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The last day of June is here, so it is time for another 5 Digital Artists to Watch issue. I share five artists I discovered over the past month in this monthly series.
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Before we get started, I would like to reveal the names of the May Edition artists:
Paolo Čerić aka Patakk
Let’s get started…
The first artist to make the list is Torsten, whom I discovered via his latest generative collection — Entry Through the Print Shop — which was part of the Flatlands exhibition that was curated by Haiver and released via Alba.art.
Entry Through the Print Shop by Torsten Sauer.
As I researched more about Torsten, I discovered he creates art not only with p5.js (which is the most popular library in this medium) but also uses R coding language. Data scientists and statisticians use R (I spent hours back in University learning it — not very user-friendly for developers, but statisticians and mathematicians love it).
These days I find myself learning and enjoying photography more than before. Taking shots from my environment makes me more present, and curating a library of photos that could be used to train AI models feels exciting. From my blockchain photographers’ exploration, I found Joelle’s work.
She is a landscape photographer based in the Canadian rockies who's work consists of minimalist landscape & astrophotography. You can be part of her expedition journeys through remote and mesmerizing landscapes on her social media.
Hypnagogic hallucinations by Joelle JB.
More recently, she started to explore AI art. Her first collection is titled Hypnagogic hallucinations on Foundation.
“Inspired by surreal dreams, unique landscapes, art history, and costume history. Some of the pieces will be recreated with photography once the collection is sold out, allowing me to combine my fashion design, special effects makeup & photography skills.”
I met Rahul this month through an Art Blocks artists session where I was invited to share my learnings in the digital art world. Rahul was one of the artists in the audience and is also part of the Art Blocks product team.
“Through my work, I’ve grown a deep admiration for art.”
Semblance by Rahul Iyer.
His first generative art collection, Semblance, will be released on Art Blocks in July.
One of the most compelling aspects of generative art, apart from its emergent nature, is its accessibility. Viewers can experience the art from the comfort of their own home and interact with it through something as simple as a click. Semblance takes advantage of this by giving viewers control of the work, encouraging them to explore the tension between their private and performative selves.
To be honest, I didn’t discover Joanie this month. He is an established artist and climate activist who was around from the early days of hic et nunc — being fundamental in its rapid adoption. Nevertheless, I didn’t look closely into his art practice before this month, so including him felt right.
Point Cloud (turmoil) by Joanie Lemercier.
Lemercier’s Point cloud series was featured in the New York Times as part of a story to illustrate the ethical challenges of using the very energy intensive Ethereum blockchain. Now that the structural flaws of inefficiency have been fixed (Ethereum moved from PoW to PoS) Lemercier is back to the Ethereum blockchain after a 2 year break.
Article: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/13/climate/nft-climate-change.html
Taken from Sotheby’s website.
Joanie recently released Nuages possibles via fxhash, the first generative collection that uses both fx(params) and the redeemable module.
Eliza is widely known in the Shaders community, as she is not only an artist but also an educator. You can find multiple guides, recordings, and code examples related to the never-ending shaders rabbit hole under her name.
This month, the Canadian artist (who lives in France) participated in the GENERATIVE group show — organized by Fakewhile — with two multi-edition pieces: aer and lux.
aer by Eliza Struthers-Jobin — animated.
Her generative collection inlim:in was featured at Art Basel Paris+ fxhash interactive minting experience.
Atemporal iridescent fragments of the in between. The series is inspired by the many liminal spaces and unseen influences that permeate the visible universe and its participants. Created with GLSL, every piece of the series is generated using the space around the visible object to cast its shape. The series creates a gentle and colorful expanse through which viewers might contemplate what it is to exist at an infinite threshold.
I hope you had a great time with this newsletter decision because I sure had a blast putting it together. It's weird, but I'm increasingly hooked on discovering and researching digital artists.
Until next time,
- Kaloh
Kaloh
