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Luka β†’{protocell:labs}← 🎩

@luka #217834

Computational architect. Some structure, mostly chaos. Co-founder {protocell:labs} https://protocell.xyz/
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Recasting this from @matija in a more appropriate channel. These tools were created for academic use, but they might help anyone interested in tinkering with their own private Ethereum network πŸ’»
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Matija PiΕ‘korec
@matijaΒ·5 hours ago
If you ever want to run a private Ethereum PoW network, I created a Github repo with a set of shell scripts (for Linux, Mac and Windows) and instructions. Useful for education and playing around. Enjoy! https://github.com/matijapiskorec/ethereum-pow-private
On the right is literary the view from our studio at the school, the fire exit is a balcony on the ground floor above this gorge.
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30 min to expiry ⏲️
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Luka β†’{protocell:labs}← 🎩
@lukaΒ·22:14 06/03/2025
retroTONICA #30
GAN output vs manual drawing
Machine In The Garden, 2020
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/Art
Which digital art gallery will be the first one to feature this screen-table?
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I am currently teaching In/Appropriate Technology design studio at
ETH ZΓΌrich together with TEN for one semester.

Already some interesting work coming from the students, will share results when we wrap up in May.
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Back in 2018, before we had diffusion models, we had BigGAN.

You could interpolate between categories of objects, like between a sailing ship and a church dome in this example.

I think adversarial training for image models will make a comeback, similar like reinforcement learning made a comeback with DeepSeek.
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Open-source city.

Preparing some ZΓΌrich sites as textured meshes ripped from Google Maps for architecture students to use in their studio projects.

(almost) #monochrome-monday #mono
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In/Appropriate Technology

Teaser trailer for a design studio we are conducting with students at ETH ZΓΌrich this spring.

Sound on πŸ”Š
/Design
Recently I visited a place where I worked for 6 years.

Production (left), collection (right).

For those who want to understand {protocell:labs} roots, you have to start with this space.
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In/Appropriate Technology

Today we started to teach 24 architecture students how to FAFO with AI.

In this context, edge cases are the only ones worth looking into.
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Worry about being original or "first" and you will end up being paralyzed. Art is an expression, not academic research.

Levitated Mass by Michael Heizer, Los Angeles County Museum of Art in California, 2012 (left)

Ξ› L B E D O wip, by {protocell:labs}, 2024 (right)
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Should have posted here first. On chain generative art. Makes me feel like it's 2021 again ✨
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Luka β†’{protocell:labs}← 🎩
@lukaΒ·13:32 12/02/2025
Ξ› L B E D O wip 12.2.25

Sepolia testnet project deployed - 77 KB on chain through three separate transactions πŸ’Ύ

Outputs came out neat and didn't break the GPU backend renderer βœ…

Still a lot of work to do with the code, but it's a relief to come to this stage finally.
Ξ› L B E D O wip 12.2.25

Sepolia testnet project deployed - 77 KB on chain through three separate transactions πŸ’Ύ

Outputs came out neat and didn't break the GPU backend renderer βœ…

Still a lot of work to do with the code, but it's a relief to come to this stage finally.
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Ξ› L B E D O wip 11.2.25

Still rewriting code to make it more compact. Experimenting with base64 encoding to store minified shader code.

Meanwhile, letting rendering run longer to compare outputs - currently using 16x16 pix blue noise texture for light ray sampling β˜€οΈ
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New profile pic - Lucky Ghoul #2345

My flesh is gone but my soul is still intact πŸ’€
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Elements from IANGAC, a generative collab collection we did with
@sgt-sl8termelon & @pfeffunit last year.

It was {protocell:labs}'s first work on Base πŸ”΅
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As a general rule, I will pass a symbolic tip to anyone who collects and shares my work 🫑🎩
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JE11YF15H πŸ–πŸ”΅-β€˜
@je11yf15hΒ·11:55 10/02/2025
I just collected 7,8 and 9 😊

I think it’s the texture on 8 that makes it my fave. 🀩

https://rodeo.club/post/0x3851d0fBB886FB6b33B790431B7003bb4ea9dD0A/145?referrer=0xDC92FdE18FEadf823AfcD6E7fE9EaAB92bD3399f
night structure

minted on August 23rd
43 editions

#monochrome-monday #mono
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In/appropriate Technology

Preparing a new studio course at ETH this spring semester for architecture students. Knee-deep in gen AI tools (Blender on the right). Crazy what can be done with AI workflows these days. I hope the students have fun learning how the future is built.
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Ξ› L B E D O wip 4.2.25

Rewriting code into a single file so it can be deployed on chain. Realized glsl code can also be minimized = huge boost to the project πŸ’Ύ
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I was minting on Rodeo before the hype (July 2024) so I am certainly not stoping after it.

Thank you Olga for collecting retroTONICA editions!
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Olga
@olgafΒ·12:04 04/02/2025