accordance with the current mental state, which periodically enters states of stress, awareness, re-centering, reprogramming, and more.

The work explores the brain’s ability to change its synaptic pathways, materializing our cognitive flexibility and rigidity, inviting us to consider what barriers prohibit growth and positive change.  **Axo** is part observation of my own mental state and part research, analysis, and reflection. 

We are all a node on the societal network. The effects of our individual state ripple out impacting the network as a whole. As such, each **Axo** can be connected with and influence other works in the collection. Awareness can spread and evolve the network, or stress can cause chaos.  

**Axo** opens a dialogue on personal growth and societal change at the intersection of cognitive science, art, and technology, inviting us to envision a better existence and a harmonious network, underlining that this utopia is only a shift in perspective away. 

**Axo** is fully responsive & built using my pixel-easing algorithm. Pure javascript. 19kb.

**Interactivity**

Each Axo has a default state, though the viewer can also take control and influence its state of mind using the following keys:

"a" => awareness
Toggles awareness

"f" => freak out
Toggles a freak out.

"p" => stuck in past
Toggles being stuck in the past. May not do much while in awareness.

"c" => centered
Toggles centering the state of mind.

"d" => disabled fate
Disabled fate disables any auto-state changes, so the state of mind will only change with interaction.

"w" => willed experience
Axo can be curated by the viewer and replayed later. By pressing W,  all interactions up to that point will be collected and the work will reload with a new link that can be saved and replayed at any time. 

"0-9" => rigid pathways at specified reprogramming

Axo’s current state can be preserved at any of the first ten states of mind. If a viewer were to press 8, Axo would flow through the first seven changes, then stop at the 8th state change. 

"z" => scale up
"x" => scale down

Scale up/down to view in more detail, improve performance, or just gain a different perspective.

"s" => save a still

Each Axo can be curated using the keyboard, query string, and/or programmatically posting messages from a host page.

Axo is an art project by S. Ryan O'Connor, aka jiwa.

Axo #0

Axo #61

Axo #93

A deep evolution.
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A storm shakes you to your core. This can be self-sought, but often arrives via trauma and tragedy. Feelings of despair are justified. These storms break us down to our bits. It may feel like a low, but each challenge presents an opportunity for transformation.

If we have the vigilance to self-seek this, we must be ready to burn ourselves in the fire.

We must overcome fear and comfort to fight misery.

Storm is the fourth collection in the Petls narrative. More information at https://ntent.art/articles/petls

Storm was created with jiwa’s own pixel manipulation technique called “pixel easing”. 

Display Exploration
Each storm is landscape-oriented with a single fixed base width and a height that adapts to the available screen dimensions then scales to fill its environment.

This piece unlocks at a dimension of 2400x1350px.

Press “s” to export a pixel exact still. 

jiwa is a generative artist and member of ntent collective based in Berlin.

Storm #4

Storm #21

petls represent lightness. the rawest energy comes early.

Created for display at 800x800px, at high ppi, ie for retina displays, etc.

petls still #1

The Televangelist #10

The Televangelist #53

The Televangelist

Storm #2

Storm #19

Versum

breeze represent transition and a coming of age.

external reality happens. a breeze can fill any space. the ignorant and blissful are influenced and shaped. how deeply will one be changed? how much of one’s self will remain? if swept, will we return to the path? or let the breeze carry us away. 

view at exactly 1442x1928px (or 721x964px w/ devicePixelRatio = 2) to unlock the work.

algorithmic generative art by artist, jiwa. made using javascript + p5js.

use keys 1-9 to export a high quality still.  9 is the highest quality ( > 50mb )

breeze #1

A collection of works by jiwa, created between June 22 and November, 2022.

Stillness - a petls collection

"I'm here? then why aren't I happy?"


We've made it and we're welcomed into the modern mental complex. Anxiety. Desire. Want. "It" was supposed to be here. Where is it? Do I just accept this? Do I get angry? Do I get depressed? Do I blame all my problems on the other? Or do I continue the search? Sometimes the search knocks down your door. Sometimes you must seek it. Will I settle?

Complex abstractly explores the intricacies of mental patterns. Thoughts can circle, pop up randomly, or even spiral. Each thought reflects the others.

Some mind states see thoughts moving at incessant speeds, while some mind states are calmer and at peace.

Have you watched your thoughts? See if you can relate your experience to the visuals you see.

Complex was created using jiwa's own pixel manipulation technique called "pixel easing".

‍Complex is the third collection in the Petls narrative.
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Learn more at https://ntent.art/articles/petls

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Curate your Complex

The viewer can tailor many aspects of their complex. You can add a frame, speed up or slow down the running speed, or even open a window to insight.

Complex can be curated both by using the keyboard or loading with url options for a gallery setting.

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Cage your Complex by pressing "c" or set "cage" value to 1

Ex. <URL TO COMPLEX>?hash=<hash>&cage=1

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Change your Complex's mental speed with the up / down arrow keys, or set "mindstatespeed" or "mss". Use the arrow keys then check your set speed in the console log.

Ex. <URL TO COMPLEX>?hash=<hash>&mindstatespeed=0.01


Capture a screenshot by pressing the "s" or snag at a specific time by setting exportat= in milliseconds

Ex. Takes a screenshot at exactly 3 second mark

<URL TO COMPLEX>?hash=<hash>&exportAt=3000


Open a window into the mind that provides a moment of present thoughts. No past, no future.

Press w for your window, or set "w" value to 1

Ex. <URL TO COMPLEX>?hash=afi4nr78aw844i7f4fh&w=1


display exploration

Each Complex's base size is now more homogenous than its predecessor’s in that each has the same base height and width, and scales to fill its environment while keeping its aspect ratio.

Note: Due to a color layering technique used, color of some works may appear different across devices.  This was a conscious decision made by the artist to preserve the richness of color available to each piece. 

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Complex was created with p5.js by artist and coder, jiwa. jiwa is a member of ntent collective, based in Berlin. https://ntent.art/jiwa



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