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Notes From the Ether: From NFTs To AI
When I found out that there was going to be an exhibition in Singapore on digital art centered on the use of blockchains and generative artificial intelligence (AI), my interest was immediately piqued. What I thought was an incredibly niche domain of art would be given a prime spot at the ArtScience Museum at the heart of Marina Bay, for all in Singapore to peruse and enjoy. Wanting to front-run the crowds, I made plans with a friend and fellow crypto enthusiast to head down to the exhibition...
Notes From the Ether: From NFTs To AI
When I found out that there was going to be an exhibition in Singapore on digital art centered on the use of blockchains and generative artificial intelligence (AI), my interest was immediately piqued. What I thought was an incredibly niche domain of art would be given a prime spot at the ArtScience Museum at the heart of Marina Bay, for all in Singapore to peruse and enjoy. Wanting to front-run the crowds, I made plans with a friend and fellow crypto enthusiast to head down to the exhibition...
Botto: Clubbing with Multi-American Maniacs
After a late Friday night out with colleagues, I came home and saw that the highest bid on the auction for Botto’s latest mint on SuperRare was still within my buying range. I did not intend to bid for Clubbing with Multi-American Maniacs initially, but in my slightly inebriated state, the more I stared at the piece, the more I wanted to own it. With that, I whipped out my Ledger, moved some ETH around, made a bid and promptly went to bed. The next morning, I was greeted with this email from ...
Botto: Clubbing with Multi-American Maniacs
After a late Friday night out with colleagues, I came home and saw that the highest bid on the auction for Botto’s latest mint on SuperRare was still within my buying range. I did not intend to bid for Clubbing with Multi-American Maniacs initially, but in my slightly inebriated state, the more I stared at the piece, the more I wanted to own it. With that, I whipped out my Ledger, moved some ETH around, made a bid and promptly went to bed. The next morning, I was greeted with this email from ...
Strands of Solitude × REWORLD
This write-up is a reproduction of my original gallery on Deca. Generative art and post-photography are two exciting fields of art that have come to the fore amidst the groundswell of creativity in recent years brought about by NFTs and generative AI technologies. In both fields, man and machine are intimately entwined. Artistic expression is mediated by algorithms, which while created and honed by humans, have now the space and agency to transcend our creative vision and challenge our pre-co...
Strands of Solitude × REWORLD
This write-up is a reproduction of my original gallery on Deca. Generative art and post-photography are two exciting fields of art that have come to the fore amidst the groundswell of creativity in recent years brought about by NFTs and generative AI technologies. In both fields, man and machine are intimately entwined. Artistic expression is mediated by algorithms, which while created and honed by humans, have now the space and agency to transcend our creative vision and challenge our pre-co...
Going long on long-form generative art
I never thought that I would be interested in art created from code. As someone without coding experience, much less an appreciation for the technicalities and intricacies of software programming, the applications of code in any form have never seized my curiosity or imagination. I know that code forms the substrate of our increasingly digitalised lives, but I was content to simply remain a passive user. However, around six months ago while nursing a COVID-19 infection, I stumbled onto the fi...
Going long on long-form generative art
I never thought that I would be interested in art created from code. As someone without coding experience, much less an appreciation for the technicalities and intricacies of software programming, the applications of code in any form have never seized my curiosity or imagination. I know that code forms the substrate of our increasingly digitalised lives, but I was content to simply remain a passive user. However, around six months ago while nursing a COVID-19 infection, I stumbled onto the fi...
No Hype NFTs: An introduction to non-fungible tokens
I held a workshop on non-fungible tokens (NFTs) at my workplace on 2 December 2022, as part of an internal fundraising event I was organising. The following are the slides from my presentation, which aim to broadly outline the use cases for NFTs in an objective manner, without any speculative hype. I thought to share it here, in case it can serve as a useful resource for anyone else.Cover image by Mathias Reding from Pexels.
No Hype NFTs: An introduction to non-fungible tokens
I held a workshop on non-fungible tokens (NFTs) at my workplace on 2 December 2022, as part of an internal fundraising event I was organising. The following are the slides from my presentation, which aim to broadly outline the use cases for NFTs in an objective manner, without any speculative hype. I thought to share it here, in case it can serve as a useful resource for anyone else.Cover image by Mathias Reding from Pexels.
