CryptoArt Kowloon
Kowloon Walled City was never planned.
It grew like coral, with each new structure clinging to the last, each resident improvising their own patch of space. By the late 1980s, 35,000 people lived in just 2.6 hectares, making it one of the most densely populated places on Earth. No central authority, no master blueprint, just the relentless pressure of need and opportunity.
The NFT Cryptoart space is much the same.
Got some exciting news to share, My family and I will have some physical work exhibited as part of this collaboration with the awesome
Marc Craig!
19th to 26th October. London.
AI, Data Leaks and Apathy: Terms of Exposure.
They said the leak was an accident. A misconfigured sharing protocol. A checkbox left unchecked. A robot that didn’t know better. But the robot didn’t design the checkbox. The robot didn’t write the privacy policy in seven-point font. The robot didn’t whisper, “Share this insight with the world,” while quietly indexing your grief.
We did that. Or rather, the system did. And we clicked “Accept.”
We were promised authenticity and got algorithms. In the relentless chase for aesthetic ideals, we’ve crossed a threshold: models who don’t age, influencers who don’t exist, beauty without bodies. This isn’t just an evolution of style-it’s a metaphysical crisis.
Enter the AI fashion model.
Read "Unreal Ideals and the Rise of Synthetic Beauty"
What do we do with all these “non-fungible trinkets” we’ve attained?
We minted it, admired it briefly, tweeted about it, and then tucked it away into the cold, silent vault of our Web3 wallets. And there it remains.
But does it still exist?
Schrödinger’s JPEG
Strange Houses
Book · 2025 · ★★★★½
Really, really enjoyed this. Actually kept me hooked and intrigued. The use of floor plans was also really neat! I will be checking out Uketsu's other books for sure.
