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Web as a Medium is an online and physical exhibition that attempts to expand the possibilities of the "web" as a medium. 4 of the exhibited works have traveled to collectors. There are still some hidden gems left. Please check them out.
https://objkt.one/explore/curations/web-as-a-medium-15-05-24
Petra Voice who has been at the center of the AI art controversy for the past few weeks has released a 333-piece open edition PFP, "Babes. Inspired by the Japanese word for "little devil," the work combines elements of cuteness with a darker, edgier side. https://babes.foundation.app/
"Fantasía" by Alejandro Campos uses machine learning AI models connected to algorithmic processes to generate classical music compositions and corresponding visuals. https://verse.works/series/fantasia-alejandro-campos

Fantasía by Alejandro Campos | Verse

This project is generated from live code and contains animation with unique and infinite music. Activate the live view and press the space bar to begin playing. “What you will see on the screen is a picture of the various abstract images that might pass through your mind if you sat in a concert hall listening to this music. At first, you are conscious of the piano. Then the music begins to suggest other kinds of things to your imagination. They might be… oh, just masses of color. Or they may be cloud forms… or great landscapes, or vague shadows… or geometrical objects floating in space.” — Fantasia (Walt Disney Productions, 1940) A fantasia is a musical composition with a free form and often improvisatory style, seldom following the rules of any strict musical form. *Fantasía* (Alejandro Campos, 2024) is a generative experience born from a machine-generated musical score that informs the visual arrangement of constructed shapes, algorithmic textures, and emergent compositions. This series continues Campos’s ongoing attachment to playfulness, unencumbered acts of creativity, and the pursuit of capturing the joy of imagination. In a unique blend of generative processes, *Fantasía* uses a machine learning model connected to an algorithmic process, producing both classical compositions and playful visuals – everything happening in-browser and in real-time. The music’s AI model is trained on a large dataset of classical performances, creating a piano sheet that – as long as *Fantasía* remains open – continues an infinite improvisation that’s unique to each of the works. Each piece’s score is also used by the generative algorithm to produce a visual counterpart, like a map that traces the movements of notes on canvas: the colors capturing the different moods of each type of score, and the geometries expressing the musical structures of each composition. Seeing these artworks can evoke the experience of listening to the music once again, and with each deeper exploration of the algorithm’s range, comes familiarity with this new fantastical language. The eye moving between shapes, the drawings conveying their musical narrative – *Fantasía* hides nothing, as if speaking in universal gestures. This series uses brush.js (a library developed and open-sourced by Campos, now working without p5), TensorFlow.js (an open-source ML platform for JavaScript), Magenta.js for generating music with Magenta models, Tone.js (a Web Audio framework for creating interactive music in the browser), and several other open-source MIT license libraries. The music plays with Tone Piano, a multisampled piano implementation using Salamander Grand Piano Sounds. Created in collaboration with Adam Berninger of TENDER.

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Under This Mask, Another
by Ty Vek
Open Edition 5d left
https://highlight.xyz/mint/661c49b92fa13b9b5be03c6f
To commemorate the total solar eclipse of 2024, conceptual artist SHL0MS and mixed media artist KARBORN will unveil their new work, MOON:BEAM. Reflecting signals from the surface of the moon back to earth. Onchain, BASE chain. mint start in 1 day. https://stacks.transientlabs.xyz/moon-beam
https://i.imgur.com/ikZZ7qw.png
FAKEWHALE SOLO SERIES | EL GATO
Scooter
by @loladupre

Open Edition, 5tez
One and a half hours left.
https://objkt.com/tokens/KT1F7EwEkAhdjt6U4Nm8eninzx8CdG6Fm8eR/2
https://i.imgur.com/QSV8pxO.jpg
TEXTSCAPE: ASCII Art, textmode & Its derivatives, a group exhibition on ASCII art, is now open to the public, all works are freemintable (+ protocol fee) on Zora. https://zora.co/collect/base:0xf505e3a5fdca911e38c02cfd555d5e05bae73caf
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250 dynamic photo series by @figure31, "LINE" auction begins. Each day an image of natural light taken with a super-telephoto lens will circulate. The position of the tokens on the grid determines what images are perceived. This work presents a new form of viewing.
https://line.fingerprintsdao.xyz/
Generative artist @zancan presents his free work 'Aux Arbres'. Each piece is a different long form, each part of a larger whole. A collaborative piece to celebrate the kick-off of @coinbase France, which will be released in collaboration with @brightmoments. Up to 100 per wallet 🤣.
https://auxarbres.xyz
Unusually, it snowed in Tokyo yesterday. Snowman built by my wife and child.
https://i.imgur.com/liyYWPo.jpg
Children delighted by Zachary Lieberman's work
Poems in Code: Generative Art Today and Programming-Generated Moving Image
https://i.imgur.com/Agf9VLd.jpg